Weill Cornell Medical College, NYC
The Seandel Laboratory
(left to right: (back row) Marco Seandel, Laura Andres-Martin, Thierry N'Tumba-Byn, (front row) Merna Hussien, Winson Cai, Eileen Do, Letizia De Chiara, Samantha Phillips, and Makiko Yamada)
Our Group
What WE DO
Signals emanating from the microenvironment dramatically influence the fate of adult stem cells and cancer cells. Such cues may determine whether a tumor responds to therapy or not and whether children are born with increased susceptibility to complex disorders, including cancer. We utilize a combination of cell culture-based and murine models of adult stem cell and tumor cell plasticity to address these important problems