George Stark

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

Staff, Distinguished Scientist of the Lerner Research Institute and Emeritus 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; Methods for forward genetics in mammalian cells

Current program:

  • Analysis of drug resistance by use of insertional mutagenesis
  • Mechanisms of activation of NFKB in cancer
  • Lysine methylation of STATs and NFKB
  • Signaling pathways that respond to interferons
  • Complex roles of the STAT transcription factors in biology

Investigators:

  • Cheon, HyeonJoo, Ph.D. (Research Associate)
  • Dasgupta, Maupali, Ph.D. (Postdoctoral Fellow)
  • De, Sarmishtha, Ph.D. (Research Associate)
  • Dermawan, Kam Tai, (Graduate Student)
  • Holvey-Bates, Elise, B.S. (Technologist)
  • Van Boxel-Dezaire, Anette, Ph.D. (Project Staff)
  • Wang, Yuxin, B.S. (Graduate Student)
  • Yang, Maojing, B.S. (Technologist)

Collaborators:

  • Eng, Charis, M.D., Ph.D., Cleveland Clinic
  • Gudkov, Andrei, Ph.D., D.Sci., Roswell Park Cancer Institute
  • Jackson, Mark, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
  • Lee, Jeongwu, Ph.D., Cleveland Clinic
  • Li, Xiaoxia, Ph.D., Cleveland Clinic
  • Rubin, Brian, M.D, Ph.D., Cleveland Clinic
  • Sen, Ganes, Ph.D., Cleveland Clinic