Cancer Biology Faculty
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Ahlquist, Paul G. (Molecular Virology, Oncology, Plant Pathology), Molecular mechanisms of viral replication, host interactions and oncogenesis
Alarid, Elaine T. (Oncology), Molecular mechanisms of steroid hormone action
Alexander, Caroline (Oncology), Mammary stem cells; mouse mammary tumor models; Wnt signaling; syndecan-1
Allen-Hoffmann, B. Lynn (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine), Keratinocytes; cancer biology; extracellular matrices
Bertics, Paul J. (Biomolecular Chemistry), Regulation of cell proliferation and function by growth factors, cytokines and bacterial toxins
Bradfield, Christopher A. (Oncology), Molecular biology of the PAS family of proteins
Bresnick, Emery H. (Pharmacology), Stem cell biology, molecular hematology, and vascular biology: from fundamental mechanisms to translational medicine
Bushman, Wade (Surgery/Urology), Developmental pathways in prostate cancer
Dove, William F. (Oncology and Medical Genetics), Colon cancer
Drinkwater, Norman R. (Oncology), Genetics and molecular biology of carcinogenesis
Friedl, Andreas (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine), Role of heparan sulfate proteoglycans in tumor-stroma interactions
Friesen, Paul D. (Molecular Virology, Biochemistry), Molecular biology of eukaryotic DNA viruses; regulation of gene expression; programmed cell death (apoptosis); retrotransposons
Fritsch, Michael K. (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine), Chromatin remodeling during early embryonic stem cell differentiation
Gould, Michael N. (Oncology), Molecular biology of mammary carcinogenesis
Griep, Anne E. (Anatomy), Genetic and molecular regulation of mouse eye development and disease
Halberg, Richard B. (Medicine), Tumor formation and progression in the gut: new concepts and novel targets for therapeutic intervention
Harari, Paul (Human Oncology), Examination of molecular targets that modulate growth characteristics of human squamous cell carcinomas
Hoffmann, F. Michael (Oncology and Medical Genetics), Drug discovery focused on the TGF-beta signaling pathway Smad proteins in pancreatic cancer, diabetic nephropathy and muscular dystrophy
Jarrard, David F. (Surgery/Urology), Genetic and epigenetic alterations in prostate cancer
Kalejta, Robert F. (Molecular Virology and Oncology), Cell cycle progression and DNA replication; viral manipulation of the cell cycle; HCMV replication and pathogenesis; Rb/E2F pathway; ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis; HCMV genetics
Keely, Patricia J. (Pharmacology), Understanding molecular mechanisms underlying breast cancer risk due to breast density
Kenney, Shannon C. (Medicine and Oncology), Understanding the molecular regulation and pathogenesis of the human herpesvirus, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)
Kiessling, Laura L. (Biochemistry and Chemistry), Biomolecular recognition processes; the chemistry and biology of protein-saccharide interactions
Lambert, Paul F. (Oncology), Molecular genetics of papillomaviruses
Loeb, Daniel D. (Oncology), Molecular biology of the hepatitis B viruses
McNeel, Douglas G. (Medicine), Immunology of prostate cancer
Mertz, Janet E. (Oncology), Transcriptional regulation in DNA tumor viruses and breast cancer
Miyamoto, Shigeki (Pharmacology), Regulation of the transcription factor NF-kB as a model system to study cancer
Moser, Amy (Human Oncology), Cancer and developmental genetics of the mouse
Mosher, Deane F. (Medicine, Biomolecular Chemistry), Extracellular matrix in cell growth and development
Raines, Ronald T. (Biochemistry), Chemical biology, protein design and engineering, enzymology
Rapraeger, Alan C. (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine), Examining the mechanisms by which the syndecan family of cell surface receptors regulate cell growth, adhesion, and migration
Ross, Jeffrey (Oncology), Regulation of mRNA stability in mammalian cells
Sandgren, Eric (Pathobiological Sciences), Regulation of cell growth during tissue regeneration and carcinogenesis
Schuler, Linda A. (Comparative Biosciences), The role of prolactin in mammary cancer, its interactions with other hormones and growth factors in disease processes using cell culture and transgenic mouse models, and the control of prolactin receptor expression and processing in normal and tumor cells
Shull, James D. (Oncology), Cancer genetics, hormones and breast cancer, estrogen action
Striker, Robert T. (Medical Microbiology & Immunology and Medicine), Oncogenesis, pathogenesis, and pharmacotherapy of Hepatitis C Virus
Sugden, Bill (Oncology), Molecular biology of the human tumor virus, Epstein-Barr virus
Tibbetts, Randal S. (Pharmacology), Molecular mechanisms of genome surveillance and neurodegeneration
Weaver, Beth A. (Molecular Pharmacology), Chromosome segregation during mitosis; effects of chromosome missegregation on tumors
Xing, Yongna (Oncology), Cell signaling pathways related to cancer; structural biology; biochemistry; proteomics
Xu, Wei (Oncology), Epigenetic transcriptional control in breast cancer
Zhang, Jing (Oncology), Hematopoietic and leukemic stem cells; mouse models for hematopoietic malignancies; cytokine signaling


