George R. Stark, Ph.D., F.R.S. | Research | Publications

George R. Stark, Ph.D., F.R.S.

Staff, Distinguished Scientist of the Lerner Research Institute and Professor of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University

Department of Molecular Genetics
Lerner Research Institute / NE20
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44195
Telephone: (216) 444-6062
Fax: (216) 444-0512
Email: starkg@ccf.org

Area of general research interest:

Signal transduction pathways involving interferons, STATs, NFKB, p53 and TGF ß ; Methods for forward genetics in mammalian cells

Current program:

  • Use of insertional mutagenesis by retroviruses in mammalian cells
  • Mechanisms of constitutive activation of NFKB in cancer
  • Signaling pathways that respond to interferons
  • Roles of STAT transcription factors in biology
  • Activation and function of p53

Investigators:

  • Cheon, HyeonJoo, Ph.D. (Postdoctoral Fellow)
  • Dasgupta, Maupali (Postdoctoral Fellow)
  • Lu, Tao, Ph.D. (Project Staff)
  • Sajja, Venkateswara (Graduate Student)
  • Shultz, David (Medical Student)
  • Van Boxel-Dezaire, Anette, Ph.D. (Research Associate)
  • Wan, Youzhong (Graduate Student)
  • Yang, Jinbo, Ph.D. (Project Staff)
  • Yang, Maojing, B.S. (Technologist)
  • Zula, Joana, B.S. (Technician)

Collaborators:

  • Gudkov, Andrei, Ph.D., Roswell Park Cancer Institute
  • Kerr, Ian, Ph.D., Cancer Research UK, London, U.K.
  • Ransohoff, Richard, Ph.D., Cleveland Clinic
  • Sizemore, Nywana, Ph.D., Cleveland Clinic