Abrams Lab Members

Dr. Abrams

Scott I. Abrams, PhD
Department of Immunology
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Elm and Carlton Streets
Buffalo, NY 14263
Tel: (716) 845-4375
Fax: (716) 845-8906
E-mail: scott.abrams@roswellpark.org

Dr. Khan

A. Nazmul H. Khan, MBBS, PhD
After graduation from medical college, I worked as a clinician in Bangladesh and Botswana. In 1999, I moved to the USA and began research work to develop and characterize mAb against immune molecules at New York Medical College. During a pre-doctoral fellowship at Roswell Park I worked to develop an immunotherapy against cancer and found that tumor cells altered by epigenetic modification can be used as a vaccine to prevent and treat tumors in model systems. Since 2005, I have been working here to define the mechanisms and to design a strategy for clinical application of the epigenetic vaccination against cancer. The knowledge and experience in clinical medicine and bio-medical research I have acquired during past years, I would like to utilize to bring bench-findings into the bed-side.

Mary Lynn Hensen

I joined Dr. Abram’s laboratory as a Laboratory Technician in July 2008. I manage all of our transgenic and knockout mouse colonies, conduct all breeding and genotyping, and assist with a variety of experimental animal studies. My previous work at Roswell Park also involved maintaining transgenic and knockout mouse colonies, as well as performing studies involving freeze fracture, electron microscopy and HPLC.

Jeremy Waight

I am from the Southern Tier of New York in rural Jasper. From an early age I knew that I wanted to be involved in science in some fashion. After high school, I jumped right into science and notched a BS in Biology from the University at Buffalo. Right after I graduated college, I spent a summer working at Roswell Park and fell in love with research. I spent a year rotating throughout labs and finally joined the Abram’s lab and have become even more addicted to research than I previously anticipated. Outside of the lab you can find me playing sports (most prominently soccer), hanging out with friends, Bills games, and enjoying Buffalo.

Debarati Banik

I am born and raised in Calcutta of India where I completed Masters in Biochemistry from University of Calcutta. I came to the Immunology department of Roswell Park as a graduate student in fall 2008 and joined Dr. Abrams lab in July, 2009. My project here focuses on looking at the possible role of IRF-8 on genes involved in invasion and metastasis. My passions are music, literature, cinema, watching Cricket and of course, food. Experimenting with cooking is my favorite pastime nowadays. Unlike a lot of foreign students, I don’t exactly hate snow and that’s why I have started liking Buffalo.