Mitra is a 2016 graduate of Washington University in St. Louis where she earned a B.A. in Biology with honors. Following her graduation, she was awarded the NIH Post-Baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award and worked in the Laboratory of Immunology at NIAID in Bethesda, Maryland studying regulatory T cell plasticity. She matriculated at the University of Michigan Medical Scientist Training Program in 2017 and joined the lab of Dr. Michelle Kahlenberg in 2020 where she will be studying cutaneous lupus erythematosus.
Biography
Research Interests
Broadly, Mitra is interested in immune regulation and T cell biology as it relates to autoimmunity.
Techniques Used
Cell culture, flow cytometry, Western blot, PCR
Awards
National Institutes of Health Intramural Research Training Award (2016-2017)
Washington University Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Student Research Program scholarship (2015)
Lupus Foundation of Minnesota Summer Student Research Fellowship (2014)
Parker B. Francis Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award (2013)
Hobbies and Extracurricular Activities
Outside the lab, she loves to cook, is an avid runner, and has a penchant for taking on home improvement projects.
Immunology Mentor
J. Michelle Kahlenberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Dermatology
Giles Bole and Dorothy Mulkey Research Professor of Rheumatology