Cancer Biology and Cancer Stem Cells

The Cancer Biology and Cancer Stem Cells Program is focused on investigating the mechanisms and signaling pathways involved in the development and progression of cancer, including pathways critical for self-renewal of stem cells, in normal tissues and in cancer. The goals are to advance basic understanding of cancer pathogenesis and to facilitate the translation of basic science discoveries into the clinical arena in order to improve the outcomes of patients with cancer.

 

Monther Abu-Rebaileh, PhD

Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and of Genetics

Steven Artandi, MD, PhD 

Laurie Kraus Lacob Director of the Stanford Cancer Institute, Jerome and Daisy Low Gilbert Professor and Professor of Biochemistry 

 

Laura Attardi, PhD 

Catharine and Howard Avery Professor and Professor of Genetics

 

Jeffrey Axelrod, MD, PhD 

Professor of Pathology 

Philip Beachy, PhD 

Ernest and Amelia Gallo Professor, Professor of Urology and Developmental Biology and, by Courtesy, of Chemical and Systems Biology

 

Gill Bejerano, PhD 

Professor of Developmental Biology, of Computer Science, of Pediatrics (Genetics) and of Biomedical Data Science 

 

Domanique Bergmann, PhD

Shirley R. and Leonard W. Ely, Jr. Professor and Professor of Biology

Helen Blau, PhD 

Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation Professor, Director of Baxter Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology and Professor, by Courtesy, of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 

 

Onn Brandman, PhD 

Associate Professor of Biochemistry and, by Courtesy, of Chemical and Systems Biology

Anne Brunet, PhD 

Michele and Timothy Barakett Endowed Professor 

 

Howard Chang, MD, PhD

Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor of Cancer Research and Professor of Genetics 

Gheorghe Chistol, PhD 

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology

Katrin Chua, MD, PhD 

Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology, Gerontology and Metabolism) 

 

Michael Clarke, MD 

Karel H. and Avice N. Beekhuis Professor of Cancer Biology

Stanley Cohen, MD 

Kwoh-Ting Li Professor in the School of Medicine and Professor of Genetics and of Medicine

Gerald Crabtree, MD 

David Korn, MD, Professor of Pathology and Professor of Developmental Biology

Tushar Desai, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine) 

 

James Ferrell, MD, PhD 

Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology and of Biochemistry

Hunter Fraser, PhD 

Professor of Biology

Judith Frydman, PhD 

Donald Kennedy Chair in the School of Humanities and Sciences and Professor of Genetics

Margaret Fuller, PhD 

Reed-Hodgson Professor of Human Biology, Katharine Dexter McCormick and Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor and Professor of Genetics and of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Reproductive and Stem Cell Biology)

 

Xiaojing Gao, PhD 

Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering

Charles Gawad, MD, PhD 

Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Hematology and Oncology) 

Or Gozani, PhD 

Morris Herzstein Professor of Biology

 

William Greenleaf, PhD 

Professor of Genetics

Daniel Herschlag, PhD

Professor of Biochemistry, and, by Courtesy, of Chemical Engineering 

Andrew Hoffman, MD 

Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology, Gerontoloy and Metabolism) 

Peter Jackson, PhD 

Professor of Microbiology and Immunology (Baxter Labs) and of Pathology

 

Daniel Jarosz, PhD 

Associate Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology and of Developmental Biology

 

Livnat Jerby, PhD 

Assistant Professor of Genetics

 

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