Research Interests

The Radiobiology Section studies underlying mechanisms in cancer formation and response to therapy at the molecular, cellular, tissue and whole organism level. The long-term goal of the research program is to improve radiation therapy response by understanding how tumors develop and how cells respond to radiation.

Current Projects:

J. Schwartz

• Radiation-Induced Genome Instability
• Nuclear Imaging of Tumors
• Radiation Sensitivity and Cancer Susceptibility

Y. Gu

• Mechanisms of DNA double strand break (DSB) repair

A. Krumm

• Molecular mechanisms that deregulate the expression of the c-myc oncogene