Thomas B.Tomasi, MD, PhD

Dr. Thomas Tomasi received his A.B. from Dartmouth College, with highest distinction, and his M.D., cum laude, from the University of Vermont. He served as resident and chief-resident at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY. He received his Ph.D. from The Rockefeller University in 1965.

William J. Magner, PhD

Jennifer Wiesen

I joined the Tomasi lab in May of 2002.  My list of techniques has grown significantly and my creative and organizational skills have helped me to implement useful tools such as a database of finances describing where money is being spent, data summary sheets that show multiple experiments in one report, and assistance with slides and figures for presentations and papers. My recent work has focused on the machinery involved in the microRNA pathway. The RNase III enzyme Dicer has been of significant importance in my work because I’ve been able to show that it is regulated by various stresses. Since Dicer is responsible for the synthesis of miRs which regulate 30% (thus far) of the genome, this is a very significant finding. I’m presently working with Dr. Tomasi to look into the pathways that are being activated/repressed during Dicer regulation. In addition to this project, I’ve performed experiments with pretreatment of tumor cells with HDACi followed by IFN- and have been able to significantly induce the IFN- response to an otherwise unresponsive cell, leading to the labs present work with combination treatments in vaccine models with head and neck tumors

Ramona (Michelle) Watson

I've worked at Roswell Park Cancer Institute for 4 years as a lab aide and a secretary in the Immunology office. I also worked for Dr. Soldano Ferrone as a lab assistant. I started in Dr. Tomasi lab on September 1, 2007 as a lab assistant. My goals are to continue to learn various lab tasks and to further my education in becoming a lab technician.

Shiuh-Dih (Ketty)
Chou, PhD

Ananthi Asirvatham, PhD

Christopher J. Gregorie
[1980-2007]

A. Nazmul H. Khan,
MBBS, PhD