Research Labs

The Farese & Walther lab studies the biology and pathology of cellular lipid metabolism, focusing on lipid/energy storage in lipid droplets and sphingolipid metabolism in lysosomes.

Lydia Finley studies the mechanisms that link metabolic pathways to cell fate decisions.

The Gladkova lab studies the mechanisms and signals that reshape cellular organelle architecture in response to physiological stimuli.

Physician-Scientist A. Ari Hakimi, MD studies genetic and metabolic mechanisms of immune response in kidney cancers.

Medical physicist John Humm focuses on noninvasive imaging of the tumor microenvironment using nuclear imaging methods.

Physician-scientist Andrew Intlekofer investigates why cancer cells depend on specific pathways of nutrient metabolism.

Biochemist and Bioengineer Kayvan Keshari explores changes in cancer metabolism to develop advanced imaging techniques and cancer therapeutics.

Radiochemist Jason Lewis develops molecular imaging agents for the imaging and therapy of cancer.

Immunologist Justin Perry investigates homeostatic apoptotic cell clearance and how this process is exploited during cancer development and progression.

The Reznik Lab studies metabolic and mitochondrial dysfunction in cancer through analysis of multimodal genetic, metabolomic, and clinical data.