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Research We Fund: Extramural Discovery Science

Cancer Cell Biology (CCB)

Areas Reviewed

  • Cellular events, mechanisms, structural components, and signaling involved in mitosis and cell fate in vertebrates, invertebrates, and yeast

  • Organelle biology involving the nucleus, the cytoskeleton, and membrane-bound organelles; the trafficking of organelles and their constituents

  • Biology of developing systems (e.g., cell differentiation, morphogenesis, and genetics) in higher and lower organisms and its relationship to cancer

Peer Review Committee Members 

Co-chair, Ronald Chandler, PhD, Michigan State University

Co-chair, Zohar Sachs, MD, PhD, University of Minnesota

Community Research Partner, Mike Brogan

Community Research Partner, Nicole Catavolos

Community Research Partner, Sue Engels

Dhyan Chandra, PhD, Roswell Park

Salvatore Coniglio, PhD, Kean University

Ekaterina Grishchuk, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

David Hockenbery, MD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Amity Manning, PhD, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Jamy Peng, PhD, St. Jude Children's Research Institute

Malavika Raman, PhD, Tuft's University

Devanand Sarkar, MBBS, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University

Markus Schober, PhD, NYU Langone Health

Takeshi Shimamura, PhD, University of Illinois Chicago

Monica Venere, PhD, The Ohio State University 

Wenqi Wang, PhD, University of California, Irvine

Eric Witze; PhD, University of Pennsylvania: Perelman School of Medicine

Wantong Yao, MD, PhD, The University of Texas: MD Anderson Center