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MSTP students in the Sahoo lab
Medical Scientist Training Program
Emily Xie

Emily Xie

Phase 1 First Year Student

Locations

  • Medical Scientist Training Program

Contact Information

Education

BS, Microbial Biology, University of California-Berkeley, 2023

Research Interests

Microbial and viral pathogenesis, infectious disease, immunology, and immunotherapy

Research Experience

Genentech, 2023-2025
Advisort: Min Xu, PhD
Project: Preclinical development and evaluation of immune-targeting therapies for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) in murinemodels

University of Colorado, Anschutz, Summer 2023
Advisor: Karin Payne, PhD
Project: Investigating the role of cx3cr1+ macrophages in bony bar formation

University of California, Berkeley, 2020- 2023
Advisor: Benjamin Blonder, PhD
Projects: 1) Investigating the likelihood of seed-plant interactions in relation to seed functional traits and plant growth forms 2) Leaf venation evolution 3) Mt. Baldy demography study using orthorectification

Publications

Matos IS, Vu B, Mann J, Xie E, et.al, Blonder BW. Leaf venation network evolution across clades and Scales. Nature Plants. 2025 Jun 6;11(6):1127-41. doi:10.1038/s41477-025-02011-y

Gopinath S, Ishak A, Dhawan N, Poudel S, Shrestha PS, Singh P, Xie E, Tahir P, Marzaban S, Michel J, Michel G. Characteristics of COVID-19 Breakthrough Infections among Vaccinated Individuals and Associated Risk Factors: A Systematic Review. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2022 May 22;7(5):81. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed7050081. PMID: 35622708; PMCID: PMC9144541.

General Interests

Hiking, trying new restaurants, Gongfu style tea brewing, traveling, and field hockey