PhD Student
Nina is an NSF Graduate Research Fellow and PhD Student in the David Rockefeller Graduate Program in Bioscience. She earned her Sc.B in Biology with honors from Brown University. After graduating, she worked as a Research Assistant and studied how cells collectively organize with the ECM for early skeletal morphogenesis. Nina joined the Cohen lab in 2026 where she focuses on understanding the role of the extracellular matrix in adipose tissue health and disease. Outside of the lab she loves exploring new parts of the city, spending time near bodies of water, camping, and hiking.
Areas of Interest/Expertise: Extracellular matrix, fibrosis, tissue organization, immune-adipose interactions.
Fellowships, awards, or major grants:
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Selected publications:
- Ko CS, Chen R, Magid NT, Courtemanche K, Miller PW, Rodrigues AR, Shyer AE. Cell-supracellular structural relations solve the French Flag Problem without graded molecular control. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Oct 24. doi:10.1101/2025.10.24.683925
- Kornblith LZ, Bainton CMV, Fields AT, Matthay ZA, Magid NT, Nunez-Garcia B, Prakash A, Kurien PA, Callcut RA, Cohen MJ, Bainton RJ. A journey upstream: fluctuating platelet-specific genes in cell-free plasma as proof-of-concept for using ribonucleic acid sequencing to improve understanding of postinjury platelet biology. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2020;88(6):742-751. doi:10.1097/TA.0000000000002681