Karin Grunebaum Cancer Research Foundation Fellow Profile

Ignaty Leshchiner Boston, MA

Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University

Fellow Profile

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Fellowship Year: 2026 –
Attended: Boston University

Publications

Characterizing genetic intra-tumor heterogeneity across 2,658 human cancer genomes.

Dentro, S. C.*, Leshchiner, I.*, Haase, K.*, Tarabichi, M.*. . . Loo, P. V. (2021). Cell, 184 (8), 2239-2254. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.03.009


Evolutionary history of transformation from chronic lymphocytic leukemia to Richter syndrome.

Parry, E. *, Leshchiner, I.*, Guièze R *, . . . , Getz, G., Wu, C.J.. Nat Med, 2023, 29; 158–169 doi:10.1038/ s41591-022-02113-6. PMID: 36624313.


Inferring early genetic progression in cancers with unobtainable premalignant disease

Leshchiner, I.*, Mroz, E.*, Cha, J.*, . . . Getz, G., Rocco W. Nat Cancer, 2023;4(4):550-563. doi: 10.1038/s43018-023-00533-y. PubMed PMID: 37081260; PubMed PMCID: PMC10132986.