Tigist Tamir, PhD has joined the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics as a tenure-track Assistant Professor, effective December 16, 2024. Her research focuses on Cell signaling mediated regulation of metabolism and oxidative stress response in obesity and cancer.
Dr. Tigist Tamir received her B.S. in Biology and Bio-Mathematics from the College of William and Mary, and her Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Dr. Ben Major’s lab. Her research focus is on identifying the convergence between cell signaling and metabolism. Dr. Tamir conducted her postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Dr. Forest White, at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT. In her present work, Dr. Tamir employs a multidisciplinary approach utilizing biochemistry, multi-omics, and computational models to investigate the intricate regulation of oxidative stress response within complex signaling and metabolic networks. She will be starting her research group, The Systems Metabolism and Signaling Lab, in the department of Biochemistry and Biophysics in January 2025. Dr. Tamir is accepting applications for RA and postdoc positions, and will be accepting rotation students in Spring 2025.
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