The Adrienne Boire Lab

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Inside My Lab: Adrienne Boire

My laboratory focuses on metastasis to the central nervous system (CNS), both leptomeningeal and parenchymal metastases. We employ multiple complementary approaches to identify and target cancer cell adaptations to the challenging microenvironmental constraints posed by the CNS.

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Adrienne A. Boire, MD, PhD

Adrienne A. Boire, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Research Focus

Physician-scientist Adrienne Boire studies metastasis to the central nervous system.

Education

  • PhD, Tufts University, Boston, MA
  • MD, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Lab Members

Kiana Chabot
Kiana Chabot

Research Technician

Yudan Chi, PhD
Yudan Chi

Research Scholar

Camille Derderian
Camille Derderian

Laboratory Technician

Min Jun Li
Min Jun Li

Research Technician

Anestashia Melford
Anestashia Melford

Administrative Assistant

Jan Remsik, PharmD, PhD
Jan Remsik

Research Fellow

Xinran Tong
Xinran Tong

Weill Cornell PhD student

Jessica Wilcox
Jessica Wilcox

Fellow

Publications
  • Chi Y, Remsik J, Kiseliovas V, Derderian C, Sener U, Alghader M, Saadeh F, Nikishina K, Bale T, Iacobuzio-Donahue C, Thomas T, Pe’er D, Mazutis L and A Boire 2020 Cancer cells deploy lipocalin-2 to collect limiting iron in leptomeningeal metastasis. Science 369(6501):276-282.
  • Yang TJ, Wijetunga NA, Yamada J, Wolden S, Mehallow M, Goldman DA, Zhang Z, Young RJ, Kris MG, Yu HA, Seidman AD, Gavrilovic IT, Lin A, Santomasso B, Grommes C, Piotrowski AF, Schaff L, Stone JB, DeAngelis LM, Boire A, Pentsova E. 2020 Clinical Trial of Proton Craniospinal Irradiation for Leptomeningeal Metastases Neuro Oncol Jun 27
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Selected Achievements
  • Vienna Medical Academy Award (2017)
  • Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award (2017)
  • Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award (2012)
  • Pew Biomedical Scholar (2018)
  • Pershing Square Sohn Prize (2019)

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