People
Nadya Dimitrova
Associate Professor of MCDB and Genetics
B.S. Brown University
Ph.D. The Rockefeller University
Nadya graduated with a B.S. in Biochemistry from Brown University and received a Ph.D. from Rockefeller University. As a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Tyler Jacks at MIT, she pioneered the development of genetic mouse models to study long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in cancer biology. Nadya is the recipient of the HHMI Predoctoral Fellowship, the Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award, the Damon Runyon Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, the 2016 Lung Cancer Research Foundation Scientific Merit Award, the 2017 Pew-Stewart Award for Cancer Research, the NIH Merit Award, and the 2020 Lion Heart Award.
Nadya enjoys working at the bench and interacting closely with members of the lab. Our work is driven by deep curiosity about the biological functions and diverse mechanisms of lncRNAs and aims to develop innovative approaches that would help uncover their mysteries. Our ultimate goal is to help elucidate the contribution of lncRNAs to normal homeostasis and in complex disease states, such as cancer.
At Yale College, Nadya teaches MCDB3250: Molecular Hallmarks of Cancer and co-teaches in MCDB3500: Epigenetics. Outside of the lab and classroom, Nadya loves to spend time with her family. Her favorite activities are running and hiking.
Lab Manager
Justin Glynn, MSA
Justin makes sure that the lab runs smoothly. He loves to ruck and bake deserts for lab meetings!
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Postdoctoral Associates
Yeolhoe Kim
Ph.D. Department of Systems Biology, Yonsei University, South Korea
Yeolhoe loves sports, especially basketball - watching it and playing it. He also likes to go for a jog and, more than anything, spend time with his wife.
Postgraduate Associates
Deep Patel
B.S. Indian University of Techology Jodhpur, India
M.S. Yale Univesity
Deep is pursuing a MS in Computational Biology and Biomedical Informatics. He loves noncoding RNAs, especiallly Alu RNAs, and he aims to understand their roles in gene regulation. Beside this, he loves to cook food and enjoys playing Badmington with friends.
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Karliane Delgado Soto
American Cancer Society DIRC Postbac Fellow
Karliane is investigating mechanisms, by which long noncoding RNAs promote drug resistance. In the future, she plans to be a physician.
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Undergraduate Students
Marcos Moran, class of 2029