Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program
The Asmin Tulpule Lab
Research

The Tulpule Lab is interested in a long-standing question in cell biology: how do cells organize and compartmentalize critical cellular processes within the crowded and heterogeneous intracellular space? We focus on an emerging set of self-assembling, protein-based structures known as biomolecular condensates and their role in cancer, including a newly discovered pathogenic condensate – membraneless receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) protein granules. Through interdisciplinary approaches combining cancer signaling, structural biology, biophysics, and high-resolution microscopy, we hope to understand how the compartmentalization of oncogenic fusion proteins can both co-opt and disrupt cellular condensates in order to drive cancer.
Publications
Menon S, Breese MR, Lin YP, Allegakoen HP, Perati S, Heslin A, Horlbeck MA, Weissman J, Sweet-Cordero EA, Trever G. Bivona#, Asmin Tulpule #. FET fusion oncoproteins disrupt physiologic DNA repair networks and induce ATR synthetic lethality in cancer. bioRxiv 2023.04.30.538578; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.04.30.538578.
Gonzalez-Martinez D, Roth L, Mumford TR, Guan J, Huang B, Tulpule A, Bivona TG, Bugaj LJ. Oncogenic protein condensates suppress growth factor perception and modulate drug tolerance. Biorxiv. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.02.02.478845
People

Asmin Tulpule, MD, PhD
Physician-scientist
- The Tulpule lab studies how cells compartmentalize critical cellular processes with a focus on biomolecular condensates in cancer.
- MD, Harvard Medical School
- PhD, Harvard University
- [email protected]
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Members
Research Technician
Administrative Assistant
Senior Research Scientist
Postdoctoral Fellow
Lab Affiliations
Achievements
- NCI Career Development Award K08 (2023 – 2028)
- Hyundai Hope on Wheels Young Investigator Award (2023-2025)
- St. Baldrick’s Foundation Scholar Award (2018)
- UCSF Physician-Scientist Scholar Program (2017-2022)
Open Positions
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Career Opportunities
We are looking for highly motivated graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and clinical fellows with laboratory experience.
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