Alumni – Nacev Lab

Name	About	Title	Current Position
FangYan Fang, PhD	Yan received her Ph.D. degree in NanKai University (China) in 2017. During her Ph.D studies, she investigated the functions of p38 pathway in cancer stem cells in a lung cancer model, as well as how the senescence cells promote migration of breast cancer. Her first postdoctoral position was in Jing Huang’s Lab at the NCI. She focused on the function of SOX9 in osteosarcoma. She later joined Markus Schober lab in New York University in 2018 September she worked to the relationship between quiescence and metastasis in skin carcinoma. In 2021 February, she became a research associate at Memorial Sloan Kettering and is working to define the functions of ATRX in epigenetic networks using mesenchymal lineage models, including mesenchymal progenitor cells and sarcomas. She likes piano music, as well as cooking, singing, and playing table tennis in her leisure time. She is also a huge fun of Harry Potter series.	Post-doc	Chinese Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Albert Cheng
TiwariSagarika Tiwari, MS	Sagarika graduated with a master’s degree in microbiology and biochemistry from Duquesne University (Pittsburgh) in 2002. After graduation she worked in cancer research Hillman Cancer Center at the University of Pittsburgh from 2002-2004 as a research specialist in the Department of Pharmacology. She moved to the Department of Immunology and Pulmonary medicine as a research specialist from 2004-2006 working as a molecular biologist using different research techniques related to assigned project. After moving to Milwaukee WI, Sagarika worked in the department of Infectious diseases and Microbiology & Immunology under Dr. Kelly J. Henrickson’s as research technologist at the Medical College of Wisconsin from 2007-2011. From 2012-2014 she worked at Life Technologies (Thermo Fisher Scientific) as scientist I developing Next Gen sequencing assay in the R&D department. She worked in I Dr. Jay K Koll’s lab at Rango research center in Pittsburgh after moving back to Pittsburgh in 2016. After Dr. Koll’s move to Tulane University, Sagarika joined Dr. Mark Gladwin’s lab in the Department of Vascular Medicine Institute at the University. Sagarika worked in developing of a novel class of antidotal therapies for carbon monoxide poisoning under Dr. Jason Rose. She has recently joined Dr. Benjamin Nacev and his team at Hillman Cancer Center at the University of Pittsburgh as a Research Specialist. Sagarika enjoys cooking, gardening and traveling to new places around the world.	Research Specialist

Name

About

Title

Current Position

FangYan Fang, PhD

Yan received her Ph.D. degree in NanKai University (China) in 2017. During her Ph.D studies, she investigated the functions of p38 pathway in cancer stem cells in a lung cancer model, as well as how the senescence cells promote migration of breast cancer. Her first postdoctoral position was in Jing Huang’s Lab at the NCI. She focused on the function of SOX9 in osteosarcoma. She later joined Markus Schober lab in New York University in 2018 September she worked to the relationship between quiescence and metastasis in skin carcinoma. In 2021 February, she became a research associate at Memorial Sloan Kettering and is working to define the functions of ATRX in epigenetic networks using mesenchymal lineage models, including mesenchymal progenitor cells and sarcomas. She likes piano music, as well as cooking, singing, and playing table tennis in her leisure time. She is also a huge fun of Harry Potter series.

Post-doc

Chinese Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Albert Cheng

TiwariSagarika Tiwari, MS

Sagarika graduated with a master’s degree in microbiology and biochemistry from Duquesne University (Pittsburgh) in 2002. After graduation she worked in cancer research Hillman Cancer Center at the University of Pittsburgh from 2002-2004 as a research specialist in the Department of Pharmacology. She moved to the Department of Immunology and Pulmonary medicine as a research specialist from 2004-2006 working as a molecular biologist using different research techniques related to assigned project. After moving to Milwaukee WI, Sagarika worked in the department of Infectious diseases and Microbiology & Immunology under Dr. Kelly J. Henrickson’s as research technologist at the Medical College of Wisconsin from 2007-2011. From 2012-2014 she worked at Life Technologies (Thermo Fisher Scientific) as scientist I developing Next Gen sequencing assay in the R&D department. She worked in I Dr. Jay K Koll’s lab at Rango research center in Pittsburgh after moving back to Pittsburgh in 2016. After Dr. Koll’s move to Tulane University, Sagarika joined Dr. Mark Gladwin’s lab in the Department of Vascular Medicine Institute at the University. Sagarika worked in developing of a novel class of antidotal therapies for carbon monoxide poisoning under Dr. Jason Rose.

She has recently joined Dr. Benjamin Nacev and his team at Hillman Cancer Center at the University of Pittsburgh as a Research Specialist.

Sagarika enjoys cooking, gardening and traveling to new places around the world.

Research Specialist