People

Luca Costea

I joined the lab in June 2025 and I support ongoing projects such as regeneration after spinal cord injury and regulation of subcellular transcripts. I have a keen interest in neuroimmune regulation of immature synapses.

Anne Engmann

Postdoctoral Fellow

ETH Zurich (Switzerland), Ph.D. I joined the Macklis lab in January 2018 as a postdoctoral fellow. My particular interest lies in studying similarities and differences between the molecular pathways involved in axonal outgrowth and guidance of...

John Froberg

Postdoctoral Fellow

I joined the lab the Macklis lab as a postdoctoral fellow in Fall 2018. I use novel sequencing strategies to understand multiple aspects of RNA biology in cortical neurons and growth cones. In particular, I study 1.) regulation of axonal growth by local...

JungMin Kim

Postdoctoral Fellow

I joined the Macklis Lab in February 2025. I find almost any topic related to the brain deeply intriguing. I am most interested in studying how each neuron grows its subcellular compartments, finds its specific synaptic targets in such a complex...

Ryan Kirk

Postdoctoral Fellow

I am interested in genetic and epigenetic mechanisms that give rise to Callosal Projection Neurons and how the development and axon targeting of these neurons are disrupted in Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Jeffrey D. Macklis

Max and Anne Wien Professor of Life Sciences

Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, and Center for Brain Science, Harvard University

Max and Anne Wien Professor of Life Sciences, Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, and Center for Brain Science, Harvard University Professor of Neurology [Neuroscience] at Harvard Medical School (HMS) Director, Developmental and Regenerative...

Kathryn Nairn

I joined the lab in Winter 2023. I am fascinated by the nervous system, especially in dynamic processes of development and regeneration. In the lab, I work under the mentorship of Mariale Vicent. I am investigating molecular mechanisms underlying...

Melody Ross

Research Laboratory Manager

I joined the Macklis lab in December 2018. I received my BS in Biology from Brandeis University where I researched Donor Preference in yeast at Haber Lab. At Macklis lab I enjoy aiding and assisting our many talented researchers while honing my own skills...

Dustin Tillman

Ph.D. Student, Molecules, Cells and Organisms Program

Washington University in St. Louis (B.A. in Biology and Chemistry, 2019) I grew up in Davis, California before attending Washington University in St. Louis as an undergraduate. There, I majored in biology and chemistry while characterizing the proteins...

Lara Tureli

I joined the lab in winter 2025. Working with my bench-mentor, postdoctoral fellow JungMin Kim, I am interested in subcellular molecular mechanisms of developing and diseased neurons. I am refining a flexible system to manipulate RNAs and proteins...

Mariale Vincent Allende

PhD Student, Program in Neuroscience.

M.D.- Ph.D student, MSTP

Williams College, BA (Biology) I am a PhD candidate in the Program in Neuroscience (PiN) as part of my MD-PhD training in the Health Sciences and Technology program at Harvard Medical School. I joined the Macklis Lab in the fall of 2021. Previously, I...