Lab Members
Sergei Doulatov, PhD, Associate Professor
Department of Medicine, Genome Sciences, and Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (ISCRM)
Sergei Doulatov received his B.S. from the University of California, Los Angeles under the mentorship of Drs. Jeff F. Miller and Peggy Cotter, and his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto under the mentorship of Dr. John E. Dick, where he established the “roadmap” of human hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell populations enabling their purification and molecular characterization. He then joined the lab of Dr. George Q. Daley at the Harvard Medical School as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow of The Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, where he developed strategies to generate hematopoietic stem cells from pluripotent stem cells. The Doulatov lab at the University of Washington studies human hematopoiesis in health and disease by leveraging primary human and pluripotent stem cell models. In addition to the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, he is the recipient of the Gilead Research Scholars Award and the NIH Pathway to Independence Award.
Massiel Stolla, PhD, Instructor
Massiel completed her Ph.D. at the University of Rochester in 2016 under the mentorship of James Palis. Her thesis work focused on the regulation of platelet function during embryonic development. Massiel joined the Doulatov lab in December 2016. Her research focuses on the regulation of autophagy in human hematopoiesis.
Courtnee Clough, Graduate student
Courtnee completed her B.S. in Biology at the University of Washington in 2014. After graduating, she spent several years in the laboratory of Dr. David Rawlings at Seattle Children’s Research Institute developing gene therapy strategies to treat several primary immunodeficiencies. She joined the Doulatov lab in June 2018. Her thesis work focuses on SF3B1-mediated aberrant splicing in myelodysplastic syndromes.
Rachel Wellington, Graduate student
Rachel completed her B.S. and M.S. in Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Arizona in 2015. She joined the Doulatov lab in March 2019 and is co-mentored by Brandon Hadland (FHCC). Her thesis work focuses on differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into hematopoietic stem cells.
Martina Sarchi, MD, Graduate student
Martina completed her M.D. and is a PhD student at the University of Pavia in Italy. She joined the Doulatov lab in April 2020 and is co-mentored by Luca Malcovati (University of Pavia). Her thesis work focuses on the mechanisms of SF3B1-mutant myelodysplastic syndrome.
John P. Creamer, PhD, Postdoctoral fellow
Philip completed his PhD at the Washington University in St. Louis under the mentorship of Christopher Sturgeon. His thesis work focused on human pluripotent stem cell hematopoeisis. He joined the Doulatov lab in 2020. His research focused on the role of lamin B1 deletions in hematological malignancies.
Rochelle Bergantinos, Research scientist
Rochelle graduated from the University of Washington in 2019 and has joined the lab in 2020. She is excited to pursue a career in medical sciences.
Sintra Stewart, Research Scientist
Sintra graduated from the Humboldt State University in 2020 and has joined the lab in 2021. She is excited to pursue a career in medical sciences.
Lab alumni
Jasper Hsu, 2017-2020
Jasper received his B.S. and M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Southern California. Jasper was a research scientist in the lab from 2017-2020. He is currently a PhD student in the Biological Sciences graduate program at UCSD.
Stephanie Busch, 2019-2020
Stephanie completed her B.S. in Biochemistry at the University of Rochester in 2019. Stephanie was a research scientist in the lab from 2019-2020. She is currently in the MD program at Hofstra University.
Andreea Reilly, PhD, 2018-2022
Andreea completed her Ph.D. from UC Santa Cruz in 2016 under the mentorship of David Feldheim. Andreea was a postdoctoral fellow in the lab from 2018-2022 and led the work identifying the role of lamin B1 deletions in MDS/AML. She is currently a scientist at Pluristyx, Inc. in Seattle.