Olson Laboratory

The Olson Lab aims to improve diagnostics and treatment of bone marrow failure (BMF) syndromes, and to improve clinical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) outcomes. The lab conducts clinical trials of HSCT for non-malignant hematologic diseases, and explores both basic and translational research focused on genomics of BMF and the impact of BMF on hematopoietic niche function during HSCT.

The goal of the Olson Laboratory research program is to improve HSCT outcomes by identifying methods to decrease the incidence of graft failure following HSCT, which is a particularly critical challenge in the setting of transplant for non-malignant conditions such as bone marrow failure.

Methods are being examined to enhance donor hematopoietic stem cell engraftment efficiency following HSCT through enhancement of the functions of specialized areas of the bone marrow microenvironment, known as hematopoietic stem cell niches. Currently, the lab is testing therapeutic strategies that can be applied to enhance niche activity and receptivity for donor stem cells, which would in turn improve donor engraftment efficiency following clinical HSCT.