Cancer Biology

Select a specialty below for links to researchers in these areas.

Carcinomas – Breast, Liver and Pancreas

Guangwei Du – Phospholipid signaling and metabolism
Jeff Frost – Text – Rho family small G proteins in breast cancer
John Hancock – Membrane nanostructure, Ras, signal transduction
Wenbo Li – Genomics, epigenomics, enhancer RNA, gene regulation
Kristin Eckel Mahan – Circadian rhythm in health and disease
Sheng Pan – Single cell proteomics, glycoproteomics
Catherine Denicourt – Cell cycle, ribosome biogenesis, cancer
Junchen Liu – Cell signaling, KRAS, glycosphingolipids
Xiaoquin Wu – Vesicle trafficking, cell death, biomarkers for obesity
Jiaqian Wu – Spinal cord injury, neurodegenerative diseases

Glioblastoma and Neuroblastoma

Wenbo Li – Genomics, epigenomics, enhancer RNA, gene regulation
Dung-Fang Lee – Inducible pluripotent stem cells, disease modeling

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Nami McCarty – Multiple myeloma, osteoblastic niche
Xiaotian Zhang – 3D genome organization, leukemia, biological condensates

Osteosarcoma

Dung-Fang Lee – Inducible pluripotent stem cells, disease modeling

Ras Oncogene Research

John Hancock – Membrane nanostructure, Ras, signal transduction
Yong Zhou – Membrane mechanics, signal transduction, Ras protein
Junchen Liu – Cell signaling, KRAS, glycosphingolipids

Cancer Stem Cells, Vascular Flow, and Metastasis

Kendra Carmon – Antibody-drug conjugates, cancer stem cells
Dung-Fang Lee – Inducible pluripotent stem cells, disease modeling
Wenbo Li – Genomics, epigenomics, enhancer RNA, gene regulation
Qingyun Liu – Drug development, cancer and immunology, regenerative medicine
Pamela Wenzel – Fluid flow, biomechanical force, cell fate 
Catherine Denicourt – Cell cycle, ribosome biogenesis, cancer

Cancer Therapeutics

Matt Baker– Computational modeling, cancer immunotherapy
Kendra Carmon – Antibody-drug conjugates, cancer stem cells
Wenbo Li – Genomics, epigenomics, enhancer RNA, gene regulation
Qingyun Liu – Drug development, cancer and immunology, regenerative medicine
Kyoji Tsuchikama – Antibody drug conjugates, cancer chemotherapy
Dung-Fang Lee – Inducible pluripotent stem cells, disease modeling

Lymphatics and Lymphedema

Melissa Aldrich – Aymphedema, immune factors
Eva Sevick-Muraca – in vivo imaging, near infrared fluorescence