Immunology Program
The Marcel van den Brink Lab
Research
Immuno-oncology is increasingly becoming an important therapy for a variety of cancers. As Head of the Division of Hematologic Malignancies and an Attending Physician of the Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Service, I see patients undergoing a bone marrow transplantation. In my lab, I study novel strategies to improve immune therapies for cancer patients with a special emphasis on the role of the intestinal microbiome in (patho)physiology and therapy, Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cell therapy, and regeneration of thymic function to improve T cell immunity.
Please visit our official website at vandenbrinklab.org!
Research Projects
Featured News
Publications Highlights
Smith M, Dai A, Ghilardi G, Amelsberg KV, Devlin SM, Pajarillo R, Slingerland JB, Beghi S, Herrera PS, Giardina P, Clurman A, Dwomoh E, Armijo G, Gomes ALC, Littmann ER, Schluter J, Fontana E, Taur Y, Park JH, Palomba ML, Halton E, Ruiz J, Jain T, Pennisi M, Afuye AO, Perales MA, Freyer CW, Garfall A, Gier S, Nasta S, Landsburg D, Gerson J, Svoboda J, Cross J, Chong EA, Giralt S, Gill SI, Riviere I, Porter DL, Schuster SJ, Sadelain M, Frey N, Brentjens RJ, June CH, Pamer EG, Peled JU, Facciabene A, van den Brink MRM, Ruella M. Gut microbiome correlates of response and toxicity following anti-CD19 CAR T cell therapy. Nat Med. 2022 Mar 14. doi: 10.1038/s41591-022-01702-9. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35288695.
Miltiadous O, Waters NR, Andrlova H, Dai A, Nguyen CL, Burgos da Silva M, Lindner S, Slingerland J, Giardina P, Clurman A, Armijo GK, Gomes AL, Lakkaraja M, Maslak PG, Scordo M, Shouval R, Staffas A, O’Reilly RJ, Taur Y, Prockop S, Boelens JJ, Giralt S, Perales MA, Devlin SM, Peled JU, Markey KA, van den Brink MRM. Early intestinal microbial features are associated with CD4 T cell recovery after allogeneic hematopoietic transplant. Blood. 2022 Jan 21:blood.2021014255. doi: 10.1182/blood.2021014255. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35061893.
People
Marcel R. M. van den Brink, MD, PhD
- Physician-scientist Marcel R. M. van den Brink studies the immunology of bone marrow transplantation with a particular focus on intestinal microbiome and strategies to enhance thymus and immune reconstitution.
- MD, PhD, Universiteit Leiden
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- Christian Medical College (MD), Vellore, India
- 1. Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences. Lehigh University. 2021.
- Ph.D. in Biology, Microbiology
- University of Lisbon, Portugal, 2014
- M.Sc. in Biology
- University of Evora, Portugal, 2005
- B.Sc. in Biology
- University of Evora, Portugal, 2003
- University of Connecticut, CT | Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, NY
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- Bachelors in Biological Sciences with a concentration in Pathobiology- Drexel University, Philadelphia, 2017-2021
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- Colgate University | NY
- Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School | NY
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- MPH Candidate, New York University
- MPA, Columbia University
- Rutgers University
- Bachelor of Arts (Biology) – 2011
- Master of Science (Community Health) – 2013
- Master of Biomedical Science – 2015
- Binghamton University
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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- CUNY Hunter College
- Pace University, Lienhard School of Nursing
- Binghamton University
- Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
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- Technische Universität München - Medical School, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München - Medical School Undergraduate
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- BA from New York University
- MD from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
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- Mysore Medical College (MD), Karnataka, India and Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (PhD), Hannover, Germany
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- Barnard College of Columbia University 2015
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- Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine, Portland, Oregon
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- Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Bronx, New York
- MD: Technion, Israel Institute of Technology | Haifa, Israel
- PhD: Bar Ilan University | Ramat Gan, Israel
- University of Nantes, France University Pierre et Marie Curie, France
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- MPA Candidate, Villanova University
- Rutgers University
- University of Puerto Rico BS
- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine MD, PhD
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Radiation Oncology Residency
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
- Boston University, BA
- University of Michigan Ann Arbor
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- Ludwigs-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- University of Cape Town, Capetown, SA.
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- Pace University
- Morgan State University
- Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
- Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- New York University
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- University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Chemical Engineering (PhD), NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering
- University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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Lab Alumni
Lab Affiliations
Achievements
- Head of the Division of Hematologic Malignancies at MSKCC (2008 - present)
- Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (2020)
- International Society for Experimental Hematology: Till and McCulloch Lectureship Award (2015)
- Alan N. Houghton Chair in Immunology at MSKCC (2007)
- Howard Hughes Physician Scientist Award (1996)
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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.
Marcel R. M. van den Brink discloses the following relationships and financial interests:
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DKMS
Fiduciary Role / Position; Professional Services and Activities -
Garuda Therapeutics
Professional Services and Activities -
GlaxoSmithKline
Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated) -
Juno Therapeutics
Intellectual Property Rights
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Pluto Immunotherapeutics
Equity; Professional Services and Activities -
Seres Therapeutics
Equity; Intellectual Property Rights; Professional Services and Activities -
Smart Immune SAS
Professional Services and Activities -
ThymoFox, Inc.
Equity
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