The Needleman Lab
Northwest Lab Building 469
52 Oxford Street Cambridge MA 02138
People
Needleman lab members come from diverse backgrounds to work together to study biological self-organizing. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can learn and grow.
Please contact Dan directly about interest in joining the lab, and reach out to any lab members about specific projects, research at Harvard, or with other questions! (You can access our emails by clicking on each lab member’s name.)

Easun Arunachalam
Graduate student (Molecular and Cellular Biology)
Research Area: cellular energetics

Mustafa Basaran
Graduate student (Applied Physics)
Research Area: the spindle

Mara Casebeer
Graduate student (Biophysics)
Research Area: neurons
Outreach : Biophysics Program Mentorship and Outreach Co-Chair

Frank Costanzo
Administrative coordinator

Bernardo Gouveia
Postdoctoral fellow (Molecular and Cellular Biology)
Research Area: the nucleus

Daniel Needleman
Principal investigator (Applied Physics, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University and Center for Computational Biology, Flatiron Institute)
Outreach: Lab tours, lectures, workshops, recruitment


Yash Rana
Graduate student (Applied Physics)
Research Area: cellular energetics

Isabella Silveira
Graduate student (Bioengineering)
Research Area: pre-implantation embryo development

Adam Strandberg
Graduate student (Molecular and Cellular Biology)
Research Area: cellular energetics

Mike van der Naald
Postdoctoral fellow (Molecular and Cellular Biology)
Research Area: neurons

Maya Waarts
Graduate student (Molecular and Cellular Biology)
Research Area: the spindle

Hai-Yin Wu
Postdoctoral fellow (Molecular and Cellular Biology)
Reseach Area: the spindle

Tae Yeon Yoo
Research Associate (Molecular and Cellular Biology)
Research Area: the nucleus
Outreach: Hinton Scholars Program
Alumni
Maya Anjur-Dietrich, Graduate Student
Jan Brugues, Postdoctoral Fellow
Liz Cam, Undergraduate Student
Will Conway, Graduate Student
Manqi Deng, Research Fellow
Reza Farhadifar, Postdoctoral Fellow
Peter Foster, Graduate Student
Sebastian Fürthauer, Postdoctoral Fellow
Yang Gao, Undergraduate Student
Timur Gatanov, Graduate Student
Sebastian Gonzalez La Corte, Undergraduate Student
Gloria Ha, Graduate Student
Bill Ireland, Postdoctoral Fellow
Olenka Jain, Undergraduate Student
Bryan Kaye, Graduate Student
Colm Kelleher, Postdoctoral Fellow
Noah Langowitz, Graduate Student
Brian Leahy, Postdoctoral Fellow
Kylie Ray Lee, Undergraduate Student
Bez Lemma, Graduate Student
Daniyar Nurgaliev, Graduate Student
Doogie Oh, Postdoctoral Fellow
Tim Sanchez, Postdoctoral Fellow
Younes Sherkat, Undergraduate Student
Yong Hyun Song, Postdoctoral Fellow
Jose Soto, Undergraduate Student
Marta Venturas, Graduate Student
Helen Yang, Graduate Student
Xingbo Yang, Postdoctoral Fellow
Tae Yeon Yoo, Graduate Student
Che-Hang Yu, Graduate Student
Lab Visitors
Leslie Beh
Tim Campion
Sitara Chapman
Gunar Fabig
Basak Gonen
Soichi Hirokawa
Philip Kang
Nilay Kuşcu
Tarjinder Sing
Olivia Stiehl