Peter K. Jackson

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

Academic Appointments

Professor, Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory
Professor, Pathology
Member, Bio-X
Member, Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI)
Faculty Fellow, Sarafan ChEM-H
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute

Administrative Appointments

Faculty Director, Stanford Cancer Center Proteomics, Stanford Cancer Center (2015 - Present)
Faculty Director, Stanford University Mass Spectrometry, Stanford University (2014 - Present)

Honors & Awards

Merck Fellow, Life Sciences Research Foundation (1991)
Baxter Award, Baxter Foundation (1997)
Lutje-Stubbs Scholar, Stanford University (1998)
Hume Faculty Scholar, Stanford University (1999)
William Cohen Lecturer, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (1999)
Scholar, Kirsch Foundation (2003)
Pluto Society, AAUP (2005)
Staff Scientist, Genentech (2005-2013)
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2008)
Fellow, Sigma Xi (2017)

Professional Education

Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Cell Biology, Cell Cycle (1994)
Fellow, UCSF, Biochemistry & Biophysics (1993)
Graduate Student, Whitehead Institute, MIT, Cancer Biiology (1989)
Ph.D., Harvard University, Biophysics (1989)
B. A., Yale College, Mathematics, Economics (1982)

Current Research and Scholarly Interests

Cell cycle control of DNA replication in embryonic and somatic cells: cyclins and the cell cycle in Xenopus embryos.

2024-25 Courses

Independent Studies
- Directed Reading in Cancer Biology
  CBIO 299 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Reading in Microbiology and Immunology
  MI 299 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Graduate Research
  CBIO 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Graduate Research
  MI 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Graduate Research
  STEMREM 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Medical Scholars Research
  MI 370 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Out-of-Department Graduate Research
  BIO 300X (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Teaching in Cancer Biology
  CBIO 260 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Undergraduate Research
  MI 199 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)

Stanford Advisees

Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
Anushweta Asthana, Mohammad Ovais Azizzanjani, Ran Cheng, Csenge Rezi, Rachel Turn
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Sam Bollinger, Victoria Gonzalez
Doctoral (Program)
Matthew Proefke

Graduate and Fellowship Programs