department
of anatomy
roose
lab

people

Our lab is a highly collaborative, diverse, international, and ambitious group. We enjoy team-based research that capitalizes on the strength of the individual. We bring in complementary expertise through many collaborations at UCSF and all over the world.
Jeroen Roose, PI
jeroen.roose@ucsf.edu
ROOSE LAB UCSF
513 Parnassus Avenue
Health Science West, HSW1300
San Francisco
CA 94143, USA
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administrative support

Andy Dang
Andy.Dang@ucsf.edu
Administrative Assistant
Administrative support for Jeroen Roose
phone: 415-476-4564

lab support

Lelaine Pata
Supporting Service

staff

Michelle (Oghenekvwe) Gbenedio
Oghenekevwe.Gbenedio@ucsf.edu
I focus on organoid technology to better understand stem- & progenitor- cell fate decisions.
Kayla Kulhanek
Kayla.Kulhanek@ucsf.edu
My work is centered on alterations in effector kinase pathways and impacts on CD4 T cell function.
Milana Krush
Milana.Krush@ucsf.edu
I am interested in understanding complex leukemic signals and what we can do to inhibit these.
Alan Shen
I work with Taymour on the Total Cancer Profiling project and spend part of my time in the D2B CoLab.
Eric Smith
smith@ucsf.edu
My work focuses on understanding how different cell types collectively impact the intestinal stem cell compartment.
Rita (Meng-Yao) Huang
Meng-Yao.Huang@ucsf.edu
I work with the Roose and Spitzer labs to analyze the CYTOF data generated from immunological-, organoid-, and leukemia- studies.
Sammy (Samantha) Little
Samantha.Little@ucsf.edu
I work with Michelle and various Roose lab team members and UCSF groups to generate, characterize, and Biobank organoids. My own project focuses on mammary gland- and breast cancer- organoids.

postdoctoral fellows

Philippe Depeille
Philippe.Depeille@ucsf.edu
I study the impact of EGFR-RAS signals on stem cell maintenance and microenvironment in physiological context with emphasis on the intestine.
Laila Karra
Laila.Karra@ucsf.edu
I am interested in understanding the topology of the Ras signaling network in T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma (T-ALL) and how we can exploit new knowledge for better therapy.
Taymour Hammoudi
Taymour.Hammoudi@ucsf.edu
In a joint project co-mentored by Max Krummel I am investigating the interaction between immune cells and tumor cells.
Kristi Bahl
Kriti.Bahl@ucsf.edu
I am investigating canonical and non-canonical signaling pathways induced by the RasGEFs RasGRP1 and SOS1 and the protein complexes that these RasGEFs operate in.
Lisiena Hysenaj
Lisiena.Hysenaj@ucsf.edu
My project centers around lung cancer, capitalizing on organoids to explore immunotherapy and epithelial-immune cell interactions.

previous lab members

Previous Roose Lab members and their current positions.
Where are they now?

Hanna Doh
Hanna.Doh@ucsf.edu
I am studying how cell fate decisions are occurring in the mammary gland and in breast cancer with the use of organoids.
Damia Romero
Damia.Romeromoya@ucsf.edu
My research focusses on Precision Medicine and combination therapy in T cell leukemia.
Kay Hage
hage@ucsf.edu
Masters Student
I am investigating the efficacy of combination therapy in leukemia.
Wouter Bos
wouter.bos@ucsf.edu
Masters Student
I am working on intestinal stem cell biology and organoids.
Aseal Birir
Aseal.Birir@ucsf.edu
I investigate the biology of the intestinal epithelial cell compartment with organoid cultures from normal intestine and colorectal cancers.
Alex Samocha
Alex.Samocha@ucsf.edu
Grad student & Postdoc in the Roose lab, 2013-2019
Next: Scientist at Wild Type, Inc.
Saikat Banerjee
Saikat.Banerjee@ucsf.edu
Postdoc in the Roose lab, 2016-2019
Next: Scientist at Kite Pharma
Catherine Hartzell
Catherine.Hartzell@ucsf.edu
Postdoc in the Roose lab 2016-2018
Next: Scientist Kite Pharma
Mary Ho
SRA in the Roose lab, 2007-2009
Next: Physical Therapist
Alameda County Medical Center - Highland Hospital Oakland, CA
Tineke Lenstra
tinekelenstra@gmail.com
Master student in the Roose lab, 2007-2008
Next: PhD student Utrecht University
Holstege lab, Postdoc Larson lab NCI, Group leader NKI Amsterdam
Anne Boeter
boeter@zonmw.nl
Master student in the Roose lab, 2008
Next: Program Assistant at the Netherlands
Organization for Health R & D, Sientific program officer ZonMw
Evan Trager
evan.joshua.trager@gmail.com
SRA in the Roose lab, 2008-2010
Next: UCSF Medical school
Jeroen Bakker
j.bakker@nki.nl
Master student in the Roose lab, 2009
Next: PhD student NKI/AvL - Amsterdam
Neefjes lab
Noelle Polakos
npolakos@gmail.com
Postdoc in the Roose lab, 2010-2011
Next: University of Würzburg, Germany
Robert van de Ven
rahvandeven@gmail.com
Master student in the Roose lab, 2009-2010
Next: PhD student UMCU - Utrecht
Derksen lab, Postdoc M. Haigis lab Harvard
Ed Lemmens
edlemmens@gmail.com
Associate specialist in the Roose lab, 2009-2011
Next: Scientist at Aduro
Milou Tenhagen
tenhagenmilou@hotmail.com
Master student in the Roose lab, 2011
Next: PhD student UMCU - Utrecht
Derksen lab, Data analyst Zilveren Kruis Health Care
Kristen Coakley
kristen.coakley@gmail.com
Graduate student in the Roose lab, 2007-2011
Next: Assistant Director of the Science Outreach Initiative at the UPenn School of Arts and Sciences
Linda Henricks
lindahenricks@gmail.com
Master student in the Roose lab, 2012-2013
Next: PhD student NKI - Amsterdam
Schellens lab
Evan Markegard
Evan.Markegard@ucsf.edu
SRA in the Roose lab, 2010-2012
Next: BMS graduate student UCSF
Berit Snijer
beritsnijer@gmail.com
Master student in the Roose lab, 2012-2013
Next: Masters of Medicine, Residency in Internal Medicine - Radboud Nijmegen
Andre Limnander
aln1975@gmail.com
Postdoc in the Roose lab, 2011-2014
Next: Staff Scientist, Regeneron
Immune and Inflammatory diseases
Ludo Westerveld
ludowesterveld@gmail.com
Master student in the Roose lab, 2012-2013
Next: Staf @ Science museum NEMO, Amsterdam
Jasmin Post
j.b.post@students.uu.nl
Master student in the Roose lab, 2013-2014
Next: PhD student Utrecht with Jacco van Rheenen and Hugo Snippert
Marthe Lindenbergh
m.f.s.lindenbergh@students.uu.nl
Master student in the Roose lab, 2014
Next: PhD student Utrecht with Willem Stoorvogel and Marianne Boes
Lisa Donker
l.donker@students.uu.nl
Master student in the Roose lab, 2014-2015
Next: PhD student Utrecht - Gloerich lab
Axel Janssen
janssen.axel@gmail.com
Master student in the Roose lab, 2015
Next: PhD student Utrecht - Bonten lab
Lexi Melton
Alexis.Melton@ucsf.edu
Postdoc in the Roose lab, 2013-2015
Next: Clinical instructor UCSF Pediatrics (Allergy, Immunology & Bone marrow Transplant), Assistant Adjunct Professor
Tannia Lau
tannialau@gmail.com
SRA in the Roose lab, 2012-2015
Next: graduate student UCSC
Olga Ksionda
olga.mcnksionda@gmail.com
Postdoc in the Roose lab, 2010-2015
Next: Clinical trial coordinator at the Liggins Institute, New Zealand
Yvonne Vercoulen
y.vercoulen@umcutrecht.nl
Postdoc in the Roose lab, 2011-2015
Next: Assistant Professor at http://www.cancergenomics.nl/
Yvonne Thus
yvonne_thus@hotmail.com
Master student in the Roose lab, 2015-2016
Next: PhD student AMC Amsterdam - Marcel Spaargaren lab
Marsilius Mues
marsilius.mues@gmx.com
Postdoc in the Roose lab, 2013-2017
Next: Senior Research Scientist at Miltenyi Biotec
Emilia Norlin
SRA in the Roose lab, 2015-2017
Next: Medical School Chicago
Jesse Jun
pigsy2001@gmail.com
Postdoc in the Roose lab, 2009-2018
Next: Research Scientist, ImmunoOncology, Gilead
Darienne Myers
Grad student & Postdoc in the Roose lab, 2012-2018
Next: Scientist I, Cancer Immunology, Revolution Medicines