The Vasudevan Lab is located at the UCSF Mission Bay Medical Center in the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Building. Our research focuses on studying growth factor signaling in cancer and development with an emphasis on neurofibromatosis and nervous system tumors.
We leverage a multidisciplinary approach combining primary human samples with cell culture and mouse models to understand how cancers develop and discover new therapeutic approaches. Our diverse team is comprised of biologists, clinicians, and engineers with the single goal of advancing patient care.
We place a premium on mentorship and career development for all members of our team, and a core component of the lab is to maximize each individual's growth, recognizing that all of us are lifelong learners.
News
7/20/25: Our work on upstream inputs to and downstream outputs from Ras in NF1 mutant tumors converging on KRAS activation is now published.
7/14/25: BMS PhD Student Patrick Kennedy officially joins the lab.
6/7/25: The Vasudevan Lab is delighted to participate in the first annual UCSF NF Family Day
5/15/25: The Vasudevan Lab, in collaboration with the Anczukow Lab, is awarded a 2024 Department of Defense NFRP Synergy Award.
5/14/25: Congratulations to MSTP student Daniel Zhang on completing his rotation in the Vasudevan Lab!
3/27/25: Harish presents the lab's work at the UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds.
3/26/25: Congratulations to BMS student Shania Garrison on completing her rotation in the Vasudevan Lab!
3/9/25: Congratulations to Iowis on the preprint of his manuscript investigating radiotherapy responses in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors
12/18/24: Congratulations to BMS student Patrick Kennedy on completing his rotation in the Vasudevan Lab!
11/22/24: Congratulations to Kanish, Iowis, Laura, and Ramin on presenting the lab's work at the 2024 Society for Neuro Oncology Meeting.
11/21/24: Harish presents the lab's work at the Indiana University Wells Center Seminar Series
10/28/24: Harish presents the lab's work at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center Grand Rounds
10/10/24: Harish presents the lab's work at the 2024 Ras Initiative Symposium
9/4/24: The Vasudevan Lab is awarded a 2024 DHART SPORE CEP Award.
7/1/24: Charlene and Kanish's preprint defining the genomic landscape and druggable dependencies of NF1 mutant glioblastoma is available in preprint form.
6/1/24: The Vasudevan Lab is awarded a 2023 Department of Defense NFRP New Investigator Award
5/6/24: Congratulations to our Brian Na on publishing a comprehensive review of the treatment landscape for NF-1 associated tumors
5/1/24: The Vasudevan Lab is awarded a 2024 HDFCCC Neurologic Oncology Pilot Grant.
3/29/24: Congratulations to Lexi Haugh on her ASCO YIA funded publication defining biomarkers in metastatic cutaneous melanoma
11/17-11/20/23: Charlene Pan, Nadeem Al-Adli, and Kanish Mirchia present the lab's work at SNO 2023 on understanding and treating NF1 mutant nervous system tumors.
10/4/23: Iowis Zhu gives an oral presentation at ASTRO 2023 on his work unraveling mechanisms of radiation response in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors.
9/18/23: The Vasudevan Lab is awarded a DHART SPORE CEP Award.
9/15/23: The Vasudevan Lab welcomes two new SRA's: Sarah Mohabeer and Julian Chien!
8/25/23: The Vasudevan Lab's work on bulk and single cell genomic analysis of melanoma brain metastases is published and featured in Quadshot.
6/2/23: Lexi Haugh is awarded an ASCO YIA, congratulations!
4/14/23: The Vasudevan Lab is awarded a Children's Tumor Foundation Gene Therapy Initiative award
11/28/22: Harish officially joins the UCSF Department of Neurosurgery
7/1/22: The Vasudevan Lab is born!