Team Members
Keren earned her B.S. from Emmanuel College and worked in Dr. Jackson’s lab on neuroimmune interactions in IBD, then joined Dr. Kostic’s lab as a BBS student. he now studies how microbiome‑derived signals affect immune tolerance and neuroinflammation in multiple sclerosis, and values the lab’s focus on independence and mentorship.
Alex Kostic
Principal Investigator
Postdoctoral Fellow
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. Student
Kostic Lab Alumni
Gone but not forgotten
Ted A. Chavkin
2017-2021
Position in Kostic Lab: PhD Student (Harvard BBS)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Braden T. Tierney
2017-2021
Position in Kostic Lab: PhD Student (Harvard BBS)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Weill Cornell Medicine, NYC
Wanyan MA
2021
Position in Kostic Lab: Summer Research Student
Current Position: Medical Student, UPitt
Melissa Tran
2017-2020
Positions in Kostic Lab: Laboratory Technician; Undergraduate Student (Harvard College)
Current Position: PhD Student (Harvard BBS)
Valentina Lagomarsino
2019-2020
Positions in Kostic Lab: PhD Student (Harvard BBS)
Current Position: PhD Student (Harvard BBS)
Jacob L. Luber
2016-2019
Position in Kostic Lab: PhD Student (Harvard BIG)
Current Position: Tenure-Track Faculty, University of Texas, Arlington