Education:
University of California - Berkeley
Molecular and Cell Biology major
B.A., 2021
Honors & Awards:
- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellows, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 2026 - 2031
MSTP Student Governance:
- Student Advisory Committee, 2023-2025
- Student Admissions and Recruitment Committee, 2025-2026
Thesis Advisor: Michael Farrar, Ph.D.
Publications:
For work prior to the UMN MSTP
Bousbaine D, Bauman KD, Chen YE, Yu VK, Lalgudi PV, Naziripour A, Veinbachs A, Phung JL, Nguyen TTD, Swenson JM, Lee YE, Dimas A, Jain S, Meng X, Pham TPT, Zhao A, Barkal L, Gribonika I, Van Rompay KKA, Belkaid Y, Barnes CO, Fischbach MA. Discovery and engineering of the antibody response against a prominent skin commensal. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Jan 23:2024.01.23.576900. PMCID: PMC10849572
Chen YE, Bousbaine D, Veinbachs A, Atabakhsh K, Dimas A, Yu VK, Zhao A, Enright NJ, Nagashima K, Belkaid Y, Fischbach MA. Engineered skin bacteria induce antitumor T cell responses against melanoma. Science. 2023 Apr 14;380(6641):203-210.
