Cutting-edge Research by the Best and Brightest
Damon Runyon cancer researchers work in technologically advanced labs and leading hospitals across the country.Select a highlighted state to learn more about the scientists
and projects that Damon Runyon is currently funding.
Scientists by State
California Institute of Technology
Bo Gu, PhD
"Understanding and engineering combinatorial gene regulation in mammalian cells"
with Michael B. Elowitz, PhD
Stanford University
Mohammad Balood, PhD
"Development and evaluation of T cell receptor (TCR)-based immunotherapy to target pediatric Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia"
with Tanja A. Gruber, MD, PhD
Debadrita Bhattacharya, PhD
"Investigating molecular and cellular mechanisms of intra-tumoral heterogeneity in small-cell lung cancer"
with Julien Sage, PhD
Felix C. Boos, PhD
"Inter-organ communication of protein homeostasis stress responses in vertebrate aging"
with Anne Brunet, PhD
Lauren E. Cote, PhD
"Constructing one continuous digestive tract, cell by cell"
with Jessica L. Feldman, PhD
Laura Crowley, PhD
"Identifying fibroblast stem cells in organ maintenance, repair, and cancer"
with Mark A. Krasnow, MD, PhD
Daniel J. Delitto, MD, PhD
"Pathogen sensing in fibroblasts restrains antitumor immunity in pancreatic cancer"
with Michael T. Longaker, MD, DSc
Brendan Floyd, PhD
"Systematic characterization of lysosomal-targeting protein degradation"
with Carolyn R. Bertozzi, PhD
Seungsoo Kim, PhD
"Transcription factor cooperation shaping TWIST1 multifunctionality across craniofacial development and cancer metastasis"
with Joanna K. Wysocka, PhD
David S. Roberts, PhD
"Defining the molecular landscape and native interactome of the Siglec-sialoglycan axis in disease"
with Carolyn R. Bertozzi, PhD
Kavita Y. Sarin, MD, PhD
"Genetic contributions and novel therapies for individuals with frequent basal cell cancer"
with Jean Y. Tang, MD, PhD, and Anthony E. Oro, MD, PhD
Melody Smith, MD
"Regulatory mechanisms of the intestinal microbiome on chimeric antigen receptor T cells"
with Robert S. Negrin, MD
Stanford University School of Medicine
Layla J. Barkal, MD, PhD
"Using commensal skin bacteria for potent, antigen-specific T cell therapy"
with Michael A. Fischbach, PhD
Steven M. Corsello, MD
"Targeting intrinsic immune signaling in pancreatic cancer with small molecule therapeutics"
with Nathanael S. Gray, PhD, and Ronald Levy, MD
Lucia Ichino, PhD
"Mechanisms underlying cis-regulatory rewiring and chromatin reorganization during epithelial to mesenchymal transition"
with Joanna K. Wysocka, PhD
Simon Sretenovic, PhD
"High-throughput precision genome editing for dissecting complex traits in yeast and human cell lines"
with Lars M. Steinmetz, PhD
Jakob Wirbel, PhD
"Microbial genome variation in hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation patients"
with Ami S. Bhatt, MD, PhD, and Michael C. Bassik, PhD
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Deepshika Ramanan, PhD
"Identifying functions of regulatory T cell subsets in intestinal inflammation and colorectal cancer"
University of California, Berkeley
R. Camille Brewer, PhD
"Defining how early-life microbial encounters sculpt the B cell repertoire and shape vaccine responses"
with Gregory M. Barton, PhD
Ben F. Brian, PhD
"Mechanisms and consequences of microbiota-directed immune responses"
with Gregory M. Barton, PhD
Gabriel Cavin-Meza, PhD
"Leveraging polyploid Xenopus to probe spindle adaptation to increases in genome size"
with Rebecca W. Heald, PhD
Timothy J. Eisen, PhD
"Mechanistic dissection of Tec kinases in immune-cell signaling"
with Jay Groves, PhD and John Kuriyan, PhD
Joshua B. Sheetz, PhD
"Mitochondrial ubiquitylation mechanisms to exploit metabolic vulnerabilities in cancer"
with Michael Rape, PhD
Akanksha Thawani, PhD
"Targeted genetic supplementation by harnessing transposable elements"
with Eva Nogales, PhD, and Kathleen Collins, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Sagar Bhattacharya, PhD
"De novo design of protease-activated anticancer proteins"
with William F. DeGrado, PhD
Fangyu Liu, PhD
"Discovery of novel ligands that treat metabolic disorders"
with Brian K. Shoichet, PhD
Tadashi Manabe, MD, PhD
"Characterization of oncogenic kinase signaling by membraneless cytoplasmic protein granules"
with Trever G. Bivona, MD, PhD
David Y. Oh, MD, PhD
"Co-receptors modulating anti-tumor activity of human cytotoxic CD4+ effector cells"
with Lawrence Fong, MD
Philip T. Pauerstein, MD, PhD
"Enhancing immune synapse formation with synthetic adhesion to overcome chimeric antigen receptor-T cell resistance in pediatric B cell malignancies"
with Wendell A. Lim, PhD
Fanglue Peng, PhD
"Humanize CXCL13 expression in mouse to understand lymphoid neogenesis in cancer"
with Jason G. Cyster, PhD
Erron W. Titus, MD, PhD
"Engineered cellular fusogens for novel immune effector functions"
with Matthew F. Krummel, PhD
Shaohua Zhang, PhD
"Preventing tumor evasion of CAR T killing: engineering adhesion molecules to enhance cell immunotherapy"
with Wendell A. Lim, PhD
