Identify and validate molecular targets for therapy in a newly developed human midgut carcinoid tumor cell line
Lee Ellis, MD
Funded Research Projects
Generate mouse models of neuroendocrine cancer
Seung Kim, MD, PhD
Origin and differentiation of a new class of serotonin-expressing enteroendocrine cells
Andrew Leiter, MD, PhD
Elucidate the role of the MEN1 gene in carcinoid tumors and determine a functional connection between the genes MEN1, Rbp2 and p27
Matthew Meyerson, MD, PhD
Determining whether there are unique protein expression patterns in gastrointestinal NETs
Daniel Chung, MD
Discover new treatments for carcinoid cancer and pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer
Matthew Kulke, MD
Understanding the genetic and cellular origins of carcinoid cancer
Ramesh Shivdasani, MD, PhD
The mechanistic underpinnings of pancreatic NETs
Guillermina Lozano, PhD
Novel NET models
Eric Nakakura, MD, PhD
Treating NETs via synthetic lethality
Michael German, MD