Richard Frock

Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation and Cancer Biology)

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology - Radiation and Cancer Biology
Member, Bio-X
Member, SPARK at Stanford
Member, Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI)
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute

Honors & Awards

Research Scholar, American Cancer Society - Lisa Dean Moseley Foundation Stem Cell Consortium
V Scholar, V Foundation for Cancer Research
Career Development Award, Radiation Research Foundation

Professional Education

Research Fellow, Boston Children's Hospital, Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine
PhD, University of Washington, Biochemistry (2009)
BA, Vassar College, Biochemistry (2001)

Patents

Frederick W Alt, Richard L Frock, Jiazhi Hu, Robin M Meyers. " Patent WO2016081798 Methods relating to the detection of recurrent and non-specific double strand breaks in the genome", Nov 20, 2015

Current Research and Scholarly Interests

We are a functional genomics laboratory interested in elucidating mechanisms of DNA repair pathway choice and genome instability. We employ a powerful discovery platform, High-Throughput Genome-wide Translocation Sequencing (HTGTS), which maps DNA junctions at single nucleotide resolution. Our expertise overlaps many different fields including: genome editing, ionizing radiation and cancer therapeutics, V(D)J and IgH class switch recombination, and meiosis.

2023-24 Courses

Independent Studies
- Medical Scholars Research
  RADO 370 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Readings in Radiation Biology
  RADO 101 (Win)
- Undergraduate Research
  RADO 199 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)

Stanford Advisees

Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
Jinglong Wang

Graduate and Fellowship Programs

Cancer Biology (Phd Program)

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