Benjamin Doran

Former Research Technician

Background & Interests

Biography

Benjamin is a research technician in the Shalek lab developing novel single cell profiling strategies to apply to outstanding problems in basic and applied immunology. In collaboration with the Kean Lab, he is currently exploring pediatric inflammatory bowel disease, searching for key disease signatures.

Before working at MIT, Benjamin studied data science and biology at Harvard University, and worked on motif discovery algorithms for transcription factor binding sites. In his free time Benjamin enjoys snowshoeing, photography, and cooking spicy food.

Publications

Single-cell profiling of environmental enteropathy reveals signatures of epithelial remodeling and immune activation

Kummerlowe et al.,
Science Translational Medicine,
2022

A Treatment-Naive Cellular Atlas of Pediatric Crohn's Disease Predicts Disease Severity and Therapeutic Response

Zheng et al.,
bioRxiv,
2021

Single-cell profiling of environmental enteropathy reveals signatures of epithelial remodeling and immune activation in severe disease

Kummerlowe et al.,
bioRxiv,
2021

Inflammasomes within hyperactive murine dendritic cells stimulate long-lived T cell-mediated anti-tumor immunity

Zhivaki et al.,
Cell Reports,
2020

SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2 is an interferon-stimulated gene in human airway epithelial cells and is detected in specific cell subsets across tissues

Ziegler et al.,
Cell,
2020

SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2 is an interferon-stimulated gene in human airway epithelial cells and is enriched in specific cell subsets across tissues

Ziegler et al.,
SSRN,
2020