Ian Nykaza

CLIN RSCH CRD AST
Memory and Aging Center
[email protected]

Ian was born and raised in the Chicagoland area. He attended undergrad at the University of Minnesota where he received a bachelor's of science degree in genetics and cellular biology and minored in psychology. Before joining the MAC, he volunteered in the Healthy Brain Program, a delirium prevention program, at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota for two years. Ian also has a background in basic science research.

He is currently an assistant clinical research coordinator at the Parkinson’s Spectrum Disorders Center and the Memory and Aging Center.

Publications: 

Single-cell gene expression analyses reveal distinct self-renewing and proliferating subsets in the leukemia stem cell compartment in acute myeloid leukemia.

Cancer research

Sachs K, Sarver AL, Noble-Orcutt KE, LaRue RS, Antony ML, Chang D, Lee Y, Navis CM, Hillesheim AL, Nykaza IR, Ha NA, Hansen CJ, Karadag FK, Bergerson RJ, Verneris MR, Meredith MM, Schomaker ML, Linden MA, Myers CL, Largaespada DA, Sachs Z