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Madeleine OudinPrincipal Investigator
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Hometown: Paris, France Education: Post-doc, MIT Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, 2012-2017 PhD Neuroscience, King's College London, 2011 MSc Pharmacology, King's College London, 2007 BSc Biochemistry, McGill University, 2006 Email: madeleine.oudin@tufts.edu |
Madeleine grew up in Paris, France in a multicultural environment, and completed a BSc in Biochemistry at McGill University, a MSc in Pharmacology and a PhD in Neuroscience from King’s College London, UK. She has been a post-doctoral fellow working in Prof. Frank Gertler’s lab at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research for 5 years, trying to understand how metastasis, the dissemination of tumor cells throughout the body, occurs and how it affects response to chemotherapy. To find out more about her research, listen to this podcast! When she is not working hard in the lab, she enjoys traveling around the world, discovering new places and doing high-risk, high-adrenaline sports like flying trapeze and rock climbing.
Post-Docs
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SAMANTHA PAYNEPostdoctoral Scholar
Hometown: Bala, Ontario, Canada Education: BSc, Biomedical Science, University of Guelph, 2010 MSc, Biomedical Science, University of Guelph, 2012 PhD, Chemical Engineering, University of Toronto, 2018 Email: samantha.payne@tufts.edu Twitter: @Samantha_lpayne |
Research Interests:Samantha become interested in the field of Regenerative Medicine during her Undergraduate and Master's programs at the University of Guelph in Canada, where she investigated the mechanism of tail regeneration, specifically the regeneration of blood vessels, in a gecko model. She continued to pursue this interest from a new angle during her PhD at the University of Toronto by combining neural stem cells and biomaterials for delivery to promote repair and regeneration in the stroke-injured rodent brain. Not one to stick to a single topic, her current research in the Oudin Lab aims to explore the role of bioelectric signaling in cell behaviour and tissue patterning, with a focus on cancer cell metastasis, with an overall goal of understanding the full spectrum of regeneration-tumourigenesis-degeneration. Outside of the lab Samantha enjoys playing guitar, yoga, and hiking.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
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WILL LEGraduate Student, BME Program, 2nd year
Hometown: Hanoi, Vietnam Education:BS in Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 2017 Email: Thanh.Le@tufts.edu Research Interests: The role of innervation in cancer growth and metastasis; Tumor microenvironment; Immunotherapy. |
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JACKSON FATHERREEGraduate student, CMDB Program
Hometown: Napa, CA Education: B.S. in Microbiology, UCSB 2015 Email: Jackson.fatherree@tufts.edu |
Research interests: Jackson grew up in Napa, CA in the heart of wine country, before completing his B.S. in Microbiology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Following a brief stint working in biotech, he moved to Boston to pursue research on novel therapeutics designed to treat non-small cell lung cancer, working in Dr. Jeff Engelman’s lab at Massachusetts General Hospital. Since September 2017 he has been working towards a Ph.D. at Tufts Medical School, and as of May 2018 he has joined the Oudin Lab for his thesis research, where he will study how secreted modifiers of the extracellular matrix contribute to metastatic potential. Beyond science, Jackson is a lover and creator of music, and carries a borderline pathological devotion to San Francisco sports teams.
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JUSTINNE GUARINGraduate student, BME Program, 2nd year
Hometown: Lexington, MA Education: BSc Biology, Honors at UMASS Amherst 2014-2018 Email: jguari02@tufts.edu Research Interests: Heterogeneity of the Cancer Microenvironment and how it contributes to drug resistance, evasion of apoptosis, metastasis, and metabolic adaptations |
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SYDNEY CONNERGraduate student, BME program, 2nd year
Hometown: Germantown, MD Education: BS, Biomedical Engineering, Union College, 2018 Email: sydney.conner@tufts.edu Research Interests: Investigating the interplay between obesity, the extracellular matrix and cancer metastasis. |
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JANANI BASKARANMSc in Biomedical Engineering Thesis student
Hometown: Acton, MA Education: Biomedical Engineering Major and Engineering Management minor, Tufts Class of 2019 Email: janani.baskaran@tufts.edu |
Research Associates
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Andrew wishartResearch Technician
Hometown: Cape Town, South Africa Education: MSc, Medical Biochemistry, University of Cape Town, 2017 BSc Honors, Medical Biochemistry, University of Cape Town, 2014 BSc, Human Physiology and Genetics, University of Cape Town, 2013 Email: Andrew.Wishart@tufts.edu |
Research interests: I am interested in understanding how cancer cells manipulate normal cellular processes to their advantage and how this information can be applied to inform diagnostics and therapeutic interventions. My prior work has involved cancer secretomics, investigating the potential of nuclear transport proteins as biomarkers for prevalent South African cancers. I also have a background in fibroblast research, investigating the wound healing response of fibroblasts when exposed to stem cell conditioned medium in vitro, looking particularly at the regulation of extracellular matrix factors. I am excited to be applying insights from my previous work to my research in the Oudin lab, where I will be looking at how extracellular matrix cues drive cancer metastasis.
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS
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CLAIRE DUNNUndergraduate researcher, Laidlaw Scholar 2018
Hometown: Utrecht, The Netherlands Education: Biology major, Tufts Class of 2020 Email: claire.dunn@tufts.edu Research Interests: Cancer growth and Metastasis |
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JOANNA PENGUndergraduate researcher, Tufts Summer Scholar 2019
Hometown: Shanghai, China Education: Chemical Engineering Major, Tufts Class of 2020 Email: yifan.peng@tufts.edu Research Interests: Tumor Pathology, Pharmaceutical Development |
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NINA PITTASUndergraduate researcher, Laidlaw Scholar 2019
Hometown: Brookline, MA Education: Biomedical Engineering Major, Tufts Class of 2021 Email: nina.pittas@tufts.edu Research Interests: Genetics and Regenerative Medicine |
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MARGUERITE SALAMONEUndergraduate researcher, BME94
Hometown: Yardley, Pennsylvania Education: Biomedical Engineering, Tufts Class of 2020 Email: marguerite.salamone@tufts.edu Research Interests: Effects of membrane potential and external electric fields on tumor cells, as well as immunotherapies for cancer. |
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Ruijingya (Rebecca) TangUndergraduate researcher
Hometown: Chongqing, China Education: Biology major, Tufts Class of 2021 Email: Ruijingya.Tang@tufts.edu Research Interests: cancer, tumor microenvironment |
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RACHEL MCGINNUndergraduate researcher
Hometown: Chelmsford, MA Education: Biomedical Engineering Major, Tufts Class of 2022 Email: rachel.mcginn@tufts.edu Research Interests: The conditions that promote and inhibit cancer metastasis, drug resistance |
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SARAH MACKINUndergraduate researcher
Hometown: Center Valley, PA Education: Biomedical Engineering Major, Class of 2021 Email: sarah.mackin@tufts.edu Research interests: Tumor microenvironment, metastasis, regenerative medicine |
Lab Alumni
Former Masters students:
Brendon Clover, MSc in Biomedical Engineering 2019, January-October 2018
Former Rotation students:
Daniel Worstell, MD-PhD program, Tufts Medical School, Summer 2018
Former Undergraduate Researchers:
Anna Weldy, Chemical Engineering Major, University of Rochester Class of 2020, NSF REU Summer student 2019
Sakshi Wadwha and Janani Baskaran, BME7/8, 2018-2019, Senior Capstone first prize winners, Tufts University Class of 2019
Gabrielle Munoz, undergraduate researcher, 2018-2019, Tufts University Class of 2019
Lily Hayes, Tufts Summer Scholar 2018, 2018-2019, Tufts University Class of 2019
Erin Soule-Albridge and Sarah Mackin, BME 3 and 4 Class project, Fall 2018 and Spring 2019
Annika Gallandt, Biology Major and Anthropology Minor, Macalester College Class of 2019, NSF REU Summer student 2018
Kelly Ward, Reading Memorial High School Class of 2019, Summer High School TUBERs program 2018
Brendon Clover, MSc in Biomedical Engineering 2019, January-October 2018
Former Rotation students:
Daniel Worstell, MD-PhD program, Tufts Medical School, Summer 2018
Former Undergraduate Researchers:
Anna Weldy, Chemical Engineering Major, University of Rochester Class of 2020, NSF REU Summer student 2019
Sakshi Wadwha and Janani Baskaran, BME7/8, 2018-2019, Senior Capstone first prize winners, Tufts University Class of 2019
Gabrielle Munoz, undergraduate researcher, 2018-2019, Tufts University Class of 2019
Lily Hayes, Tufts Summer Scholar 2018, 2018-2019, Tufts University Class of 2019
Erin Soule-Albridge and Sarah Mackin, BME 3 and 4 Class project, Fall 2018 and Spring 2019
Annika Gallandt, Biology Major and Anthropology Minor, Macalester College Class of 2019, NSF REU Summer student 2018
Kelly Ward, Reading Memorial High School Class of 2019, Summer High School TUBERs program 2018
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
We are always looking for talented and motivated individuals to join our team. If you are an undergraduate researcher, please send Professor Oudin an email. If you are interested in graduate school in the BME department at Tufts, please see this page. If you are interested in post-doctoral opportunities in the lab, please contact Professor Oudin directly with a CV, your research interests and references.
About the lab:
Our lab will use an interdisciplinary approach to tackle metastasis and drug resistance, working at the intersection of biology, engineering and translational research. We will combine cell biology, microfluidics, tissue engineering, intravital imaging, systems biology and implantable devices. The lab is located at Tufts University in the Biomedical Engineering Department in Boston. We are in a brand new interdisciplinary building with biologists, chemical and biological engineers with open lab space and shared core facilities. We will closely collaborate with cancer researchers and clinicians at Tufts and in the Boston area.
About the lab:
Our lab will use an interdisciplinary approach to tackle metastasis and drug resistance, working at the intersection of biology, engineering and translational research. We will combine cell biology, microfluidics, tissue engineering, intravital imaging, systems biology and implantable devices. The lab is located at Tufts University in the Biomedical Engineering Department in Boston. We are in a brand new interdisciplinary building with biologists, chemical and biological engineers with open lab space and shared core facilities. We will closely collaborate with cancer researchers and clinicians at Tufts and in the Boston area.