Tarek Bismar
Dr. Bismar earned an MD degree from the University of Damascus and then performed two fellowships in surgical and genitourinary pathology at Wayne State University and Harvard Medical School-Brigham and...Read More
Gerhardt Attard
Dr. Attard earned an MD degree from the University of Malta and a PhD degree from the Institute of Cancer Research, London. He is currently a Senior Clinical Research Fellow...Read More
Mohamed S. Arredouani
Dr. Arredouani earned a BS Degree in Biology from Moulay Ismail University in Morocco, an MS in Molecular Biology from St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University in Russia, and an MS...Read More
Antonina Mitrofanova
Systems biology is a computational-based inter-disciplinary field of study that focuses on complex interactions within biological systems. Dr. Mitrofanova intends to employ systems biology to investigate gene expression regulators of...Read More
Rohit Mehra
LncRNAs (long non-coding RNAs) are a form of genetic message that do not encode proteins but are highly involved in the expression of other genes. PCF-funded researcher, Dr. Arul Chinnaiyan...Read More
Aaron LeBeau, PhD
Dr. Aaron LeBeau is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center. The focus of his work is on antibody and cell-based...Read More
Marcin Cieslik
Differentiating indolent from aggressive prostate tumors is critical for early detection of aggressive tumors and prevention of overtreatment. Pseudogenes are dysfunctional relatives of genes that have lost their ability to...Read More
Theodoros Karantanos
Certain oncogenic molecules in prostate cancer cells regulate cellular metabolism in the tumor microenvironment, allowing tumor cells to proliferate under harsh conditions. Dr. Karantanos believes that a program of oncogenic...Read More
W. Nathaniel Brennen
T cells are a type of immune cell with significant tumor cell seeking and killing capabilities, but tumor survival mechanisms cause T cell inactivation. Methods for re-arming these specialized killing...Read More