Cell Biology Program

The Philipp Niethammer Lab

Research

Philipp Niethammer, PhD

Interdisciplinary approaches to wound healing, inflammation and regeneration.

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Research Projects

Projects

Featured News

Go Fish: Why MSK Researchers Use Zebrafish To Study a Cancer-Linked Inflammation Pathway

A study led by postdoctoral researcher Yanan Ma from the lab of cell biologist Philipp Niethammer shows why diversity also matters in model animal research.

Finding

Don't Scratch That Mole? Scientists Are Learning More about Inflammation and Cancer

It's not only what's inside your cells that determines your cancer risk. It's what surrounds them too.

Publications Highlights

Ma Y, Hui KL, Gelashvili Z, Niethammer P. Oxoeicosanoid signaling mediates early antimicrobial defense in zebrafish. Cell Rep. 2023 Jan 31;42(1):111974. PMID: 36640321. PMC36640321

Shen Z, Lengyel M, Niethammer P. The yellow brick road to nuclear membrane mechanotransduction. APL Bioeng. 2022 Mar 25;6(2):021501. PMID: 35382443. PMC35382443

Shen Z, Belcheva KT, Jelcic M, Hui KL, Katikaneni A, Niethammer P. A synergy between mechanosensitive calcium- and membrane-binding mediates tension-sensing by C2-like domains. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Jan 4;119(1):e2112390119. PMID: 34969839. PMC34969839

Niethammer P. Components and Mechanisms of Nuclear Mechanotransduction. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol. 2021 Oct 6;37:233-256. PMID: 34213953. PMC34213953

Katikaneni A, Jelcic M, Gerlach GF, Ma Y, Overholtzer M, Niethammer P. Author Correction: Lipid peroxidation regulates long-range wound detection through 5-lipoxygenase in zebrafish. Nat Cell Biol. 2021 May;23(5):566. PMID: 33850303. PMC33850303

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People

Philipp Niethammer, PhD

Cell biologist Philipp Niethammer investigates tissue damage responses with advanced imaging approaches in zebrafish.
PhD, European Molecular Biology Laboratories & Hamburg University, Germany

niethamp@mskcc.org: Email Address
212-639-5332: Office Phone

Members

Philipp Niethammer

Principal Investigator

Zaza Gelashvili

Graduate Student

Yanan Ma

Research Scholar

Tiseanie Hibbert

Research Technician

Miklos Lengyel

Research Scholar

Sriivatsan Govinda Rajan

Research Fellow

Hansranie Singh

Administrative Assistant

Michelle Bello Veramendi

Research Technician

Gary Gerlach II

Postdoctoral Fellow

Danielle Bolton

Research Technician

Cong Huang

BCMB Graduate Student

King Lam Hui

Postdoctoral Fellow

Mark J. Jelcic

Scientist at Fate Therapeutics Inc, San Diego, CA

Anushka Katikaneni

PhD Candidate at Duke University

Zhouyang Shen

Graduate Student

Balázs Enyedi

Postdoctoral Fellow

William Gault

Postdoctoral Fellow

Kadeem P. Ho Sang

Administrative Research Assistant

Ellyn Obrochta

Research Technician

Michelina Stoddard

MD-PhD graduate student

Achievements

Dorsett L. Spurgeon Distinguished Research Award (2009)
Louis Gerstner Young Investigator (2012)
American Asthma Foundation Scholar (2014)
Louise and Allston Boyer Young Investigator Award (2018)

Open Positions

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Get in Touch

niethamp@mskcc.org

Lab Head Email
212-639-5332

Office Phone
212-639-4998

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Disclosures

Members of the MSK Community often work with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology, and life sciences companies, and other organizations outside of MSK, to find safe and effective cancer treatments, to improve patient care, and to educate the health care community. These activities outside of MSK further our mission, provide productive collaborations, and promote the practical application of scientific discoveries.

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Philipp Niethammer discloses the following relationships and financial interests:

American Association for Anatomy
Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated)
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated)
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated)
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated)
European Molecular Biology Organization
Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated)

Gordon Research Conferences
Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated)
Mount Sinai Health System
Professional Services and Activities
National University of Singapore
Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated)
University of Virginia
Professional Services and Activities

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