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Cancer Epigenetics & Nuclear Dynamics Members

The Cancer Epigenetics & Nuclear Dynamics (CEND) program focuses on how nuclear dynamics and information flow within the cell are co-opted in cancer through altered genetic and epigenetic mechanisms.

Schwulst, Steven

Schwulst, Steven

Associate Professor

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Preliminary work has generated head-shielded bone marrow chimeric mice allowing for the unambiguous differentiation between infiltrating monocytes and microglia after TBI. Using this model, we have sh... [more]

Shenoy, Niraj

Shenoy, Niraj

Associate Professor

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The Shenoy Lab is interested in understanding and targeting the interactions between aberrant metabolism, epigenetic dysregulation, and immune evasion in cancer. While kidney cancer (clear cell r... [more]

Shilatifard, Ali

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I hold the Robert Francis Furchgott Professorship and am the Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. I continue to run... [more]

Shukla, Vipul

Shukla, Vipul

Assistant Professor

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My research broadly focuses on understanding the roles of cytosine modifications and alternative DNA structures in normal and cancer genomes. I am currently investigating the functions of G-quadruplex... [more]

Stranger, Barbara

Stranger, Barbara

Associate Professor

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The goal of Dr. Stranger’s research is to understand how genetic and genomic variation contributes to complex disease, and how that varies by sex. Her cancer research is motivated by the observation... [more]