The Training Program in Oncogenesis and Developmental Biology
The Training Program in Oncogenesis & Developmental Biology at the Lurie Cancer Center enables two pre-doctoral students and four postdoctoral fellows per year to receive state-of-the-art training focused on normal and neoplastic development and differentiation. Trainees will have the opportunity to investigate the role of developmentally regulated genes in the etiology of human cancer. In addition to laboratory training, trainees and preceptors engage in monthly meetings and a yearly translational research mini-symposium. The preceptors of this program are well established investigators with NIH funded research programs.
Program Director: Richard Carthew, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, Northwestern University
Program Co-Director: Hiroaki Kiyokawa, MD, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Biological Chemistry, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Administrative Director: Robin Leikin, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
Program Faculty
| Terrence Barrett, M.D. Professor Department of Medicine Signaling pathways in gastrointestinal cancer |
Richard Carthew, Ph.D. Professor Dept. of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Cell Biology Gene regulation by RNAi |
Charles Clevenger, M.D., Ph.D. Professor Department of Pathology Prolactin receptor and breast cancer |
| Robert Goldman, Ph.D. Professor Dept of Cell and Molecular Biology Intermediate filament proteins |
Kathleen Green, Ph.D. Professor Department of Pathology Cell-cell interaction molecules |
Mary Hendrix, Ph.D. Professor and Director Children's Memorial Research Center Role of microenvironment in cancer |
| Robert Holmgren, Ph.D. Professor Dept of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Cell Biology Signal transduction in development and oncogenesis |
Sui Huang, Ph.D. Associate Professor Dept of Cell and Molecular Biology Perinucleolar compartment and cancer progression |
Jonathan Jones, Ph.D. Professor Department of Cell and Molecular Biology Epithelial cell-matrix adhesion molecules |
| John Kessler, M.D. Professor and Chair Department of Neurology Biology of embryonic & neural stem cells |
Hiroaki Kiyokawa, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Biological Chemistry Cell cycle and carcinogenesis |
James Kramer, Ph.D. Professor Cell and Molecular Biology Extracellular matrix molecules |
| Carole LaBonne, Ph.D. Associate Professor Dept. of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Cell Biology Neural crest cells and pediatric neuroblastoma |
Andreas Matouschek, Ph.D. Professor Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Cell Biology Protein unfolding and oncogenesis |
Leonidas Platanias, M.D. Professor Department of Medicine Cytokines and signal transduction pathways |
| Lonnie Shea, Ph.D. Professor Chemical & Biological Engineering Culture systems for cell differentiation; gene delivery |
Teresa Woodruff, Ph.D. Professor Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Hormones and signal transduction in the ovary |
John Crispino, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Medicine Normal and malignant blood cell development |
| Elizabeth Eklund, M.D. Professor Department of Medicine Molecular mechanisms of hematopoiesis |
Postdoctoral applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents with no more than three years of postdoctoral experience.
Predoctoral applicants must apply to IGP, IBiS or NUIN graduate programs at:
- http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/igp
- http://www.biochem.northwestern.edu/ibis/
- http://nuin.northwestern.edu/
Applicants should send their curriculum vitae, verification of citizenship status, statement of research interests, selection of three potential mentors from Program Faculty and one letter of reference to: Robin Leikin, PhD
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
Northwestern University
Olson 8350
303 E. Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
rleikin@northwestern.edu
(312) 908-9229
