Memorial Hospital Research Laboratories
The Viviane Tabar Lab
Research
![Pictured: Viviane Tabar](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/3965/image/tabar-viviane.jpg?h=10d202d3)
I am a neurosurgeon-scientist and Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery. I have clinical expertise in the surgical management of brain tumors such as complex gliomas, meningiomas, and skull base tumors.
The lab is focused on two major themes: harnessing the potential of human pluripotent stem cells for brain repair and tumor modeling and studying glioma biology with a focus on tumor cell heterogeneity and the microenvironment.
Research Projects
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Featured News
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![Fibrous extensions of a nerve cell (red) and an oligodendrocyte (green) growing on top of the nerve cell](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200/public/node/38416/image/tabar-image1.jpg)
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Publications Highlights
Berlin C, Lange K, Lekaye HC, Hopland K, Phillips S, Piao J, Tabar V. Long-term clinically relevant rodent model of methotrexate-induced cognitive impairment. Neuro Oncol. 2020 April 2; 22(8): 1126-1137PMCID: PMC7594568.
Dincer Z, Piao J, Niu L, Ganat Y, Kriks S, Zimmer B, Shi S, Tabar V, Studer Let al. Specification of functional cranial placode derivatives from human pluripotent stem cells. Cell Rep. 2013;5(5):1387-1402. PMCID: PMC3887225
Funato K, Major T, Lewis PW, Allis CD, Tabar V. Use of human embryonic stem cells to model pediatric gliomas with H3.3K27M histone mutation. Science. 2014 Dec 19;346(6216):1529-33. PMCID: PMC4995593
People
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Viviane Tabar, MD
- Physician-scientist Viviane Tabar focuses on stem cells as tools for brain repair and for modeling brain cancer.
- MD, American University of Beirut
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Members
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Senior Research Assistant
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Senior Research Assistant
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Lab Manager
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Research Technician
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Scientific Research Manager
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Graduate Student
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Research Fellow
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Research Scholar
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Instructor, Dept. of Neurosurgery
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- BA, Wesleyan University
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Lab Alumni
Research Associate
Research Associate
Research Fellow
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Scientist, Dopamine Cell Biology, at BlueRock Therapeutics, New York, NY
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Research Associate
Research Fellow
Research Technician
Research Technician
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Scientific Research Manager
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Research Technician
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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.
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Viviane Tabar discloses the following relationships and financial interests:
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American University of Beirut
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BlueRock Therapeutics
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