College of Veterinary Medicine - Cornell University

Cancer Research

Cancer is a disease that does not discriminate among species; it affects animals and humans alike. Research being done at the College involves all aspects of cancer biology and numerous scientific approaches, including nanotechnology, stem cell research and genomics. Translational studies involving collaborations between researchers and clinicians are crucial in the fight against cancer.

Cancer Researchers

Faculty	Research area(s)	Graduate Field Membership (Follow links to Biological & Biomedical Sciences Fields)
Carl A. Batt	rapid diagnostic methods; molecular epidemiology	Comparative Biomedical Sciences;  Biomedical Engineering; Electrical & Computer Engineering; Food Science & Technology; Microbiology
Paul R. Bowser	diseases of fish; fish health and management	Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Margaret Bynoe	cellular and molecular medicine; infectious diseases; molecular basis of antigen-induced immune suppression; modulation of innate immune system response in immunity against cancer	Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology & Infectious Disease
James W. Casey	molecular virology; retrovirology	Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Environmental Toxicology
Richard A. Cerione	signal transduction growth factor receptors; protein structure; drug design and chemical biology; signaling cues that direct cell proliferation, differentiation and development	Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Pharmacology; Biochemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology; Biophysics; Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Paula E. Cohen	etiology of spontaneous birth defects in mammals; mechanisms of meiotic recombination; DNA repair proteins in meiosis and recombination; germ cell development; ovarian development	Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Molecular & Integrative Physiology; Genetics, Genomics and Development; Genomics
Ruth Collins	pharmacology; cancer cell biology; small GTPase regulation of intracellular traffic and cellular growth control	Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Microbiology; Pharmacology; Biochemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology; Genomics; Neurobiology & Behavior
Scott Coonrod	reproductive physiology; molecular and cellular physiology; epigenetic reprogramming during the egg-to-embryo transition; mechanisms by which specific histone modifications are dynamically regulated during hormone-dependent gene transcription in breast cancer cells	Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Brian R. Crane	metalloenzym structure and catalysis; protein electron transfer; nitric oxide enzymology; bacterial chemotaxis; circadian clock photo sensors	Pharmacology; Biochemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology; Biophysics; Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Matthew deLisa	molecular biotechnology; protein biogenesis and folding pathways; protein engineering	Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Microbiology; Biomedical Engineering; Chemical Engineering
Gerald E. Duhamel	mechanisms of infectious diseases with particular emphasis on molecular mechanisms of bacterial infections in animal models of human diseases; host-pathogen relationships	Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology & Infectious Disease
Scott Emr	regulation of cell signaling and membrane trafficking pathways by phosphoinositide kinases, protein kinases, selective ubiquitin modifications, and vesicle-mediated transport reactions.	Molecular & Integrative Physiology; Biochemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology; Genetics, Genomics and Development
Claudia Fischbach-Teschl	tissue-engineered model systems for analysis of microenvironmental conditions fundamental to cancer pathogenesis and therapy	Molecular & Integrative Physiology; Biomedical Engineering
Patricia A. Johnson	endocrinology; reproductive biology	Molecular & Integrative Physiology; Animal Science
Natasza Kurpios	tissue morphogenesis; cell shape and architecture; organ development; gut morphogenesis; mammary gland biology; breast cancer	Molecular & Integrative Physiology; Pharmacology; Genetics, Genomics and Development
Cynthia Leifer	understanding innate immunity from the inside out; toll-like receptors; signaling; dendritic cells; controlling microbial infection	Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology & Infectious Disease
Maurine Linder	signaling factors that shape gut morphology during development	Pharmacology
Sean P. McDonough	use of contemporary methods to explore lymphocyte function in spontaneous veterinary disease	Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Alexander Nikitin	genetic modeling of human cancer in the mouse; early detection and monitoring of carcinogenesis; neoplasms of reproductive and endocrine systems	Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Molecular & Integrative Physiology; Environmental Toxicology
Robert Oswald	ion channel receptor/ligand interactions; NMR and molecular dynamics; molecular neurobiology and biophysics; neurotransmitter receptors and signal transduction	Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Pharmacology; Biophysics; Neurobiology & Behavior
Andrea Quaroni	cellular differentiation and growth regulation of intestinal cells	Molecular & Integrative Physiology
John Schimenti	mouse genetics and functional genomics; genomic instability; genetic recombination; genetics of gametogenesis and development; use of ES cells to mutagenize the mouse genome	Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Molecular & Integrative Physiology; Biochemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology; Genetics, Genomics and Development; Genomics
Carolyn Sevier	signalling of cellular oxidative stress; molecular mechanisms used by cellular pathways that sense and signal redox imbalances within the cell	Molecular & Integrative Physiology; Pharmacology
Tracy Stokol	hematopoietic and hemostatic disorders in animals; mechanisms of cancer metastasis	Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Bud C. Tennant	comparative gastroenterology	Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Watt W. Webb	biophysics of cell surfaces; dynamics of biophysical processes in living cells using physical optics	Immunology & Infectious Disease; Pharmacology; Applied Physics; Biochemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology; Biomedical Engineering; Biophysics; Materials Science & Engineering; Physics
Robert S. Weiss	genomic maintenance mechanisms; cell cycle checkpoints; molecular responses to genomic stress; mouse models of genomic instability	Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Molecular & Integrative Physiology; Biochemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology; Environmental Toxicology; Genetics, Genomics and Development; Genomics
Andrew Yen	leukemia; cell growth and differentiation; oncogenes/genetics	Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Environmental Toxicology