Cancer Biology
The following labs within the Biomedical Sciences department have a research area of focus in cancer biology:
Anushka Dongre, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dongre Lab
immune checkpoint blockade therapy, tumor microenvironment, epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity, cancer Immunology, breast cancer
Gerald Duhamel, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Professor of Anatomic Pathology
comparative pathology, digestive system pathophysiology, gastroenterology, intestinal lymphatic disorders
Jacquelyn Evans, PhD
Assistant Professor
Evans Lab
comparative genetics, canine, gastric cancer, hereditary disease, genomics of complex traits
Andrea Flesken-Nikitin, PhD
Assistant Research Professor
Nikitin Lab
stem cell niches, tissue microenvironment, ovarian cancer initiation, mouse models
Alexander Nikitin, MD, PhD
Professor of Pathology
Nikitin Lab
cancer, comparative pathology, mouse models, female reproductive tract, stem cells
John Schimenti, PhD
James Law Professor of Genetics
Schimenti Lab
reproductive genetics, genome maintenance mechanisms, cancer genetics, meiosis, infertility and reproductive aging
Praveen Sethupathy, PhD
Professor of Physiological Genomics
Chair
Sethupathy Lab
comparative intestinal physiology and disease, fibrolamellar carcinoma, gene regulation, microRNAs, functional genomics
Glenn Simmons Jr., PhD
Assistant Professor
Simmons Lab
cancer, immunometabolism, lipid, bioprinting, microenvironment
Robert Weiss, PhD
Professor of Molecular Genetics
Senior Associate Dean, Graduate School
Weiss Lab
DNA damage, genomic instability, meiosis, cancer metabolism, mouse models of cancer
Andrew White, PhD
Associate Professor
White Lab
melanoma, melanocyte, tumor microenvironment, stem cell
Andrew Yen, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Sciences
Yen Lab
leukemia, retinoic acid, signaling, cell cycle, cell differentiation