To accelerate breakthroughs, the Damon Runyon Foundation provides today's best young scientists with funds to pursue innovative cancer research.

John J. Karijolich, PhD
Dr. Karijolich aims to define mechanisms involved in the regulation of gene expression, using a combination of biochemical and genetic approaches. An understanding of these mechanisms is key to understanding the development of cancer, and may potentially lead to novel cancer therapeutics.
Project Title: "Mechanistic and physiological analysis of transcription-dependent gene loops"
Institution: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Sponsor(s) / Mentor(s): Michael Hampsey, PhD
Cancer Type: All cancers
Research Area: Biochemistry


