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Manish K. Aghi, MD, PhD
Prinipal Investigator
Assistant Professor in Residence of Neurological Surgery
Yu-Long Hu, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow and Specialist
W. Shawn Carbonell, MD PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Samuel Rose, BS
Staff Research Associate and Lab Manager
Michael De Lay, BS
Staff Research Associate
Arjan Puniani
Summer Student
Arman Jahangiri, BS
Summer Student
Sean Tsao, BS
Medical Student
Funding Sources:
1. James S. McDonnell Foundation - Brain Cancer Research Award (2008-2012)
2. American Brain Tumor Association - Translational Research Grant (2009-2010)
3. National Cancer Institute - UCSF Brain Tumor SPORE Career Development Award (2008-2010)
4. National Instiute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) - K02 Independent Scientist Award (2009-2014)
5. American Cancer Society - Research Scholar Grant (2010-2013)
200x magnification of murine intracranial tumor in a mouse carrying GFP positive marrow showing NG2+ pericytes in blue, CD31+ endothelium in red, and bone marrow-derived cells in green. The population of NG2+GFP+ marrow-derived pericytes surround the red blood vessels and appear cyan (blue+green) in the merged image on the right. Identifying the mechanisms giving rise to these cells and targeting them therapeutically is a goal of the research in the Aghi laboratory.