Cancer Biology

Source: https://biology.mit.edu/faculty-and-research/areas-of-research/cancer-biology/ Parent: https://biology.mit.edu/

cancer gene discovery • tumorigenesis • cancer therapy and resistance • oncogenes • tumor suppressor genes • cancer models • growth control and cell proliferation • metastasis • cell proliferation • cell death • cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions • microenvironment •DNA repair and replication • transcription • chromosome stability • metabolism • immunology and cancer • immunotherapy • cancer stem cells

Faculty

Eliezer Calo

Lindsay Case

Jianzhu Chen

Michael T. Hemann

Whitney Henry

David Housman

Tyler Jacks

Matthew G. Jones

Sally Kornbluth

Douglas Lauffenburger

Jacqueline Lees

Alison E. Ringel

Francisco J. Sánchez-Rivera

Phillip A. Sharp

Yadira Soto-Feliciano

Stefani Spranger

Matthew Vander Heiden

Robert A. Weinberg

Michael B. Yaffe

Omer H. Yilmaz

Richard A. Young

Faculty Spotlight

Francisco J. Sánchez-Rivera

Eisen and Chang Career Development Professor; Intramural Faculty, Koch Institute

Francisco J. Sánchez-Rivera aims to understand how genetic variation shapes normal physiology and disease, with a focus on cancer.