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Please join The NICHD Connection in welcoming the following fellows to the NICHD family.

Dr. Medha Raina

Home country: India

PhD institution: The Ohio State University

NICHD mentor: Dr. Gisela T. Storz

Dr. Medha Raina


Dr. Danfeng (Dani) Cai

Home country: Nanjing, China

PhD institution: Johns Hopkins University

NICHD mentor: Dr. Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz

Area of research: Stem cell biology

Dr. Dani Cai


Dr. Bin Zhao

Home country: China

PhD institution: Karolinska Institute, Sweden

NICHD mentor: Dr. Paul Love

Area of research: T cell immunology

Dr. Bin Zhao


Dr. Shakib Omari

Home state: Middle Island, NY

PhD institution: University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

NICHD mentor: Dr. Sergey Leikin, Dr. Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz

Area of research: Collagen trafficking in a mouse model of Osteogenesis Imperfecta

Dr. Shakib Omari


Dr. Subhasis Ray

Home country: India

PhD institution: NCBS, TIFR, Bangalore, INDIA

NICHD mentor: Dr. Mark Stopfer

Area of research: Sensory Coding and Neural Ensembles

Dr. Subhasis Ray


Dr. Raffaello Verardi

Home country: Italy

PhD institution: University of Minnesota, MN

NICHD mentor: Dr. Anirban Banerjee

Area of research: Structural Biology and Enzymology

Dr. Raffaello Verardi
Are you new to the NICHD and would like to be introduced in this newsletter? Please send you name, home country or state, PhD institution, NICHD mentor, and area of research to our editor Shana Spindler at Shana.Spindler@gmail.com.