Collaborators

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The Agudo lab is part of the JDRF New England Center of Excellence led by Dr. Doug Melton.
​We closely collaborate with the Melton lab and other labs in the Center.

Omer Yilmaz, MD, PhD

The goal of the Yilmaz lab is to understand how adult stem cells and their microenvironment adapt to diverse diets in the context of tissue regeneration, aging and cancer initiation. 
Together with the Yilmaz lab we are investigating immune surveillance of intestinal stem cells and colorectal cancer stem cells.

Ya-chieh Hsu, PhD

The goal of the Hsu lab is to discover the principles and molecular nature of cell-cell interactions governing development, regeneration, and injury repair. We use the mammalian skin as our model, a highly assessable organ with diverse cell types and multiple populations of somatic stem cells.
Together with the Hsu lab we are investigating molecular and cellular mechanisms controlling immune privilege of skin stem cells.

Stephanie Dougan, PhD

The goal of the Dougan lab is to develop immunotherapy approaches to treat pancreatic cancer.
​Together with the Dougan lab we are investigating immune surveillance of metastatic cells in pancreatic cancer.

Douglas Melton, PhD

The goal of the Melton lab is to generate functional pancreatic islets from stem cells to cure Type 1 diabetes.
Together with the Melton lab, we are developing murine stem cell derived islets to study immune responses against these cells in immune-competent organisms.