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Basic and Translational Research
 

The USA Mitchell Cancer Institute focuses on research to accelerate the translation of new knowledge into novel therapies and diagnostic tools.

 
Laurie Owen,
Associate Director of Basic and Translational Research
 
  • Cancer Immunotherapy - to find improved treatments, prevention, and cure for cancers through manipulation of the immune system.
  • Strategies for selection of gene-transduced stem cells - tested in vitro and in vivo. A newly developed protocol of culture and gene transduction of neural stem cells will be utilized for gene therapy of primary and metastatic brain tumors.
  • Identification of proteomic markers for cancer and their trace analysis within biological fluids and tissues.
  • Preclinical cancer pharmacology - a gene-therapy approach.
  • Understanding the regulation of various metastasis related genes by epigenetic modification.
  • Role of transcription regulatory proteins and complexes in metastasis.
Click here for a photo slideshow of our research environment.

Principal Investigators at the Mitchell Cancer Institute include:

Laurie Owen, Ph.D., Barbara Colle Chair, Associate Director of Basic and Translational Sciences and Professor of Oncologic Sciences

Wesley Denny, Ph.D., Instructor of Oncologic Sciences

Lewis Pannell, Ph.D., Professor of Oncologic Sciences and Head, Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Laboratory

Eddie Reed, MD, Clinical Director, Abraham Mitchell Distinguished Investigator and Professor of Oncologic Sciences

Rodney Rocconi, MD, Abraham Mitchell Clinical Cancer Research Scholar, Staff Physician, Gynecologic Oncology Sciences and Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Clinical Oncology

Lalita Samant, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Oncologic Sciences

Rajeev Samant, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Oncologic Sciences

Ajay Singh, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Oncologic Sciences

Seema Singh, Ph.D., Instructor of Oncologic Sciences

Ming Tan, MD, Ph.D., Vincent F. Kilborn, Jr., Cancer Research Scholar and Assistant Professor of Oncologic Sciences

Yaguang Xi, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Oncologic Sciences


Member Investigators:

Oystein Fodstad, M.D., Ph.D.
Richard Honkanen, Ph.D.
Wensheng Lin, Ph.D.


For more information about research at the USAMCI contact:

Dr. Laurie Owen,
Barbara Colle Chair and Associate Director,
Basic and Translational Sciences
USA Mitchell Cancer Institute,
1660 Springhill Avenue
Mobile, Alabama 36604

Phone: (251) 445-9807
Fax: (251) 460-6994
lowen@usouthal.edu

  
   
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