Principal Investigator
John Blenis, Ph.D.
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Professor in Cancer Research
Associate Director of Basic Science, The Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center
Professor of Pharmacology
Director, Pharmacology Ph.D. Program
Graduate Students
Jennifer Endress
Ph.D. Student in Biochemistry and Structural Biology
Moniquetta Shafer
M. Ed., PMP
Ph.D. Student in Pharmacology
Moniquetta works to understand how cancer cells alter metabolic pathways to enable metastatic progression. Specifically, she is working on understanding how abnormal accumulation of propionate metabolism intermediates may support cancer cell ability to activate cell migration and chemoresistance.