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The Gene Expression and Regulation program focuses on:

  1. transcriptional regulation, epigenetics and chromosome organization,

  2. structural analysis and chemical biology, and

  3. RNA-mediated gene regulation, with an emphasis on their roles in cancer etiology and therapeutics.
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Leadership and Members

Leadership

Paul Lieberman, Ph.D.

Program Leader
  • Hilary Koprowski, M.D., Endowed Professor and Program Leader, Gene Expression and Regulation Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center

  • Director, Center for Chemical Biology & Translational Medicine

Bin Tian, Ph.D.

Program Co-leader
  • Professor and Co-leader, Gene Expression and Regulation Program

  • Co-director, The Wistar Institute Center for Systems and Computational Biology

Members

Jason Diaz, Ph.D.

  • Director of Education and Inclusive Excellence, Hubert J.P. Schoemaker Education and Training Center

Alessandro Gardini, Ph.D.

  • Associate Professor, Gene Expression and Regulation Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center

Andrew Kossenkov, Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor, Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center

  • Gene Expression and Regulation Program,
    Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center

  • Scientific Director, Bioinformatics Facility 

Troy Messick, Ph.D.

  • Research Associate Professor

Kazuko Nishikura, Ph.D.

  • Professor, Gene Expression and Regulation Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center

Alex Price, Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor, Gene Expression and Regulation Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center

Kavitha Sarma, Ph.D.

  • Associate Professor, Gene Expression and Regulation Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center

Avi Srivastava, Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor, Gene Expression and Regulation Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center

Italo Tempera, Ph.D.

  • Associate Professor, Gene Expression and Regulation Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center

  • Associate Director for Cancer Research Career Enhancement, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center