Fife Lab
The Fife Lab
Graduate Students and Post Doctoral Fellows in the lab are working on research that is focused on understanding the fundamental mechanisms that regulate T lymphocytes during autoimmune disease such as Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM).
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Graduate Students
Tijana Martinov, PhD
Program: MICaB
Defense Year:2018
Advisor: Brian Fife
Dissertation Title: "Programmed death-1 restrains islet-specific lymphocytes in type 1 diabetes."
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Phil Greenberg lab), Seattle, WA
Contact Info: mart3527@umn.edu
Kristen Pauken, Ph.D.
Program: MICaB
Defense Year:2013
Advisor: Brian Fife
Dissertation Title: "The Inhibitory Receptor PD-1 Differentially Regulates Effector and Anergic Autoreactive CD4+ T Cells During Type 1 Diabetes."
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School (Arlene Sharpe lab), Boston, MA
Contact Info: kristen_pauken@hms.harvard.edu
Caitlin Heiderscheidt, M.S.
Program: MICaB
Defense Year:2013
Advisor: Brian Fife
Dissertation Title: "Exploiting Antigen Specific Approaches to Induce Tolerance in Type 1 Diabetes."
Current Position: Science Instructor at LEARN Charter School Network, Evanston, Illinois
Contact Info: heide098@gmail.com
Post Doctoral Fellows
Adam Burrack, PhD
Fellowship dates: 2014-2017
Research Emphasis: Determine the ability of pancreatic beta cells to act in their own defense.
Current Position: Post Doctoral Fellow, Ingunn Stromnes Lab, University of Minnesota
Contact Info: alburrac@umn.edu