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Tumor Environment & Metastasis Members

The Tumor Environment & Metastasis (TEAM) Program uses an integrative approach to elucidate key molecular interactions between tumor cells and components of the host stromal microenvironment including matrix, vascular structures and cells of the immune system.

Min, Booki

Min, Booki

Professor

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Foxp3+ regulatory T (Treg) cells are central regulators of immunity and tolerance. The importance of Treg cells in immunity is well demonstrated by the finding that defects in Treg cell generation or ... [more]

Misharin, Alexander

Misharin, Alexander

Associate Professor

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I am a trained immunologist with a focus on macrophage biology. My group demonstrated that lung injury leads to accumulation and life-long persistence of monocyte-derived alveolar macrophages, which r... [more]

Miska, Jason

Miska, Jason

Assistant Professor

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The goal of Dr. Miska's research is to determine how the metabolism of immune cells within glioblastoma contributes to immune suppression and tumor recurrence. Furthermore, the long-term goal of ... [more]

Mitchell, Brian

Mitchell, Brian

Associate Professor

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Centriole Duplication. Centrioles are microtubule based structures with nine fold symmetry that are involved in both centrosome organization and aster formation during cell division. During the norm... [more]

Morales-Nebreda, Luisa

Morales-Nebreda, Luisa

Assistant Professor

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My research program focuses on determinants of recovery from viral pneumonia in aged hosts. In the context of viral-induced lung injury, my laboratory aims to identify novel inter-cellular signaling p... [more]

Muller, William

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My lab studies the inflammatory response at the cellular and molecular level. We are focused on the process of diapedesis, the 'point of no return' in inflammation where leukocytes squeeze between ti... [more]

Munshi, Hidayatullah

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we have begun studies evaluating how the collagen microenvironment regulates mRNA translation to mediate pancreatic cancer progression. We have found that pharmacologic and genetic targeting of MNKs, ... [more]