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Vijay G Sankaran, M.D.,Ph.D.

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Available: 11/18/19, Expires: 11/20/25

The goal of our laboratory is to understand how human variation impacts the process of blood and immune cell production or hematopoiesis. We study how variation impacts hematopoiesis in health and in disease states. We have had numerous PhD and MD students perform research in our laboratory. We have a range of projects, including those involving experimental, computational, or a combination of approaches.

Available: 04/05/22, Expires: 06/01/25

Genetic studies of human hematopoiesis or blood cell production. We utilize studies of rare and common inherited variation that impacts healthy blood cell production and causes diseases. We are also starting to explore how such variation may predispose to blood cancers.

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Interrogation of Human Hematopoietic Traits at Single-Cell and Single-Variant Resolution
Part Time, 01/02/17 - 11/20/17

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  1. R13HL177876 (SANKARAN, VIJAY GANESH) Nov 9, 2024 - Oct 31, 2025
    NIH
    Hemoglobin Switching Meeting
    Role: Principal Investigator
  2. R01CA292941 (SANKARAN, VIJAY GANESH) Jul 15, 2024 - Jun 30, 2029
    NIH
    Variant to Function Mapping of B-ALL Risk Loci
    Role: Principal Investigator
  3. R33CA278393 (VAN GALEN, PETER) May 11, 2023 - Apr 30, 2026
    NIH
    Clonal analysis of cancer by mitochondrial DNA barcoding
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
  4. R01CA265726 (SANKARAN, VIJAY GANESH) Jul 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2027
    NIH
    Selective pressures from inherited variation impacting myeloproliferative neoplasm initiation
    Role: Principal Investigator
  5. R56DK125234 (SANKARAN, VIJAY GANESH) Aug 15, 2020 - Jul 31, 2021
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    Integrating Human Genetics and Single-Cell Functional Assays to Elucidate Mechanisms of Fetal Hemoglobin Regulation
    Role: Principal Investigator

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