Brittany Goods

Former Postdoctoral Fellow

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Degrees & Affiliations

BA, Biochemistry - Colby College BE, Biochemical and Chemical Engineering - Dartmouth College PhD, Biological Engineering - MIT

Background & Interests

Biography

Britt is a third year postdoctoral fellow in the Shalek Lab. Her research interests include maternal health, trans-generational health, and lactation. She is currently running the MIT Milk Study, the first longitudinal study to deeply profile milk-resident cells. She was previously a PhD student in Chris Love’s lab in Bioengineering, where she characterized mechanisms of T cell dysfunction and exhaustion in MS and GBM. She received a Bachelor of Engineering degree at Dartmouth College and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biochemistry at Colby College. In addition to research, she enjoys teaching and was a teaching assistant for 5.64, Frontiers of Interdisciplinary Science in Human Health and Disease, this past semester.

Publications

Transcriptomic analysis of whole staged ovarian follicles reveals stage-specific folliculogenesis signatures in mice

VanBenschoten et al.,
bioRxiv,
2025

Follicle-intrinsic and spatially distinct molecular programs drive follicle rupture and luteinization during ex vivo mammalian ovulation

Zaniker et al.,
Communications Biology,
2024

Single-cell and spatiotemporal profile of ovulation in the mouse ovary

Huang et al.,
bioRxiv,
2024

An ex vivo ovulation system enables the discovery of novel ovulatory pathways and nonhormonal contraceptive candidates

Zhang et al.,
Biology of Reproduction,
2023

Vitrification preserves murine ovarian follicular cell transcriptome in a 3D encapsulated in vitro follicle growth system

Wang et al.,
Biology of Reproduction,
2023

Single-cell transcriptomics of staged oocytes and somatic cells reveal novel regulators of follicle activation

Chen et al.,
Reproduction,
2023

Cellular and transcriptional diversity over the course of human lactation

Nyquist et al.,
PNAS,
2022

Leukocyte dynamics after intracerebral hemorrhage in a living patient reveal rapid adaptations to tissue milieu

Goods et al.,
JCI Insight,
2021

Longitudinal transcriptomics define the stages of myeloid activation in the living human brain after intracerebral hemorrhage

Askenase et al.,
Science Immunology,
2021

Single-cell transcriptomic atlas of the human retina identifies cell types associated with age-related macular degeneration

Menon et al.,
Nature Communications,
2019