Lab Members

Aude Chapuis, MD

Aude Chapuis, MD

Title: Principal Investigator
Phone: 206.667.4369

Clinical Research Division, Program in Immunology
Endowed Chair: John C. and Karyl Kay Hughes Endowed Chair
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Frank Schmitz

Frank Schmitz

Title: Affiliate Investigator
Bo Lee

Bo Lee

Title: Lab Manager/Staff Scientist
Area of Responsibility: Bo is working to develop target reporters to identify the targets of anti-tumor T cells residing in the tumors of cancer patients. She is also assisting in developing processes to support clinical products and IND generation to enable clinical trial initiation.
Yuta Asano

Yuta Asano

Title: Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Area of Responsibility: Yuta is working on development of T-cell immunotherapy for Merkel cell carcinoma. Outside the lab, he enjoys bouldering and chilling with his cat.
Francesco Mazziotta

Francesco Mazziotta

Title: Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Sinéad Kinsella, PhD

Sinéad Kinsella, PhD

Title: Staff Scientist
Area of Responsibility: Sinéad is focused on TCR discovery and metabolic regulation of antigen presentation across multiple tumor types. Previously, Sinéad’s research has centered on the molecular mechanisms of immune regeneration and enhancing immune function in response to cytoreductive therapies.
Tianzi Zhang

Tianzi Zhang

Title: Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Area of Responsibility: Tianzi is working on developing a high-throughput screening system that enables rapid patient-specific CD8+ TCR-antigen pair discovery. By using single-cell transcriptomic sequencing and TCR sequencing, the TCRs with high antigen specificity and anti-tumor reactivity will be engineered in lab and translated into the clinic.
Elise Wilcox, PhD

Elise Wilcox, PhD

Title: Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Area of Responsibility: Elise studies how different versions of the proteosome, a complex which breaks proteins down into peptides presented on the cell surface, affect immune recognition by T cells. The goal is to prevent cancer from evading treatment and to determine which T cell receptors recognize peptides made by all versions of the proteosome. Outside of the lab, she loves running, baking, and flying planes.
Alex Tang

Alex Tang

Title: Research Technician
Lauren Martin

Lauren Martin

Title: Research Technician
Alex Chen

Alex Chen

Title: Graduate Student
Phung Le

Phung Le

Title: Research Technician
Colton Smith

Colton Smith

Title: Research Technician
Phone: 206-667-4475
Alessandro Rizzi

Alessandro Rizzi

Title: Research Technician
Annika McFeely

Annika McFeely

Title: Lab Aide
Jakob Bakhtiari

Jakob Bakhtiari

Title: Research Technician