Samira Ibrahim

Former Research Technician

Degrees & Affiliations

BS, Molecular & Cellular Biology - Johns Hopkins University

Background & Interests

Biography

Samira is a research technician in the Shalek Lab, where she focuses on understanding the immune response to tuberculosis. She grew up in the South Shore area of Massachusetts, and moved to Baltimore to attend Johns Hopkins University. While at Hopkins, she spent three years working in the Kim lab studying chromosome dynamics during meiosis in C. elegans, and she majored in molecular and cellular Biology.

Outside of work, Samira enjoys spending time with family and friends, listening to music and podcasts, and trying to get better at playing piano.

Publications

Variants and vaccines impact nasal immunity over three waves of SARS-CoV-2

Walsh et al.,
Nature Immunology,
2025

Impact of variants and vaccination on nasal immunity across three waves of SARS-CoV-2

Long et al.,
biorxiv,
2024

Identification and characterization of the T cell receptor (TCR) repertoire of the cynomolgus macaque (Macaca Fascicularis)

Jaiswal et al.,
BMC Genomics,
2023

Multimodal profiling of lung granulomas in macaques reveals cellular correlates of tuberculosis control

Gideon et al.,
Immunity,
2022