Dr. Chan [HHMI Fellow] is focusing on how cells slow their growth rate in response to stress. He aims to understand how stress signals are relayed to the cellular machinery that directs cell growth. Because tumor cells are constantly under stress yet display unregulated growth, it is critical to understand how stress signaling and growth control are coordinated. This research may lead to new understanding of how a broad range of cancers can be therapeutically targeted.

 

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Project Title: "Determining the mechanism of stress-induced ribosomal protein mRNA degradation"

Institution: University of California, Berkeley

Sponsor(s) / Mentor(s): Karsten Weis, PhD

Cancer Type: All cancers

Research Area: Cell Biology