Sykes Lab

Location and Contact Information

650 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
United States

Principal Investigators

Dr. 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