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Tumor Environment & Metastasis Members

The Tumor Environment & Metastasis (TEAM) Program uses an integrative approach to elucidate key molecular interactions between tumor cells and components of the host stromal microenvironment including matrix, vascular structures and cells of the immune system.

Fang, Deyu

Fang, Deyu

Professor

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The current application is to delineate the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying USP22 (ubiquitinspecific peptidase 22) in Regulatory T (Treg) cell hemostasis and functions. Our preliminary da... [more]

Folsch, Heike

Folsch, Heike

Research Associate Professor

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Understanding how epithelial cells establish and maintain apical-basolateral polarity through continuously sorting transmembrane proteins to their correct target domains. Our focus is on sorting event... [more]

Fourati, Slim

Fourati, Slim

Assistant Professor

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My research focuses on the use of bioinformatic analysis of high-throughput data (like RNA-Sequencing, Flow cytometry) to identify biological mechanisms associated with the immune response to perturba... [more]