Elena Levi-D'Ancona

Elena hails from the suburbs of Chicago, but travelled down south to New Orleans to get her B.S. in Biochemistry from Tulane University. While she enjoyed her time there, she is relieved to exchange the fiery climate for Michigan's more temperate summers. During her time at Tulane, she worked in a pancreatic endocrinology lab studying type I diabetes. In 2019, she joined the Immunology Graduate Program and works in Dr. Scott Soleimanpour's lab. Elena is planning on completing the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Certificate program.

I study the role of innate immune signaling in pancreatic beta cell stress responses and mitochondrial function.

Flow cytometry, cell culture, qPCR, western blot, Islet cell isolations, animal experiments

Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship 2024, Monte V. Hobbs Award 2024

Phi Beta Kappa 2018

Tulane University Dean's List 2014-2018

Levi-D’Ancona E, Zhu J, Walker, Sidarala V, Soleimanpour SA. Traf6 directs a non-canonical role for innate immune signaling in β-cells. American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions. 2024 June. Orlando, FL. (Oral Presentation).

Levi-D’Ancona E, Zhu J, Walker, Sidarala V, Soleimanpour SA. The role of Traf6 in pancreatic β-cell stress responses and mitophagy. Midwest Islet Club. 2023 May. Minneapolis, MN. (Oral Presentation).

Levi-D’Ancona E, Zhu J, Walker, Sidarala V, Soleimanpour SA. The role of Traf6 in pancreatic β-cell stress responses and mitophagy. Caswell Diabetes Institute Metabolism, Obesity, and Diabetes Symposium. 2023 May. Ann Arbor, MI. (Poster Presentation).

Levi-D’Ancona E, Zhu J, Walker, Sidarala V, Soleimanpour SA. The role of Traf6 in pancreatic β-cell stress responses and mitophagy. Saltiel Life Sciences Symposium/Geriatrics Center Research Symposium. 2023 May. Ann Arbor, MI. (Poster Presentation).

Levi-D’Ancona E, Zhu J, Walker, Sidarala V, Soleimanpour SA. The role of Traf6 in pancreatic β-cell stress responses and mitophagy. Cell Symposium: Multifaceted Mitochondria. 2022 Nov. Seville, Spain. (Poster Presentation).

Levi-D’Ancona E, Zhu J, Walker, Sidarala V, Soleimanpour SA. The role of Traf6 in pancreatic β-cell stress responses and mitophagy. Midwest Islet Club. 2022 May. Virtual. (Oral Presentation).

Levi-D’Ancona E, Zhu J, Walker, Sidarala V, Soleimanpour SA. The role of Traf6 in pancreatic β-cell stress responses and mitophagy. Caswell Diabetes Institute Metabolism, Obesity, and Diabetes Symposium. 2022 May. Ann Arbor, MI. (Poster Presentation).

Levi-D’Ancona E, Zhu J, Walker, Sidarala V, Soleimanpour SA. The role of Traf6 in pancreatic β-cell stress responses and mitophagy. Keystone Symposia Innate Immune Memory Conference. 2022 March. Banff, Canada . (Poster Presentation).

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/elena.levi-d'ancona.1/bibliography/public/

Outside of the lab, Elena enjoys reading, cooking and baking, playing soccer, and struggling to keep her house plants alive.