Alexander Chassiakos | LinkedIn
Prior Academic Affiliations University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA): B.S.
Major: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics (MIMG)
Thesis Mentor
Dr. Zhaohui Gu
Thesis Project
Knowledge-based fusion detection in hematologic malignancies
Fellowship, Honors, Awards etc.
2021-2022 Berger Fellowship
Research/Professional Experience:
04/2021 - 08/2021: Immuno-Oncology Core, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope. (Supervisor: Dr. Peter Lee)
08/2020 - 04/2021: Tissue Analysis Core, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health. (Supervisor: Dr. Costas Petrovas)
05/2018 - 08/2020: Tissue Analysis Core, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health. NIH Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award Program. (Supervisor: Dr. Costas Petrovas)
07/2017 - 09/2017: Tissue Analysis Core, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health. (Supervisor: Dr. Costas Petrovas)
04/2014 - 06/2014: Howard Hughes Medical Institution. Research consortium in functional genomics studying the effects of silencing genes in fruit flies to discover their relation to the circulatory system. (Supervisor: Dr. John Olson)
Publications:
Amodio, D. , Santilli, V. , Zangari, P. , Cotugno, N. , Manno, E. C., Rocca, S. , Rossi, P. , Cancrini, C. , Finocchi, A. , Chassiakos, A. , Petrovas, C. and Palma, P. (2019), How to dissect the plasticity of antigen-specific immune response: a tissue perspective. Clin Exp Immunol. doi:10.1111/cei.13386
Austin, J.W. , Buckner, C.M. , Kardava, L. , Wang, W. , Zhang, X. , Melson, V.A. , Swanson, R.G. , Martins, A.J. , Zhou, J.Q. , Hoehn, K.B., Fisk, J.N. , Dimopoulos, Y. , Chassiakos, A. , O'Dell, S. , Smelkinson, M.G. , Seamon, C.A. , Kwan, R.W. , Sneller, M.C. , Pittaluga, S. , Doria-Rose, N.A. , McDermott, A. , Li, Y. , Chun, T.W. , Kleinstein, S.H. , Tsang, J.S. , Petrovas, C. , and Moir, S. (2019), Overexpression of T-bet in HIV infection is associated with accumulation of B cells outside germinal centers and poor affinity maturation. Sci Transl Med. doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.aax0904.
Potter, E. L. , Gideon, H. P. , Tkachev, V. , Fabozzi, G. , Chassiakos, A. , Petrovas, C. , Darrah, P. A. , Lin, P. L. , Foulds, K. E. , Kean, L. S. , Flynn, J. L. , and Roederer, M. (2021), Measurement of leukocyte trafficking kinetics in macaques by serial intravascular staining. Sci Transl Med. doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.abb4582