{"result":[{"lastName":"Campbell","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor Emeritus,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6212&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Allan Campbell","firstName":"Allan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Allan_Campbell","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Francke","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurogenetics"},{"focus":"Clinical Genetics"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - Medical Genetics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor Emeritus,Genetics","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4281&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Uta Francke","firstName":"Uta","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Uta_Francke","researchInterest":"Functional consequences and pathogenetic mechanisms of mutations and microdeletions in human neurogenetic syndromes and mouse models. Integration of genomic information into medical care."},{"lastName":"Berg","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,SoM Dean's Office Administrative Units - Dean's Office Operations"},{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Biochemistry"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Biochemistry","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6263&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Paul Berg","firstName":"Paul","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Paul_Berg","researchInterest":"For about 10 years until 2000, my lab's research activities were focused on the mechanism of recombinational repair of double-strand breaks in DNA. We focused our efforts on two model systems:  one involved the repair of restriction enzyme cleavages at specific mammalian chromosomal loci and the second explored the biochemical properties of purified yeast Rad51 protein, an essential catalyst for synapsing the broken ends of DNA with an intact homologue of that sequence.  We also explored the ro"},{"lastName":"Hu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10405&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mickey Hu","firstName":"Mickey","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Mickey_Hu","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"McKay","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Structural Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Structural Biology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4099&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David B. McKay","firstName":"David","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/David_McKay","researchInterest":"Three-dimensional structure determination and biophysical studies of macromolecules."},{"lastName":"Giaccia","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation and Cancer Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Obstetrics & Gynecology"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation and Cancer Biology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4141&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Amato J. Giaccia","firstName":"Amato","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Amato_Giaccia","researchInterest":"During the last five years, we have identified several small molecules that kill VHL deficient renal cancer cells through a synthetic lethal screening approach. Another major interest of my laboratory is in identifying hypoxia-induced genes involved in invasion and metastases. We are also investigating how hypoxia regulates gene expression epigenetically."},{"lastName":"Yanofsky","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor Emeritus,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6252&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Charles Yanofsky","firstName":"Charles","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Charles_Yanofsky","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Smith","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Radiation Oncology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Radiation Oncology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7014&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kendric C. Smith","firstName":"Kendric","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Kendric_Smith","researchInterest":"The photochemistry and radiation chemistry of DNA, the genetic control and biochemical bases of the multiple pathways of DNA repair, and the roles of DNA repair processes in radiation and spontaneous mutagenesis. Over 190 papers have been published on these and related topics."},{"lastName":"Wong","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7143&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Albert J. Wong, M.D.","firstName":"Albert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Albert_Wong","researchInterest":"Our goal is to define targets for cancer therapeutics by identifying alterations in signal transduction proteins. We first identified a naturally occurring  mutant EGF receptor (EGFRvIII) and then delineated its unique signal transduction pathway. This work led to the identification of Gab1 followed by the discovery that JNK is constitutively active in tumors. We intiated using altered proteins as the target for vaccination, where an EGFRvIII based vaccine appears to be highly effective."},{"lastName":"Meyer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4007&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Tobias Meyer","firstName":"Tobias","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Tobias_Meyer","researchInterest":"CELLULAR INFORMATION PROCESSING  The main problem in signal transduction is to understand how different receptor-stimuli specifically control diverse cell functions. We are using automated microscopy, live-cell fluorescent biosensors and perturbations of predicted signaling proteins to systematically dissect signaling networks.  This allows us to identify signaling modules and to elucidate and ultimately model the flow of cellular information."},{"lastName":"Snyder","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Genetics","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=13465&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Snyder","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Michael_Snyder","researchInterest":"We are presently in an omics revolution in which genomes and other omes can be readily characterized. Our laboratory uses a variety of approaches to analyze genomes and regulatory networks. Our research focuses on yeast, an ideal model organism ideally suited to genetic analysis, and humans.\r\n\r\n1) Transcriptomes\r\nTo annotate genomes, we developed RNA sequencing for annotation the yeast and human transcriptomes. We discovered that the eukaryotic transcriptome is much more complex than previously"},{"lastName":"Sun","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Genetics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Urology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4402&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Zijie Sun","firstName":"Zijie","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Zijie_Sun","researchInterest":"My lab focuses on understanding the molecular mechanism of transcription factors that govern the transformation of normal mammalian cells to a neoplastic state. We are especially interested in the action of the nuclear hormone receptors and the interactions between the receptors and other signaling pathways in related human disorders."},{"lastName":"Okada","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8191&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ami Okada","firstName":"Ami","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Ami_Okada","researchInterest":"Our interests are to understand the mechanism and control of signals that regulate proliferation and differentiation in adult tissue.  We are currently focused on studying modulation of the Hedgehog pathway in brain and muscle stem cell compartments during normal homeostasis and in degeneration or disease."},{"lastName":"Hanawalt","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor,Dermatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5957&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Philip C. Hanawalt","firstName":"Philip","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Philip_Hanawalt","researchInterest":"Our current research focuses in two principal areas:\r\n\r\n1. The molecular basis for  diseases in which the pathway of transcription-coupled DNA repair is defective, including Cockyne syndrome (CS) and UV-sensitive syndrome (UVSS). Patients are severely sensitive to sunlight  but  get no cancers. See Hanawalt & Spivak, 2008, for review.\r\n\r\n2. Transcription arrest by guanine-rich DNA sequences and non-canonical secondary structures. Transcription collisions with replication forks."},{"lastName":"Peltz","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Anesthesia"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8527&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gary Peltz","firstName":"Gary","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Gary_Peltz","researchInterest":"The laboratory develops and uses state of the art genomic methods to identify genetic factors affecting disease susceptibility, and to translate these findings into new treatments. We have developed a more efficient method for performing mouse genetic analysis, which has been used to analyze the genetic basis for 16 different biomedical traits. We are developing novel methods, and have developed a novel experimental platform that replaces mouse liver with functioning human liver tissue."},{"lastName":"Jackson","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Bio-X","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4463&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Peter Jackson","firstName":"Peter","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Peter_Jackson","researchInterest":"Cell cycle and cyclin control of DNA replication ."},{"lastName":"Porteus","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Hematology-Oncology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Pediatrics - Cancer Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Pediatrics - Cancer Biology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=19354&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Matthew Porteus","firstName":"Matthew","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Matthew_Porteus","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Tilgner","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=23131&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Hagen Tilgner","firstName":"Hagen","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Hagen_Tilgner","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Sabatti","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Health Research & Policy - Biostatistics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Natural Sciences Cluster - Statistics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Health Research & Policy - Biostatistics","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=14357&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Chiara Sabatti","firstName":"Chiara","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Chiara_Sabatti","researchInterest":"Statistical models and reasoning are key to our understanding of the genetic basis of human traits. Modern high-throughput technology presents us with new opportunities and challenges. We develop statistical approaches for high dimensional data in the attempt of improving our understanding of the molecular basis of health related traits."},{"lastName":"Tibshirani","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Biostatistics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor,Natural Sciences Cluster - Statistics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Health Research & Policy - Biostatistics","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4688&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Robert Tibshirani","firstName":"Robert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Robert_Tibshirani","researchInterest":"My research is in applied statistics and biostatistics. I specialize in \u000bcomputer-intensive methods for regression and classification, bootstrap, cross-validation\u000band statistical inference, and signal and image analysis for medical diagnosis."},{"lastName":"Mocarski","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Microbiology & Immunology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Microbiology & Immunology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4146&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Edward Mocarski","firstName":"Edward","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Edward_Mocarski","researchInterest":"My research interests focus on the biology and pathogenesis of cytomegalovirus (CMV), an opportunistic pathogen that causes significant disease worldwide. We developed global approaches and produced key insights into the areas of CMV gene regulation, DNA replication and packaging, maturation, impact on the host cell, disease pathogenesis, latency and reactivation, host cell signaling and chemokine system. These diverse findings address key aspects of the virus-host interaction."},{"lastName":"Boxer","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Hematology"},{"focus":"Multiple Myeloma"},{"focus":"Multiple Myeloma - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Plasmacytoma"},{"focus":"Plasmacytoma - Hematology"},{"focus":"Plasmacytoma - Medical Oncology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Hematology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Hematology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4658&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Linda Boxer","firstName":"Linda","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Linda_Boxer","researchInterest":"Regulation of expression of oncogenes in normal and malignant hematologic cells."}]}