People
Raul Mostoslavsky
I am the one trying to keep the people working, motivated, and focused on the fascinating questions behind chromatin that still keep us awake at night. Outside the lab, I enjoy traveling with my lovely daughter Dalilah and my wife Silvina, and I enjoy scuba diving, skiing, photography, tennis, and good music (from Dire Straits to Vivaldi). And, of course, eating good chocolate! I mean, real good.
Raul Mostoslavsky, MD PhD
Professor, Scientific Director
The Laurel Schwartz Professor of Oncology (Medicine)
MGH Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School
Associate Member, The Broad Institute
rmostoslavsky@mgh.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-643-3146
Nicole Smith
I am the one trying to keep the Mostoslavsky lab tidy, organized and running. Quite impossible, but I keep trying! Outside the lab, I love sports and watching my son play soccer and hockey.
Nicole Smith,
Lab Manager
nsmith5@partners.org
Phone: 617-643-3155
Naya Amoh
Hello, I’m Naya Amoh, I’m a PhD Candidate in the Harvard BBS program. I grew up in Tema, Ghana and Alexandria, VA. I graduated from William and Mary in 2019 with a B.S in biology and Hispanic studies. My research interests are in the role of chromatin factors in DNA Repair. Outside the lab I spend time reading in Boston Commons and going to musical shows.
Naya Amoh
Graduate Student
namoh@g.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-643-3154
José Del Río Pantoja
¡Hola! I’m José and I’m a PhD Candidate in the Chemical Biology Program at Harvard. I am originally from the beautiful island of Puerto Rico. I enjoy doing many things, some of them being figure skating, traveling to new places, watching drag shows, getting creative with my cooking, and dancing. Science-wise, I am very passionate about biochemistry and organic chemistry. For my thesis research, I’m working towards further elucidating the intersection between metabolism and epigenetic regulation at a histone mark level in both cancer and torpor settings.
José Del Río Pantoja
Graduate Student
jdelriopantoja@g.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-643-3154
Tiziano Bernasocchi
Hi, I’m Tiziano Bernasocchi. I obtained my Ph.D. from the Institute of Oncology Research (Bellinzona) and the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, where I studied genetic driver events of prostate cancer. I joined the Mostoslavsky lab to study the crosstalk between metabolism, epigenetic, and cancer. In the free time, I enjoy skiing, hiking, and biking.
Tiziano Bernasocchi
Postdoctoral fellow
TBERNASOCCHI@mgh.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-643-3155
Hyomin Cho
Hi, I am Hyomin Cho who has recently joined Raul’s lab as a post doc. I come from Korea and completed my Ph.D. at Korea university. During my Ph.D. course, I tried to understand the role of drp1-dependent mitochondrial fission in various context. In Raul’s lab, I would like to understand chromatin modification in pancreatic cancer development from tumorigenesis to metastasis, and to understand it in the context of mitochondria. Outside the lab, I like taking a walk in the park with my wife and playing table tennis.
Hyomin Cho
Postdoctoral fellow
hcho14@mgh.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-643-3155
Shweta Kumar
Namaste! I am Shweta, and I am a postdoctoral fellow at Raul‘s lab. I am from India, and I completed my PhD at the Indian Institute of Science. In my PhD, I studied the role of SIRT2 in aging associated fibrosis. In Raul’s lab, I am interested in looking at novel gene drivers in metastases, from the point of view of metabolism in metastatic cells and epigenetic regulation. Apart from science, I enjoy dancing, painting, crafting, reading, photography, travelling, listening to music, eating, and a lot more!
Shweta Kumar
Postdoctoral fellow
skumar63@mgh.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-643-3154
Belén Machin
Hi! My name is Belén, and I am currently a postdoctoral fellow working in Raul’s lab. I am from Argentina (yes, the current FIFA World Cup champions!), where I earned my PhD degree from the National University of Tucumán. My research focuses on the connection between epigenetics and metabolism in cancer, specifically in the context of metastasis. Outside the lab I enjoy working out, cooking, exploring new places, and spending time with friends.
Belén Machin
Postdoctoral fellow
mbmachin@mgh.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-643-3155
Carolina Noble
Buenas!, I am Carolina Noble and I am a Research Scientist at the Mostoslavsky and Bardeesy labs leading and conducting metabolomics strategies for a wide variety of applications on cancer research. I come from the beautiful and tiny country Uruguay in South America. I did my PhD in the University of Copenhagen in Denmark in Toxicology focused on metabolite ID of novel psychoactive drugs using mass spectrometry. I am very interested in the application of emerging analytical tools, particularly mass spectrometry, to help to understand metabolic reprogramming and adaption of tumor cells.
Outside the lab, I spend time with my amazing daughter Emma, Nick and Tom (the dog!), hiking, drinking mate, reading or travelling somewhere.
Carolina Noble, PhD
Research Scientist
acnoble@mgh.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-643-3155
Safaa El Janan
Hey there! I‘m Safaa, just your average high schooler hanging out at Raul’s lab. I’m all about biology and dreaming of a future in medicine. When I’m not in the lab, you can catch me reading, baking, binge-watching Turkish dramas, or treating myself to some retail therapy.
Safaa El Janan
Phone: 617-643-3155
Christin Rossi, In Memoriam
“Dear Chris, you will always be part of this lab, and we are sure that wherever you are in the sky, you are smiling and hugging us”
Alumni
| Alumni | Position in the lab | Current position | |
| Thomas Clarke | Post-doctoral Fellow | Assistant Professor | Boston University School of Medicine |
| Giorgia Gobbi Da Silveira | Post-doctoral Fellow | Scientist | Prime Medicine |
| Lara Roach | Ph.D. Student | CNS Director for Success & Diversity | U. Mass Amherst |
| Ting-Yu Wei | Research Specialist | Research Specialist | Harvard Medical School |
| Christina Ferrer | Post-doctoral fellow | Assistant Professor | University of Maryland Baltimore |
| Ruben Boon | Post-doctoral fellow | Senior Scientist | Galapagos NV |
| Elizabeth Haggerty | Research Technician | Research Scientist I | Novartis |
| Yasmin G Hernandez-Barco | Clinical Research Fellow | Faculty | Mass General Hospital |
| Sam Linder | Ph.D. Student | Scientist | Chroma Medicine |
| Jee-Eun Choi | Ph.D. Student | Post-doctoral fellow | Hong Kong University |
| Jordan Todd | Ph.D. Student | – | Genentech |
| Jean Pierre Etchegaray | Post-doctoral fellow | Assistant Professor | Rutgers University |
| Sita Kugel | Post-doctoral fellow | Assistant Professor | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center – Seattle |
| Carlos Sebastián | Post-doctoral fellow | Assistant Professor | University of Barcelona – Spain |
| Barbara Martinez Pastor | Post-doctoral fellow | Research Associate | CNIO – Spain |
| Claudia Consentino | Post-doctoral fellow | Research Teaching Staff | Hunter College – NY |
| Andrew Chang | Undergraduate researcher | – | – |
| Catherine Li | Undergraduate researcher | – | – |
| Silvia Diaz | Undergraduate researcher | – | – |
| Sylvana Hassanieh | Visiting Student | Ph.D. Student | Oxford University – England |
| Agustina D’Urso | Research Assistant | Ph.D. student | Northwestern University – Chicago |
| Sofia Giacosa | Research Assistant | Ph.D. student | University of Grenoble – France |
| Daniel Holoch | BBS rotation student | Ph.D. student | Harvard Medical School – Boston |
| Xin Li | BBS rotation student | Ph.D. student | Harvard Medical School – Boston |
| Muge Celiktas | Summer Student | Research Assistant | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center – Seattle |
| Rivka Polak | Visiting Scientist | Associate Professor of Medicine | Hadassah Medical School – Israel |
| Valeria Hasbani | Visiting Student | Medical Student | University of Tucuman – Argentina |
| Mari Carmen Ortells | Fullbright Visiting Student | Ph.D. student | University of Barcelona – Spain |
| Shree Bose | Undergraduate Student Rotation | – | Harvard University – Cambridge |
| Deborah Toiber | Post-doctoral fellow | Assistant Professor | Ben Gurion University – Israel |
| Magali Silberman | Post-doctoral fellow | Assistant Professor | University of Buenos Aires – Argentina |
| Lei Zhong | Post-doctoral fellow | Research Associate | Foundation Medicine – Boston |
