Cancer Biology & Genetics Program
The Luis Parada Lab
Research
Luis F. Parada, PhD
Director, Brain Tumor Center; Albert C. Foster Chair; American Cancer Society Research Professor; Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology Program, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
The Parada lab uses genetically engineered mouse models to recapitulate and study human disease. These mouse strains are used to understand the natural history of tumors of the nervous system, including glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST), neurofibromas, and other diseases associated with neurofibromatosis (NF1). We seek to develop mouse cancer models based on concrete hypotheses and to rapidly transfer findings for validation in human cancer samples.
Research Projects
Featured News
In the Lab
Starving Cancer Stem Cells Could Be the Trick to Treating Glioblastoma, Study Finds
MSK researchers have identified a compound that kills glioblastoma cells using a mechanism that’s completely different from earlier treatments.
People
Luis F. Parada, PhD
Director, Brain Tumor Center; Albert C. Foster Chair; American Cancer Society Research Professor; Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology Program, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
- Developmental biologist Luis F. Parada uses genetically engineered mouse models to study neurofibromatosis, brain tumors, cancer stem cells, and tumor progression.
- PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Paradal@mskcc.org
- Email Address
- 646-888-2055 (Assistant to Dr. Parada)
- Office Phone
Members
Senior Research Scientist
Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Computational Biologist II
Research Associate
Senior Research Scientist
Senior Research Assistant
Senior Project Coordinator
Research Scholar
Senior Research Assistant
Senior Research Technician
Hematology-oncology Fellows at MSKCC/Cornell
Research Scholar
Research Associate
Graduate Student
Visiting Investigator
Consultant, Boston Consulting Group, New York, NY
Research Scholar
Research Associate
Research Associate
Research Associate
Achievements
- Fellow, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Academy (2023)
- Member, National Academy of Sciences (2011)
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2009)
- Member, National Academy of Medicine - Former Institute of Medicine (2007)
- Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2007)
- The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Sciences of Texas (TAMEST) (2007)
- Member, Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives (2003)
- Professor, American Cancer Society Research (2002)
