NVITe, or Neurovascular Inflammation Team, is a newly established laboratory at Stony Brook University focusing on translational stroke, inflammation, physiology and behavior. We seek to understand relationships between various components of innate immunity and cerebrovascular dynamics in both preclinical and clinical stroke.
The lab, located at the Basic Sciences Tower (BST) 6-160 in a shared space between Neurology and Physiology, incorporates animal surgery, live-animal imaging, advanced histopathology, light-sheet microscopy, flow cytometry and animal behavior metrics. We also are building capabilities for single-cell RNA sequencing, methylation and spatial transcriptomics. NVITe collaborates with multiple departments at Stony Brook, including Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Informatics, Microbiology and Immunology, Neurosurgery, Pathology, Pharmacology, and Physiology. We have been funded through the National Institutes of Health (NIH), American Heart Association (AHA), the Stony Brook Center for Healthy Aging (CHA), the Feldstein Medical Foundation, the Office of the Vice President for Research Seed Grant, and the Stony Brook University Research Foundation.
NVITe also works in partnership with other institutions, including Northwestern University, Washington University in St. Louis, and UT Houston. Eventually, we hope to apply our findings to improving outcomes in stroke as well as other cerebrovascular diseases of the central nervous system.
For the latest updates on the lab's ability to sponsor interested applicants, visit our "Meet the Team" page.
Philanthropy plays a vital role in funding the early-stage research that grants and institutions cannot always support. Every contribution helps fund the next experiment, the next trainee, and ultimately the next therapy for survivors of stroke. To support our work, please visit our Stony Brook Advancement Page here.
Our lab is fielding interest for incoming MD/PhD students and incoming PhD students starting in Fall 2026.
If you are interested in a position, please contact neil.nadkarni@stonybrookmedicine.edu.