Lab Members

As a PhD student at Kyungpook National University in South Korea, Anup revealed diverse roles of antimicrobial peptides in the brain, including in glial communication in neurological disorders. He now studies how peripheral hematopoietic aging and rejuvenation impact the brain, as well as microglial roles in cognitive health during aging and in neurodegenerative diseases.

After graduating from UCLA, Shaq studied kidney regeneration and scarring in the Kumar Lab at Cedars-Sinai. He then joined the Goodridge Lab, where he is now assisting with studies of monocyte heterogeneity, myelopoiesis and monocyte/macrophage aging and sex differences.

After earning her BS from Cal State Northridge, Basia completed her MS at Cal State Channel Islands and was a CIRM Bridges intern at the University of Southern California, where she studied hematopoietic stem cells in the steady state and during leukemia onset. Her doctoral research on monocyte subsets in the sarcoma microenvironment is co-mentored by Jlenia Guarnerio at MD Anderson.

As a PhD student at Purdue University, Ramizah defined mechanisms of neutrophil migration. She now studies sex differences in monocytes and macrophages. She is defining how their functions are shaped by sex chromosomes and gonadal hormones. Ramizah is a Regenerative Medicine Institute CIRM Scholar.