Robert H. Silverman, Ph.D. Staff and Professor Mal and Lee Bank Chair Department of Cancer Biology Lerner Research Institute / NB40 9500 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44195 Telephone: (216) 445-9650 Fax: (216) 445-6269 silverr@ccf.org

Area of general research interest:

Innate defense against viruses and cancer.

Current program:

• Antiviral mechanisms of RNase L
• Role of RNase L in the biology of prostate cancer
• Broad-spectrum antivirals that activate RNase L
• XMRV infections in prostate cancer

Investigators:

• Arindam Chakrabarti, Ph.D., Research Fellow
• Jaydip Das Gupta, Ph.D., Project Staff
• Beihua Dong, M.D., Project Staff
• Christina Gaughan, M.S., Senior Research Technologist
• Babal Kant Jha, Ph.D., Research Associate
• Patricia Kessler, M.S., Principal Research Technologist
• Malathi Krishnamurthy, Ph.D., Project Staff
• Irina Polyakova, Senior Research Technologist
• Ao Zhang, M.S., Graduate Student

Clinical Collaborator:

• Eric A. Klein, M.D., Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic