Yutong"Emma" Xu

Emma is a Master’s student in the Harvard Immunology Program who joined the lab in the spring of 2024. She graduated from Brandeis University with a B.S. in Biochemistry and a B.A. in Computer Science. Her previous research focused on the regulatory mechanism of DNTPase and her current research interest is airway epithelial cell remodeling  in type II inflammation.

Michael  is a PhD student in the Immunology Program at Harvard who joined the lab in the summer of 2023. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Bachelor of Science in Biological Engineering with a minor in Computer Science in May of 2022. His previous research was focused on antigen presentation in the context of HIV, and he is currently investigating metabolic changes observed in type 2 inflammation.

Shanthi is an undergraduate currently pursuing her Bachelor of Science degree in Cell and Molecular Biology in the Honors Program. She joined the Barrett Lab in March 2022 as part of the co-op program at Northeastern, and her current research interests focus on the functions of airway brush cells in type II inflammation.

Kelly joined the lab as a research assistant in 2022 after graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Anthropology from Amherst College, where she studied root iron homeostasis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Her current research focuses on airway epithelial cell behavior in type II inflammation in human and murine models.

Nils is joined the lab as a Research Assistant in 2018 after graduating with a degree in Molecular Biology from Umea University. His previous research experience focused on virulence-associated behaviors in enteric bacteria. His current research is on human airway epithelial cell behavior and plasticity.

Xin is a Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He joined the laboratory in 2019 after completing his PhD in molecular biology at Southern Illinois University, studying intestinal immunology in inflammatory bowel disease. His current research interest is airway basal cell development and remodeling in type 2 inflammatory diseases.

Kimmy is a graduate student currently pursuing her Master of Medical Science degree in Immunology at Harvard Medical School. Previously, she obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology at Colorado State University, where she studied the pathogenesis and host-microbe interaction of Mycobacterium spp. She joined Barrett Lab in 2020 for her thesis project, and her current research interests focus on characteristics and functions of murine airway brush cells in type II inflammation.

Minkyu is a research fellow at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He received his PhD from Seoul National University College of Medicine in March of 2020, studying airway epithelial remodeling and hypoxia-driven cancer. He joined the laboratory in November of 2020 and his current research interest is the biology of airway brush cells and their regulation by G protein-coupled receptors.

George is a clinical fellow in Allergy & Immunology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He graduated from Harvard College with an A.B. in Biomedical Engineering in 2012 and completed medical school in the division of Health Sciences & Technology at Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2017. He then finished residency in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 2020 prior to starting his fellowship in Allergy & Immunology. George is interested in using quantitative approaches to better understand the pathophysiology of allergic disease.

Amelia is an administrative assistant who joined the Allergy and Immunology Division in August 2022. She graduated from Southern New Hampshire University with a Master’s Degree in Communication with a concentration in New Media and Marketing. In her free time, she enjoys reading, trying new restaurants, and spending time with family and friends.