Sykes Lab
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Location and Contact Information
650 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
United StatesDr. Sykes' own laboratory program currently includes major projects in the area of xenograft tolerance induction in humanized mouse models; unique humanized mouse models for the analysis and treatment of autoimmune diseases, including Type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis (the “personalized immune” mouse); studies of lymphocyte turnover, chimerism and T cell trafficking in patients receiving intestinal and liver transplants; tracking of alloreactive T cells in human transplant recipients; and both pre-clinical and clinical studies of non-myeloablative hematopoietic cell transplantation for the induction of allograft tolerance.
Lab Members
Hao Wei Li, PhD
- Faculty Researcher
Xiaolan Ding
- Staff Associate
Amber Wolabaugh
- Student
Vrushali Agashe, PhD
- Postdoctoral Researcher
Soha Mcheik, PhD
- Postdoctoral Researcher
Mert Gulsen, MD
- Postdoctoral Researcher
Giorgia Zanetti, PhD
- Postdoctoral Researcher
Nathan Suek
- Student