Avi Lukacher

Program: Immunology

Current advisor: Naresha Saligrama, PhD

Undergraduate university: Brown University, 2024

Enrollment year: 2024

Research summary
I joined the Saligrama lab and am studying both autoreactive T cells in multiple sclerosis and immune development in Down Syndrome.

I joined the Saligrama lab in 2026 and am currently working on two projects. The first project focuses on defining the scope of myelin-reactive CD4+ T cells in multiple sclerosis. The second project involves studying immune development and autoimmunity in Down Syndrome.

Graduate publications