Principal Investigator

Dr. Emrah Altındiş is an Assistant Professor at Boston College Biology Department and an adjunct faculty member of Joslin Diabetes Center (affiliated with Harvard Medical School). His research is focused on(i)functional characterization of viral hormones and(ii)potential role of gut microbiome on onset of Type 1 Diabetes autoimmunity. Dr. Altindis’ primary goal and passion is to make significant contributions to our understanding on host and microbe interactions within the context of viral hormones and determine their role in human health and disease.

Post Doctoral Fellows

Graduate Students

Undergraduate Researchers

Former Postdocs
Martina Chrudinova,Ph.D(2019-2022)
Qian Huang, PhD(2018-2020)
Michael Rak, Ph.D(2018-2019)

Former Undergraduate Researchers
Kaitlin Reiners(2021-2023)
Khadija Danazumi(2021-2023)
Typhania Zanou(2022-2023)
Yena Sung(2022-2023)
Jaewon Oh(2022-2023)
Matt Mojares(2020-2023)
Amol Raisingani(2019-2022)
Ruixi Huang(2019-2022)
Maximilian Figura(2019-2022)
Kaan Sevgi(2019-2022)
Nathan Ji(2020-2022)
RileyAquilano(2020-2022)
Amaya Powis(2019-2021)
Robert Reiners(2020-2021)
Scott Hsu(2019-2021)
Tu Tran(2019-2021)
Claudia Brady(2019-2020)
Yasmine Nousari(2019 Summer)
Aparna Naik(2019 Summer)