Farkash Lab

Our research studies factors that affect long term graft survival and patient outcomes after transplantation, specifically antibody mediated rejection (in which the immune system generates antibodies that recognize the donor kidney, causes direct or indirect endothelial injury, and recruit inflammation). Another area of study is the relationship between BK polyomavirus and urinary tract cancers. BK can reactivate in kidney and bone marrow transplant recipients and cause severe kidney and bladder infections. We employ techniques such as PCR, IHC, and IF. {Originally Certified: April 13, 2017}