Disciplines Biology Topic Biotechnology Microbiology Neuroscience Virology Developmental Biology Medicine Topic Oncology Clinical Immunology Cancer progression is driven in part by the mutation of genes that mediate immortality, angiogenesis, metastasis, changes in energy metabolism, and evasion of the immune system. P53 mutation is one of the most common genetic changes in cancer development that leads to a re-wiring and selective survival advantage to the developing cancer cell. This genetic re-wiring involves changes in the transciptome, the proteome, and the phenotype of the cell within a specific microenvironmental niche in vivo. The lab is using biophysical, biochemical, and proteomic approaches to develop novel molecular insights into clinically relevant cancer progression pathways; particularly cancers of unmet clinical need including oesophageal adenocarcinoma and sarcomas. Emerging therapeutic strategies being developed include drugging protein-protein interactions; biologics and immunotherapeutics; and proteogenomics platforms that define mutated neoantigen landscapes to facilitate cancer vaccine developments.