Cancer biology is by nature interdisciplinary, using knowledge and techniques from many areas to work towards cures. The MCB program encompasses both basic and translational research addressing cancer.
Cancer Biology


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Molecular biomechanics of mitosis and the cytoskeleton
chromatin modifying enzymes in cancer development
HCV pathogenesis and liver diseases
implications of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA mutations
Cancer, personalized medicine
keratinocyte migration and transformation
cell cycle control
calcium regulation of leukemia cell proliferation
Genetic and molecular studies of oncogenesis.
cell cycle regulators and microRNA
human papillomaviruses (HPVs) and epithelial cancers
regulation of protein function through post-translational mo
Genetics and epigenetics of cancer
T-cell targeting of viruses and malignancies
Mitochondrial control of apoptosis
Lymphocyte development, signaling, and transformation
Environmental and genetic control of cancer cell evolution
stem cell biology and therapy
Regulation of gap junctional communication, Cancer biomarker
mutations and human cancer
immunoglobin gene rearrangement in development and cancer
virology/gene therapy/cancer biology
Genetic stability mechanisms
Molecular Biology of Cancer Development and Progression
neurodevelopmental pathways in brain tumors
Human Aging and Progeroid Syndromes
Mechanisms of Morphogenesis and Wound Repair in Drosophila
human phenotypic variation
molecular events associated with breast cancer
Molecular biology of tumor-inducing herpesviruses
Pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori stomach infection
pathways contributing to hematopoietic failure and malignanc
Small molecule drug screens
DNA repair and drug resistance
Regulation of gene expression
MicroRNA regulatory networks and cancer
Cell polarity and cell adhesion in mammalian development and
cell signaling and proteomics
regulation of transcription
antitumor immune responses T cell repertoire
Proteomics: cell signaling roles in phenotype and disease.
microtubule dynamics and chromosome segregation
adoptive cellular immunotherapy for treatment of cancer


