Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling

Catera Wilder, PhD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Immunology
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Research Summary: 
The Wilder lab aims to prevent immune-mediated adverse side effects associated with cytokine therapy by understanding innate immune regulation and developing dynamically controlled therapies.

Katherine Fuh, MD, PhD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Immunology
Research Summary: 
Developing targeted treatments in ovarian and endometrial cancer by incorporating the tumor microenvironment.

John Liu, MD, PhD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Human Genetics
Research Summary: 
Basic and translational research of treatment resistance in cancers of the nervous system using high throughput functional genomics and epigenetic engineering approaches.

Nam Woo Cho, MD, PhD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Immunology
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Research Summary: 
The Cho Lab is focused on understanding principles of molecular and cellular interactions between cancer and immunity.
Mentorship Development: 

10-11/2024 - UCSF Research Mentor/People Manager Training Series

Gregory Allen, MD, PhD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Immunology
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Research Summary: 
Our group develops and applies advances in synthetic biology to better understand biological systems and then to re-engineer these systems to tackle disease.

Kevan Shokat, PhD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Neurobiology
Research Summary: 
The Shokat lab uses chemical genetics to study and target signaling proteins, with the aim of finding new ways to treat human diseases.

Benjamin Huang, MD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Human Genetics
Research Summary: 
Therapeutics and Functional Genomics in Hematologic Cancers

Serine Avagyan, MD, PhD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Developmental & Stem Cell Biology
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Research Summary: 
We study the origins of clonal blood disorders with focus on developmental hematopoiesis and forces driving clonal competition in the context of inherited cancer predisposition conditions.

Peter Bruno, PhD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Immunology
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Research Summary: 
We use synthetic biology and high-throughput functional genetic screens to understand antigen presentation and T-cell recognition in the context of cancer and other diseases.
Mentorship Development: 

10-11/2023 - UCSF Inclusive Mentor/Manager Training
11/2024 - The 4 Touchstones of a High-Functioning Mentoring Relationship

Roarke Kamber, PhD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Immunology
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Research Summary: 
Mechanisms of Macrophage-Mediated Cell Clearance

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