Nouran Abdelfattah

Nouran graduated with high distinction from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, receiving a bachelors degree in Biochemistry and Biology. While in college, Nouran participated in the Harvard Stem Cell Research Internship (HSCI) program under the supervision of Dr. David Langenau, where she received a foundational research exposure to cancer biology and completed a senior thesis project on the role of TOX in T-cell leukemia. She also worked on developing the first immune-compromised zebrafish model for large-scale cell transplantation studies. After college, Nouran was awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship and obtained an MPhil in Translational Medicine and Therapeutics from the University of Cambridge, where she characterized the role of calreticulin in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms. Now at Harvard, she joined the lab of Dr. Stephen Elledge with the goal of developing better tools to redirect the power of the immune system to drive anti-tumor immunity. In particular, she is interested in engineering T cells for adoptive T cell therapies. Outside of the lab, Nouran enjoys mentoring others and teaching as well as being part of the Leder Human Biology and Translational Medicine Program.