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BASIC SCIENCE OF CANCER FOCUS GROUPS

REGULATION OF CELL DEATH – APOPTOSIS AND AUTOPHAGY

Leaders: Alexandru Almasan, PhD
Associate Professor, Cancer Biology, Radiation Oncology
almasaa@ccf.org
 
Clark W. Distelhorst, MD
Professor, Medicine-Hematology/Oncology, Pharmacology
cwd@case.edu

SUMMARY

This Focus Group is composed of Cancer Center members who share a common interest in regulation of cell death in cancer cells. The overall goal is to foster collaborative research that capitalizes on the expertise of individual laboratories to collectively gain improved insight into mechanisms of cell death. The overall long range goal is to develop basic understanding that will identify novel biological targets for cancer treatment.

Two central themes that are emerging are: Mechanism of Bim regulation in response to a wide range of apoptosis inducers; and, novel approaches to regulating Bcl-2 protein family members as therapeutic targets.

MEMBERS

Munna L. Agarwal, PhD
Assistant Professor, Genetics
mla16@case.edu

Alexandru Almasan, PhD
Associate Professor, Cancer Biology, Radiation Oncology
almasaa@ccf.org

L.R. Devireddy, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pathology
laxminarayana.devireddy@case.edu

Clark W. Distelhorst, MD
Professor, Medicine-Hematology/Oncology, Pharmacology
cwd@case.edu

George I. Gorodeski, MD, PhD
Professor, Reproductive Biology
gig@case.edu

Subrata Haldar, PhD
Associate Professor, Pharmacology
shaldar@metrohealth.org

Philip H. Howe, PhD
Professor, Cancer Biology, Physiology & Biophysics
howep@ccf.org

Daniel J. Lindner, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology
lindned@ccf.org

Shigemi Matsuyama, PhD
Assistant Professor, Medicine-Hematology/Oncology
sxm193@case.edu

John J. Mieyal, PhD
Professor, Pharmacology
jjm5@case.edu

Edward Stavnezer, PhD
Professor, Biochemistry
exs44@case.edu

Saba Valadkhan, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, RNA Molecular Biology
saba.valadkhan@case.edu

Xiongwei Zhu, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pathology
xiongwei.zhu@case.edu


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