People
Kim Vanuytsel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Section of Hematology and Oncology
Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM)
Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine & Boston Medical Center
Contact: kimvan@bu.edu
Kim is a stem cell biologist with expertise in developmental hematopoiesis, red blood cell development and hematopoietic stem cell biology. She is originally from Belgium and obtained her PhD from KU Leuven (Leuven, Belgium), developing a disease model for Fanconi anemia using human pluripotent stem cells. She subsequently joined the laboratory of George Murphy at the Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) at Boston University (BU) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) for her postdoctoral work. Since joining the BU/BMC research community, she has focused on developing tools and resources that help us understand important concepts in hematopoietic development with the goal of translating this knowledge into the realization of the immense potential that induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and hematopoietic stem cells hold for disease modeling and regenerative medicine.
Outside of the lab, Kim enjoys exploring the world through the eyes of her three year old daughter, through painting, through food and through music.
Braden Pate
Lab Manager
Contact: bpate@bu.edu
Braden joined the lab after finishing his B.S. in Biology from Colorado State University. While there, he worked on several projects, including an investigation of mutation bias in Arabidopsis, assisting with tuberculosis drug trials, and some independent ecological studies. Outside of the lab, he spends his time bouldering and trying to learn to play guitar.
Madeline Labott
PhD Candidate
Contact: mlabott@bu.edu
Madeline is a PhD candidate at Boston University in the Department of Molecular and Translation Medicine. Prior to BU, she attended UW Madison where she earned a Genetics and Genomics BS. In her free time, Madeline enjoys running, rollerblading, reading, and scuba diving.
Anna Goldstein
MD/PhD Student
Anna is an MD/PhD student in the lab. Before attending BU, she received her BA in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, with a minor in French from Middlebury College. In her free time, Anna enjoys ice hockey, rollerblading, cooking and art.
Tyonna Tyson
Undergraduate
Tyonna is an undergraduate student who is part of the Early Medical School Selection Program (EMSSP) at Boston University. She is interested in learning more about stem cell technologies in relation to genetic disorders. In her free time she loves to learn about music and collect records.
Alumni
Maria A. Lizarralde-Iragorri – Postdoctoral Associate
Maria left the lab in 2025 to continue as a Postdoc Researcher at Institut Imagine in Paris.
Alisa Chankhunthod – Undergraduate
Alisa graduated in 2025 and began a post-baccalaureate at Fred Hutch Cancer Center continuing her studies of hematopoietic stem cells.
Joshua Mester – Undergraduate