Biology of Cancer (1099)
Expertise
Cancer Cell Biology
Breast Cancer
Molecular Genetics
Cancer Genetics
Transgenic Animals
Control of Gene Expression - detection, measurement
Angiogenesis and Cancer
Metastasis
Cloning and expression of exogenous genes
Development Biology
Various Biotechnology Applications
Experience
The Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA, Regulatory Biology.
Leukemia Society of America Fellow and Special Fellow (Postdoctoral Training)
Assistant Research Biologist, University of Calif., San Diego, Cancer Center.
Assistant Professor, UCSD Cancer Center
Associate Professor, UCSD Cancer Center
Sabbatical Leave University of Utah: Genetic manipulation of mouse
Leader, Cancer Genetics Program
Associate Director, UCSD Cancer Center,
Pres. Professor of Medicine/Genetics, UCSD Cancer Center, Department of Medicine
Nine Month Sabbatical Leave: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle: Mammary cell biology
Official leave to National Cancer Institute, Special Consultant to the Director
Professor Emeritus, University of California, San Diego
Program Director & Special Consultant, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
Honors & Publications
University of Utah, Dept of Human Genetics, with Mario Capecchi 1993
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center with Denise Galloway/Peggy Porter 2002
More than 180 invited lectures in the United States (143), Canada (4), Chile (6), Argentina (3), Spain (7), Italy (5), England (4), Germany (3), Switzerland (2), Austria (3) The Netherlands (3), China (3)
President, 6th International Congress on Amino Acids, Bonn, Germany 1999
San Diego Padres "All Star" in Medical Science, June, 1999
Clayton Foundation Investigator, 1986-present
Woman of Accomplishment, Soroptimists International, 1997,1998
Organizer and Chairwoman, FASEB Summer Conference on Amino Acid Transport, 1997.
Leukemia Society of America Fellow and Special Fellow, 1979-1982
National Research Service Award (Individual), 1983
California Heart Association Predoctoral Fellow
Sixty-two publications from 1980 to present - a complete list is available upon request.
Education
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego. Gene Regulation, Department of Biology
Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Leukemia Society of America Fellow (Postdoctoral Training)
B.A., San Francisco State University
University of Utah, Dept of Human Genetics, with Mario Capecchi 1993
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center with Denise Galloway / Peggy Porter 2002