Frederic Geissmann

Frederic Geissmann, MD, PhD, holder of the William E. Snee Chair, leads a research team at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center within the Immunology Program. His work focuses on the developmental origins and functional roles of macrophages in tissue homeostasis and disease.

• Education:
  • MD, University of Paris (Paris VI Pierre et Marie Curie)
  • PhD, University of Paris (Paris V Rene-Descartes)

Research Interests encompass:

• Cellular and molecular mechanisms of macrophage differentiation
• Role of tissue-resident macrophages in cancer progression
• Neurodegenerative disease mechanisms linked to somatic mutations in myeloid cells
• MAP kinase pathway activation in microglia
• Therapeutic intervention via BRAF inhibition
• Developmental immunology of lympho-myeloid progenitors

Scientific Awards include:

• Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award (2013)
• European Research Council Investigator Award (2010)
• MRC Strategic award (2009)
• European Young Investigator Award (2006)
• Fellow of the Schlumberger Foundation (2004)

Lab Members include senior researchers like Nehemiah Cox (Senior Research Scientist), Zihou Deng (Senior Research Scientist), and alumni such as Elvira Mass and Christian Jacome Galarza.