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Boris Bastian, MD, PhD

Gerson and Barbara Baker Distinguished Professor of Cancer Biology

Professor of Pathology and Dermatology

Xu Chen, PhD

Assistant Adjunct Professor

Bastian Lab

I am a biomedical scientist with special expertise in the development of mouse models, biochemistry and cell biology, and signal transduction of cancer-relevant signaling pathways. My research interest has been on understanding the mechanisms of tumor initiation and progression by oncogenes, with the goal to identify therapeutic targets for patients with cancer.
My current research interests lie in the following fields:
(1) to dissect the downstream signaling pathways of oncogenic GNAQ and GNA11 to identify therapeutic targets for human uveal melanoma;