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Research We Fund: Extramural Discovery Science

Tumor Biochemistry and Endocrinology (TBE)

Areas Reviewed

  • Cell signaling

  • Protein degradation

  • Tumor-related changes in cellular lipid, carbohydrate, and protein chemistry associated with altered enzyme function

  • Cellular metabolism

  • Cancer-related changes in endocrinology, hormone receptors, and hormone function

  • Biochemistry of cell growth factors, membrane receptors, and the signaling pathways by which hormones control cell growth and cell differentiation

Peer Review Committee Members

Chair, Estela Jacinto, PhD, Rutgers University

Co-chair, Dan Frigo, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Co-chair, Mei Kong, PhD, University of California, Irvine

Community Research Partner, Cynthia Capone

Community Research Partner, Susan Schulman

Slobodan Beronja, PhD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Carlos Carmona-Fontaine, PhD, New York University

Qi Cao, PhD, Northwestern University

Abishek Chakraborty, PhD, Cleveland Clinic

David DeGraff, PhD, Penn State University

Brooke Emerling, PhD, Sanford Burnham Prebys

Bin He, PhD, Methodist Hospital Research Institute

Puneeth Iyengar, MD, PhD, University of Texas, SW

Thales Papagiannakopoulos, PhD, New York University

Jon Park, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin

Senthil Radhakrishnan, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University

Xiaoyong Yang, PhD, Yale University

Yongna Xing, PhD, University of Wisconsin

Qing Zhang, PhD, University of Texas, SW

Bin Zheng, PhD, Cedars-Sinai