Cancer Biology & Genetics Program

The Scott Lowe Lab

Research

Scott Lowe
Scott W. Lowe, PhD
Chair, Cancer Biology & Genetics Program, SKI; Chair, Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

About the Scott Lowe Lab

Our laboratory studies tumor-suppressor networks controlling apoptosis and senescence and how their disruption influences malignant behavior.

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Publications Highlights

Burdziak C, Alonso-Curbelo D, Walle T, Reyes J, Barriga FM, Haviv D, Xie Y, Zhao Z, Zhao CJ, Chen HA, Chaudhary O, Masilionis I, Choo ZN, Gao V, Luan W, Wuest A, Ho YJ, Wei Y, Quail DF, Koche R, Mazutis L, Chaligné R, Nawy T, Lowe SW, Pe’er D.Science. 2023 May 12;380(6645):eadd5327. doi: 10.1126/science.add5327. Epub 2023 May 12.PMID: 37167403 

Chen HA, Ho YJ, Mezzadra R, Adrover JM, Smolkin R, Zhu C, Woess K, Bernstein N, Schmitt G, Fong L, Luan W, Wuest A, Tian S, Li X, Broderick C, Hendrickson RC, Egeblad M, Chen Z, Alonso-Curbelo D, Lowe SW.Cancer Discov. 2023 Feb 6;13(2):432-453. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-22-0528.PMID: 36302222 Free PMC article. 

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Scott Lowe

Scott W. Lowe, PhD

Chair, Cancer Biology & Genetics Program, SKI; Chair, Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

  • Cancer biologist Scott Lowe uses genetically engineered mouse models to study how the genetic alterations in cancer cells contribute to tumorigenesis, alter treatment response, and create molecular vulnerabilities that may be targeted therapeutically.
  • PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Members

Valentin Barthet
Valentin Barthet

Postdoctoral Researcher

Lynn Boss, MS
Lynn Boss

Administrative Coordinator

Caroline Broderick
Caroline Broderick

Graduate Student

Andrea Chaikovsky
Andrea Chaikovsky

Postdoctoral Researcher

Almudena Chaves Perez
Almudena Chaves Perez

Postdoctoral Researcher

Isabella Del Priore, BS
Isabella Del Priore

Graduate Student

Xin Fang
Xin Fang

Research Technician

Aveline Filliol
Aveline Filliol

Lead Program Manager

Hailey V. Goldberg
Hailey V. Goldberg

Graduate Student

Clemens Hinterleitner
Clemens Hinterleitner

Postdoctoral Researcher

Yu-Jui (Ray) Ho, PhD
Yu-Jui (Ray) Ho

Computational Biologist

Margaret Kennedy
Margaret Kennedy

Graduate Student

Wei Luan, MD
Wei Luan

Senior Research Technician

Domhnall McHugh, PhD
Domhnall McHugh

Postdoctoral Researcher

Riccardo Mezzadra
Riccardo Mezzadra

Postdoctoral Researcher

Nalin Ratnayeke
Nalin Ratnayeke

Postdoctoral Researcher

José Reyes
José Reyes

Postdoctoral Researcher

Corinne L. Rodriguez
Corinne L. Rodriguez

Assistant to Chair

Janelle Simon, BS
Janelle Simon

Mouse Colony Manager

Exequiel Sisso
Exequiel Sisso

Research Technician

Sha Tian, MS
Sha Tian

Senior Research Technician

Anne Trumble-Koncelik
Anne Trumble-Koncelik

Lab Manager

Kaloyan Tsanov, PhD
Kaloyan Tsanov

Postdoctoral Researcher

Zeda Zhang
Zeda Zhang

Postdoctoral Researcher

Changyu Zhu
Changyu Zhu

Postdoctoral Researcher

Lab Alumni
S Millman, MD PhD
Scott Millman

Instructor in Medicine

Direna Alonso Curbelo, PhD
Direna Alonso Curbelo

Junior Group Leader, Cancer Science, IRB Barcelona, Spain

Francisco Barriga, PhD
Francisco (Pancho) Barriga

Group Leader - Cancer Genome Engineering Lab Vall D´Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO)

Iris Appelmann, MD
Iris Appelmann

Physician, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany

Corina Amor Vegas
Corina Amor Vegas

CSHL Independent Fellow at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY

Ana Banito, PhD
Ana Banito

Group Leader, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Benedikt Bosbach, PhD
Benedikt Bosbach

Principal Scientist, CTI, Pfizer Research, New York

Chi-Chao Chen, MD
Chi-Chao Chen

Data Scientist, Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA

Hsuan-An Chen
Hsuan-An (Sean) Chen

Postdoctoral Fellow at Rockefeller University, New York, NY

Chong Chen, PhD
Chong Chen

Professor, Sichuan University, Sichuan, China

Lukas Dow, PhD
Lukas Dow

Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY

Saya Ebbesen, PhD
Saya Ebbesen

Director, Medical & Scientific Strategy, BluPrint Oncology, London

Katerina Hatzi, PhD
Katerina Hatzi

Senior Scientist, Oncology Biomarker Development, Genentech, San Francisco, CA

Shauna Houlihan, PhD
Shauna Houlihan

Associate Director, Liver Research, Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY

Grace  Xiang  Li, MS
Xiang (Grace) Li

Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Chun-Hao Huang, PhD
Chun-Hao Huang

Co-Founder & CEO, Algen Biotechnologies, San Francisco, CA

Edward Kastenhuber, PhD
Edward (Ted) Kastenhuber

Postdoctoral Associate, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY

Thomas Kitzing, PhD
Thomas Kitzing

Senior Research Scientist, Philipps University of Marburg, Institute of Pharmacology, Germany

Josef  Leibold, MD
Josef Leibold

Group Leader, University of Tübingen, Germany

Kiki Yu Liu, PhD
Yu (Kiki) Liu

Professor, Sichuan University, Sichuan, China

Geulah Livshits, PhD
Geulah Livshits

Senior Research Analyst, Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals, Chardan Capital Markets LLC, New York, NY

Bryan Ngo
Bryan Ngo

Group Leader, Altos Labs, San Francisco, CA

Stella Paffenholz, PhD
Stella Paffenholz

Analyst, Nexttech, Boston, MA

Francisco Sánchez-Rivera, PhD
Francisco J. Sánchez-Rivera

Assistant Professor of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

Evangelia Loizou, PhD
Evangelia Loizou

Senior Research Associate, Intelligencia, New York, NY

Amaia Lujambio, PhD
Amaia Lujambio

Associate Professor, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

Eusebio Manchado Robles, PhD
Eusebio Manchado Robles

Senior Principal Scientist, Novartis, Basel, Switzerland

Allison Mayle, Postdoctoral Researcher
Allison Mayle

Assistant Director, DNALC, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York

Ozlem Mert, PhD
Özlem Aksoy (née Mert)

Senior Scientist, Pfizer, San Francisco, CA

Cornelius Miething, PhD
Cornelius Miething

Group Leader and Medical Fellow, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany

John P. Morris IV, PhD
John P. Morris IV

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Kevin P. O'Rourke, MD, PhD
Kevin P. O'Rourke

Investments, Roivant Sciences, New York, NY

Cory Rillahan, MD, PhD
Cory Rillahan

Clinical Fellow, Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

Marcus Ruscetti, PhD
Marcus Ruscetti

Assistant Professor, Molecular, Cell & Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA

Anna Saborowski, MD
Anna Saborowski

Physician, Hannover Medical School, Germany

Michael Saborowski, MD
Michael Saborowski

Physician, Hannover Medical School, Germany

Charles J Sherr
Charles J. Sherr

Chair, Tumor Cell Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN

Nilgun Tasdemir, PhD
Nilgun Tasdemir

Senior Scientist, Functional Genomics, Target Sciences, Pfizer, New York, NY

Darjus Tschaharganeh, MD
Darjus Tschaharganeh

Group Leader, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Susann Weissmueller, PhD
Susann Weissmueller

Strategic Partnering Associate, Roche, Basel, Switzerland

Zhen Zhao, MD PhD
Zhen Zhao

Pathology Resident, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

Sarah Ackermann
Sarah Ackermann

Research Specialist, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY

James H. Ahn, MS
James H. Ahn

Research Technician

Erica Anderson, BS
Erica Anderson

Research Technician

Mayerlin Chalarca
Mayerlin Chalarca

Research Technician

Ho-Chung Chen, MS
Ho-Chung Chen

Research Technician

Jonathan Fisher, BS
Jonathan Fisher

Research Technician

Danielle Grace, BS
Danielle Grace

Research Technician

Fernanda Luna, BA
Fernanda Luna

Research Technician

Jamie Plevy, BSE MS
Jamie Plevy

Research Technician

Katarzyna Rybczyk
Katarzyna (Kasia) Rybczyk

Research Technician

Aditya S. Shroff, BS
Aditya S. Shroff

Research Technician

Meredith Taylor, BS
Meredith Taylor

Research Technician

Anahi Tehuitzil
Anahi Tehuitzil

Research Technician

Vincent Tem
Vincent Tem

Research Technician

Alexandra Wuest
Alexandra Wuest

Research Technician

Leah  Zamechek, MS
Leah Zamechek

Laboratory Manager

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Disclosures

Doctors and faculty members often work with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology, and life sciences companies, and other organizations outside of MSK, to find safe and effective cancer treatments, to improve patient care, and to educate the health care community.

MSK requires doctors and faculty members to report (“disclose”) the relationships and financial interests they have with external entities. As a commitment to transparency with our community, we make that information available to the public.

Scott W. Lowe discloses the following relationships and financial interests:

  • Blueprint Medicines
    Equity; Professional Services and Activities
  • Eli Lilly and Company
    Equity
  • Faeth Therapeutics, Inc
    Equity; Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated)
  • Fate Therapeutics
    Intellectual Property Rights; Professional Services and Activities
  • Geras Bio Inc
    Equity; Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated)
  • Mirimus
    Equity; Professional Services and Activities
  • Oric Pharmaceuticals
    Equity; Professional Services and Activities
  • PMV Pharma
    Equity; Professional Services and Activities
  • Senescea Therapeutics
    Equity; Intellectual Property Rights; Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated)

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