Cell Biology Program
The Farese & Walther Lab
Research
Ongoing Projects
- Biochemistry and cell biology of lipid droplet formation and degradation
- Protein targeting to lipid droplets in health and disease
- Lipid metabolism and lipid droplets in cancer
- Structural biology of lipid metabolism enzymes
- Lipid metabolism and neurodegeneration
Research Projects

Drs. Walther & Farese

Lab Members in 2021

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People

Tobias Walther, PhD
Member and Chair, Program in Cell Biology, Sloan Kettering Institute, Professor, Gerstner Sloan-Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, HHMI investigator
- PhD, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany

Robert Farese, MD
Member, Program in Cell Biology, Sloan Kettering Institute, Professor, Gerstner Sloan-Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- MD, Vanderbilt Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee

Hamed Abdi
Visiting Investigator (HHMI)

Yohannes Ambaw
Research Associate

Aaron Baublis
Senior Research Technician

Pedro Manuel Carpio Malia
Research Associate
Yuxuan Han
Research Fellow
Chia-Wei Ken Lee
Research Fellow

Leehyeon Kim
Research Scholar

Eileen Ortiz
Assistant to Dr. Walther (Chair) and Dr. Farese

Shubham Singh
Research Fellow

Brian Suarez
Lab Manager

Wei Chun Tang
Visiting Investigator

Xiaojun Xiang
Research Scholar

Member and Chair, Program in Cell Biology, Sloan Kettering Institute, Professor, Gerstner Sloan-Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, HHMI investigator

Member, Program in Cell Biology, Sloan Kettering Institute, Professor, Gerstner Sloan-Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Visiting Investigator (HHMI)

Research Associate

Senior Research Technician

Research Associate
Research Fellow
Research Fellow

Research Scholar

Assistant to Dr. Walther (Chair) and Dr. Farese

Research Fellow

Lab Manager

Visiting Investigator

Research Scholar
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