Anna Krichevsky received her MSc and PhD degrees from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, and completed postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School in Boston. As a postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Krichevsky isolated neuronal RNA granules and pioneered the work that led to the recognition of microRNA (miRNA) functions and RNA interference mechanisms in brain physiology and pathology. She performed the first successful RNA interference in mammalian neurons, contributed to the identification of miRNAs in the mammalian brain, developed the first high-throughput arrays for miRNA expression profiling, and discovered one of the first oncogenic miRNA, miR-21, that is currently a promising target for various human diseases. Krichevsky’s laboratory identified and studied key miRNAs involved in brain tumors and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. Her laboratory also pioneered the identification of miRNA biomarkers for diagnostics and monitoring of primary and metastatic brain tumors. Dr. Krichevsky’s innovative research, featured in HMS Focus, NIH, Reuters Science News, Health Canal, and The Boston Globe, is geared towards RNA medicine and based on multiples collaborations. She also serves on the Executive Committee of the HMS Initiative for RNA Medicine, established to translate RNA research to clinical practice.
Associate Professor of Neurology/Neurobiology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Rosalia Rabinovsky, PhD
Lab Manager
Rosalia is an experienced cancer researcher. Her work contributes to several projects aiming to investigate ncRNA in brain tumors. Her primary responsibilities also include overseeing the lab operations.
Erik Uhlmann, MD
Instructor
As a physician-scientist, Erik is interested in developing better treatments for glioblastoma and meningioma patients, based on recent insights from our laboratory, as well as others, into non-coding RNA alterations in tumor cells.
Evgeny Deforzh, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Evgeny is interested in the epigenetic regulation, chromatin folding, and regulatory lncRNA underlying gliomagenesis.
Lien Nguyen, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Lien recently joined the lab with PhD in neuroscience. Her research interests include drug development for neurodegeneration and aging.
Yanhong Zhang, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Yanhong’s research is focused on the molecular mechanisms of oncogenic miRNAs and miRNA addiction in cancer.
Ami Kobayashi MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Clinically trained neurologist (MD) and a postdoctoral research fellow (PhD) that explores the interface between cellular metabolism and complex diseases, focusing on small non-coding RNA, both intracellular and extracellular transmission between neurons in the brain. Particularly specialized in neurodegenerative diseases. Hoping to become a clinically-trained scientist able to perform translational research in the future.
Abdellatif El Khayari
Rachel Chau, BS
Zhiyun Wei, PhD
Rachid El Fatimy, PhD
Ramil Arora, BS
Harini Saravanan, BS
Hon-Kit (Andus) Wong, PhD
Nadiya Teplyuk, PhD
Yang Wang, PhD
Dawn Kochanek, PhD
Sabrina Absalon, PhD
Galina Gabriely, PhD
Tatiana Veremeyko, PhD
Tom Wurdinger, PhD
Ailiang Zeng, PhD, MD
Tasmin Mushannen
Sree Gongala
Shubham Kale
Shruthi Subramanian
Rathipriya Viswanathan
Deeptha Vasudevan
Athul Mohan
Paul Leyfer
Sindhuja Gowrisankaran
Anant Jain
Anya Kraytsberg
Venkatesan Raghavan