Cancer Biology & Genetics Program
The Luis Parada Lab
Research
![Luis Parada](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/110482/person/parada_3x2.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Professor
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
![Parada Lab](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/node/110482/images/parada-lab-group-231025-01_rt-10.jpg)
Featured News
![Enhanced MRI of a glioblastoma](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200/public/node/172450/3x2/1112957876137050.4uhnkugxyiovvlsyrftp_height640.png)
Publications Highlights
People
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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
Professor
- 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
- [email protected]
- Email Address
- 646-888-2055 (Assistant to Dr. Parada)
- Office Phone
Members
![Yu-Jung Chen, Graduate Student](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/125488/3x2/chen_170914_11.jpg?h=10d202d3)
- MD, National Yang Ming University
- MS, National Yang Ming University
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- Masters in Biophysics from the National University of Mongolia
- Masters in Biomedical Informatics from New York University
![Charlene Iltis](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/218326/main_image/iltis-charlene_210203_10-1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
![Swathi Iyer](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/133075/3x2/iyer_3-2.jpg?h=10d202d3)
![Michelle Lien](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/226366/main_image/lien-michelle_210528_03-1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
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![Sameer Farouk Sait, Hematology-oncology Fellows at MSKCC/Cornell](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/131218/3x2/farouk-sait_3-2.jpg?h=10d202d3)
![Tao Wang- Graduate Student](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/248461/main_image/tao_headshot.png)
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![Sheila Alcantara](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/110500/3x2/alcantara_3x2.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Senior Research Scientist
![Yu-Jung Chen, Graduate Student](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/125488/3x2/chen_170914_11.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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SKI Admin Assistant II
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Computational Biologist I
![Charlene Iltis](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/218326/main_image/iltis-charlene_210203_10-1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Research Associate
![Swathi Iyer](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/133075/3x2/iyer_3-2.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Senior Research Scientist
![Jing Li, PhD](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/110518/3x2/li_3x2.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Research Assistant
![Michelle Lien](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/226366/main_image/lien-michelle_210528_03-1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Senior Project Coordinator
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Research Scholar
![Alicia Maria Pedraza, MA](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/110521/3x2/pedraza_3x2.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Senior Research Assistant
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Senior Research Technician
![Sameer Farouk Sait, Hematology-oncology Fellows at MSKCC/Cornell](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/131218/3x2/farouk-sait_3-2.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Hematology-oncology Fellows at MSKCC/Cornell
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Research Scholar
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Research Associate
![Tao Wang- Graduate Student](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/248461/main_image/tao_headshot.png)
Graduate Student
![Xuanhua Xie, PhD](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/110515/3x2/xie_3x2.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Senior Reasearch Scientist
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Research Assistant
![Mollie Chipman](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/142906/3x2/chipman-mollie_170726_04_3x2.jpg?h=10d202d3)
- BS, Tufts University
![Aimee Cowan- Project Manager](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/220879/main_image/aimee_cowan_headshot.jpg?h=c9f93661)
Lab Alumni
![Ashley Chandradat](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/213805/main_image/chandradat-ashley_201229_23-1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
SKI Admin Assistant II
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Consultant, Boston Consulting Group, New York, NY
![Aimee Cowan- Project Manager](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/220879/main_image/aimee_cowan_headshot.jpg?h=c9f93661)
Project Manager
![Dan Laks, PhD](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/115282/3x2/laks_3x2.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Research Scholar
![Yufeng Shi, PhD](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/110503/3x2/shi_3x2.jpg)
Research Associate
![Daochun Sun, PhD](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/110512/3x2/sun_3x2.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Research Associate
![Zilai Wang, PhD](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/110506/3x2/wang_3x2.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Research Associate
Lab Affiliations
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)
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- The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Sciences of Texas (TAMEST) (2007)
- Member, Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives (2003)
- Professor, American Cancer Society Research (2002)
Open Positions
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Career Opportunities
The Luis F. Parada laboratory currently has a position open for a postdoctoral research fellow.
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Disclosures
Doctors and faculty members 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.
MSK requires doctors and faculty members to report (“disclose”) the relationships and financial interests they have with external entities. As a commitment to transparency with our community, we make that information available to the public.
Luis F. Parada discloses the following relationships and financial interests:
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Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc
Equity
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