The Feigin Lab
Michael E Feigin, Phd
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Director of Graduate Studies, Experimental Therapeutics
Mike received his PhD under the direction of Dr. Craig Malbon in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where he uncovered the role of RGS proteins in regulating Wnt signaling pathways. He then moved to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory for postdoctoral fellowships with Dr. Senthil Muthuswamy and Dr. David Tuveson. At CSHL, Mike discovered novel oncogenes in breast cancer and drivers of oncogenic gene expression in pancreatic cancer.
E-mail: michael.feigin@roswellpark.org
Bluesky: @mikefeigin
arwen tisdale, MS
Research Associate
Arwen has been performing cancer research since 2010. She began by studying the development of vulvar cancer in response to ultra-potent corticosteroids at SUNY Geneseo while she obtained her B.S. in Biochemistry. This translational research was performed in collaboration with the OB/GYN department at Strong Memorial Hospital and the University at Rochester. She went on to obtain her Masters degree in interdisciplinary cancer sciences from the University at Buffalo and Roswell Park’s Comprehensive Cancer Center Graduate Division under the direction of Dr. Sharon Evans. Her thesis investigated the potential sex bias in lymphocyte trafficking in response to fever-range thermal stress, an immunotherapy. She has been the manager and research associate for the Feigin Lab since its inception in 2017.
E-mail: arwen.tisdale@roswellpark.org
Aditi chaubey, PHD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Aditi received her BS in Biotechnology from University of Pune and went on to pursue MS in Biotechnology from the same university. She worked as a PhD student in Dr. Denise Ferkey’s lab at University at Buffalo, studying modulation of aversive circuits based on sex differences, and role of gap junctions in modulating GPCR based aversive responses in the nematode C. elegans.
E-mail: aditi.chaubey@roswellpark.org
Twitter: @aditichaubey
hunter reavis, phd
Postdoctoral Fellow - Presidential Scholar
Hunter is a recent graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Cell & Molecular Biology PhD program. She is very excited about studying the tumor microenvironment and ways to leverage these interactions for cancer treatment. In her free time, she enjoys reading, cooking, and being a corgi mom!
E-mail: hunter.reavis@roswellpark.org
katie maraszek
PhD Student
Katie graduated from the University at Buffalo with a BS in Biochemistry and a minor in Pharmacology and Toxicology. She worked as an undergraduate in the Feigin lab with Abby studying the impact of benzodiazepines on the pancreatic tumor microenvironment. She is a third-year student in the Cancer Sciences PhD program at Roswell Park through the University at Buffalo. Her project focuses on the role of opioid signaling in pancreatic cancer progression.
E-mail: kathryn.maraszek@roswellpark.org
siavash soheili
MS Student
Siavash holds a BS in Cell and Molecular Biology and an MS in Biophysics from Azad University, Iran. Currently pursuing his second-year master's degree in Biomedical Engineering at UB, he's focused on exploring the synergistic effects of therapeutic medications on various cancer cell lines.
E-mail: siavashs@buffalo.edu
aisha makama
Undergraduate Student
Aisha is a freshman at the University at Buffalo double majoring in Biochemistry and Political Science with a minor in Neuroscience. She volunteers as a Medical Intern and Patient Transporter at the Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center. In addition, she serves as a SUNY SA Delegate where she advocates for the decrease in tuition rates within the SUNY schools system. Her current research interests are in genome editing and CRISPR-Cas9 technology.
Former Lab Members (PhD Studenst):
Abigail Cornwell, PhD (2017-2023)
Abdulrahman Alahmari, PhD (2018-2024)
Former Lab Members (Postdoctoral Fellow):
Swati Venkat, PhD (2017-2021)
Former Lab Members (Undergraduates):
Diana Kwiatkowski (2017-2018)
Anant Shah (2017-2018)
Victoria Rizzuto (2017-2018)
DesTiny Overton (Summer 2018)
Karla Gabriela Cano Hernandez (Summer 2018)
Tatiane da Silva Fernandes (2018-2019)
Denisha Robinson (2018-2019)
Whitney Spencer (2018-2019)
Jaelyn Vigee (Summer 2019)
Johann Schwarz (Summers 2019, 2023)
Amanda Bache (2018-2019)
Serena Strollo-DiCenso (2019)
Emily Paterson (2021)
Carla Schwarz (Summer 2021)
Kathryn Maraszek (2019-2021)
Amaris Huang (2021-2022)
Emily Schwarz (Summer 2022)
Sam (Minsuh) Kim (2021-2023)
Abigail Stellrecht (Summer 2023)
Anusha Adhikari (Summer 2023)
Nina Lvov (Fall 2024)
Joan Liu (2021-2024)
Bradley Voelker (2023-2024)