Anouchka Laurent

My research interests are the identification of genetic alterations responsible for leukemia and lymphoma development and the elucidation of the mechanisms leading to transformation in lymphoid diseases. My academic training and research experience give me an excellent background in multiple biological disciplines including cellular and molecular biology and genetics. I completed my PhD at the INSERM in France where I demonstrated the cooperation between an activating mutation of Jak3 and trisomy 21 in the development of cutaneous T cell lymphoma. I also identified a major cooperative role for the RAS/MAPK signaling pathway in the development of Down syndrome-associated B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Currently, I am a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University, under the mentorship of Dr. Teresa Palomero, and I study the mechanisms of transformation in Peripheral T-cell lymphoma using multidisciplinary approaches from animal models to transcriptomic and epigenomic analysis.