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The Huangfu laboratory uses human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) as a powerful genetic model to interrogate the transcriptional and epigenetic mechanisms underlying cell fate decisions in development and disease.

… We apply both precision gene editing and large-scale CRISPR screening in human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) to explore mechanisms underlying human development. Specifically, we are interrogating the protein-coding regulators of pancreatic development and β cell function. The pathways that regulate

Molecular biologist Simon Powell investigates DNA replication and recombination, chromosome dynamics, and human genetics.

… The major theme of our work is how DNA repair processes are disrupted in human cancers and how this can be exploited therapeutically.   Join the Powell Lab! Simon N. Powell, MD, PhD Professor PhD, MD, University of London Email [email protected] Laboratory phone 646-888-3064

The Vardhana Lab studies how nutrient availability, uptake and metabolism regulates host immune responses during cancer development and immunotherapy.

… The Vardhana lab explores how metabolites regulate immune cell homeostasis, particularly within tumors.  We use a combination of traditional immunology, synthetic biology, metabolomics, and bioinformatics to answer fundamental biological questions about the regulation of immune responses with the goal

The Taylor laboratory studies the influence of the nervous system on pediatric and young adult cancers.

… Our laboratory studies neuron-cancer interactions, with a focus on developmental malignancies. Using a multi-disciplinary approach within the emerging field of cancer neuroscience, we leverage neuroscience tools and techniques to interrogate the microenvironmental influence of neural circuitry on pediatric

Xinbo Yang’s lab applies structural biology and protein engineering to decode T cell receptor specificity in cancer and autoimmune disease.

… The Xinbo Yang lab is interested in studying the T cell receptor (TCR) specificity in cancer and autoimmune disease. The patrolling T cells constantly scan host tissues to eliminate infected or malignant cells. Failure to recognize such cells leads to pathogen evasion or cancer. Whereas mis-recognizing

Led by Dr. Irene Orlow, the Lab participates in self-initiated research and supports investigations from the Population Sciences & Clinical Research programs that involving human specimens processing, testing, and banking. For additional information on current research, publications, and presentations by the Lab, and more, scroll down and click on the ‘View Lab Overview’ or ‘Current Projects’ links.

…   The Molecular Epidemiology Laboratory Led by Dr. Irene Orlow, the Lab participates in self-initiated research and supports investigations from the Population Sciences & Clinical Research programs that involve handling and testing human specimens. For additional information on current research, publications

The Lito lab investigates the properties of oncoproteins that drive cancer cell growth, with a focus on cancers driven by RAS mutations.

… The Lito lab investigates the properties of oncoproteins that drive cancer cell growth, with a focus on cancers driven by RAS mutations. RAS mutants were historically thought to be locked in an active state due to an inability to break down the nucleotide GTP. Contrary to this long-held view, we discovered

Dr. Solomon is an interventional radiologist whose team investigates novel minimally invasive, image-guided therapies and their biologic and immunologic interactions.

… Our lab develops new minimally invasive image-guided cancer treatments: Methods for improving the anti-tumor immune response after embolization or ablation. Genetic, imaging, and other tests to predict response after embolization or ablation. New devices for endoluminal ablation (ureter, bile ducts,

The Chiosis lab uses a unique chemical biology approach to understand, diagnose, and treat cellular processes associated with chronic molecular stress, with the ultimate goal of developing novel therapeutic options for use in the clinic.

… The goal of my program is to investigate stressor maladaptation mechanisms such as they occur in several diseases. Our approach takes advantage of the way nature has evolved to control such stressors, and that is by a unique usage of the chaperome, referred here as the epichaperome. The epichaperome,

Immunologist Joseph Sun investigates the natural killer cell response against infection and cancer.

… The immune system responds to viral infections by introducing a complex interplay of immune cells and factors, whose goal is to eliminate the intruding pathogen. One such effector cell in the antiviral response is the Natural Killer (NK) cell, which secretes inflammatory cytokines and directly kills