Nicole Lai
Senior Scientist at Food Allergy Science Initiative- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Food Allergy Science Initiative
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United States
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Biotechnology Research
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Scientist
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Jul 2023 - Present
Accelerating drug discovery efforts to develop therapeutics to treat food allergy Accelerating drug discovery efforts to develop therapeutics to treat food allergy
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Kallyope
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United States
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Biotechnology Research
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1 - 100 Employee
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Scientist I/II
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Jan 2020 - Jun 2023
Harnessing the gut-brain axis to develop therapeutics for gastrointestinal and neurological disorders Harnessing the gut-brain axis to develop therapeutics for gastrointestinal and neurological disorders
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Harvard Medical School
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Ph.D. student in Biological and Biomedical Sciences
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Sep 2014 - Dec 2019
Investigate how pain-mediating nociceptor neurons regulate gastrointestinal physiology, inflammation, and host defense against bacterial pathogens Investigate how pain-mediating nociceptor neurons regulate gastrointestinal physiology, inflammation, and host defense against bacterial pathogens
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Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT, and Harvard
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United States
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Research Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Research Technologist
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Sep 2009 - May 2013
Examined how cellular protein degradation and antigen presentation in dendritic cells and macrophages impact HIV-specific immune responses Examined how cellular protein degradation and antigen presentation in dendritic cells and macrophages impact HIV-specific immune responses
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Wesleyan University
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Bachelor/Master Student in Neuroscience
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Jan 2007 - Aug 2009
Characterized how sensory neurons decode and process self vs. externally generated sensory signals in brains of electroreceptive fish
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Teaching Assistant
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Jan 2008 - May 2008
Assisted a course in neural recordings of animal models (e.g. snail, leech, crayfish, frog, skate)
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Education
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Harvard Medical School
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biological & Biomedical Sciences -
Marine Biological Laboratory
Strategies and Techniques for Analyzing Microbial Populations (STAMPS) Summer Course -
Wesleyan University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) / Master of Arts (M.A.), Neuroscience and Behavior