Current Lab members

Laurent Bartolo

Postdoc

laurent.bartolo@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Sumbul Afroz

Postdoc

Sumbul.Afroz@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Asgar Ansari

Postdoc

Asgar.Ansari@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Silina Awad

Clinical Research Coordinator

Silina.Awad@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Yi-Hui Lai

Postdoc

Yi-Hui.Lai@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Ali Saber

Undergraduate Student

alisaber@sas.upenn.edu

Jayana Richardson

Research Specialist

jayana.richardson@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Ryan McMahon

Undergraduate Student

ryan.mcmahon@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Xi Su

Research Specialist

xi.su@pennmedicine.upenn.edu



Lab Activities and News

Paper published as the cover story in the April issue of Science Immunology! Hotpot celebration in 2018

Thanksgiving party at Manakeesh in 2019

Celebrating our story on CXCR5- Tfh-like T cells in Cell Reports in 2019

Finally, we see each other at our Covid picnic!

Laura was interviewed by The Atlantic on viral variants

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/02/antibody-evolution/618004/

Laura was interviewed by The Atlantic on vaccine breakthroughs

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/07/anatomy-of-a-vaccine-breakthrough/619562/

Yi-Gen and Ruby's baby shower in April 2021

June 2021

Paper published in Immunity, birthday celebration for Laurent, and farewell parties for Jierong and Criswell - so many reasons to celebrate! 

Sumbul's birthday celebration at Thirsty Dice. Who knew pickle juice can turn into potato in bed?!

 Sending Annabel off to her next rotation in style. It's the end of another year. We still have COVID-19 but we also have each other.  Goodbye 2021! 

Goodbye party for Jeff. Good luck on your next adventure!

June 2022

Paper accepted by Science Immunology. Congratulations everyone! Laurent is also one year wiser!

September 2022

Carb feast to celebrate Sumbul's birthday and welcome Jayana to the lab.

Gru and the lab minions - Happy Halloween!

December 2022 - Happy holidays! Looking forward to another great year.  

Goodbye parties for Yi-Gen and Tammy. Thank you for being a part of our lives. We will miss you! 

October 2023 - Lab party at Dave and Buster's

Catching the solar eclipse (for 3 glorious seconds) at the Woodlands on 4/8/2024 

Mission accomplished - June 2024

August 2024 - Lab picnic at Circa Green. Goodbye Lea, we miss you already.  Xi, Silina, and Asgar, Welcome! 

Summer 2024 MLS Poster Session. 

Great job Ali!