All NCI MERIT Award Recipients
2012
Kinzler, Kenneth W.
Genes from the FAP Locus
Johns Hopkins University
2011
Kohwi-Shigematsu, Terumi
Studies on Gene Regulation by Chromatin Organization
University of California – Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Druker, Brian
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia and BCR-ABL Substrates
Oregon Health & Science University
2010
Caligiuri, Michael
IL-15 Characterization Through Experimental Immunology
Ohio State University
Giaccia, Amato
Hypoxia and Gene Repression
Stanford University
Bissell, Mina J.
Definition of Microenvironment in Breast Cancer
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
DePinho, Ronald A.
Telomerase in Development, Senescence and Neoplasia
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
2009
Cheresh, David A.
VEGF and PDGF in Angiogenesis and Tumor Progression
University of California, San Diego
Cravatt III, Benjamin F.
Chemical Approaches for Activity-Based Proteomics
The Scripps Research Institute
Jones, Peter A.
Mechanisms of De Novo Methylation in Cancer
University of Southern California
Kornfeld, Stuart A.
Structure, Biosynthesis and Function of Glycoproteins
Washington University
Zheng, Wei
Cancer Risk Reduction and Diet: A Cohort Study of Women
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
2008
Dong, Zigang
Anticarcinogenic Mechanisms of Tea Constituents
University of Minnesota
Essigmann, John
Intra- and Extra-Chromosomal Probes for Mutagenesis by Carcinogens
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hauer-Jensen,Martin
Molecular Pathogenesis of Radiation Enteropathy
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Korc, Murray
Dysregulation of TGF Beta Action Pancreatic Cancer
Dartmouth College
2007
Laimins, Laimonis A.
Life Cycle of Oncogenic Papillomaviruses
Northwestern University
Lin, Xihong
Statistical Methods for Correlated and High-Dimensional Biomedical Data
Harvard School of Public Health
2006
Coffin, John M.
Retrovirus Evolution
Tufts University
Guengerich, F. Peter
Metabolism of Carcinogenesis and Drug by Human P450
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Pagano, Michele
F-Box Proteins: Deregulated Cell Cycle Control and Proteolysis in Cancer
New York University School of Medicine, NY
Pandolfi, Pier Paolo
PML, PLZF and NPM in the Molecular Pathogenesis of APL
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Pegg, Anthony
Persistence of Alkylated DNA in Carcinogeneis
Pennsylvania State University, PA
Raz, Avraham
The Role of Tumor Cell Surface Lectin in Metastases
Wayne State University
Shannon, Kevin
Translation Investigation of KRas & NF1 in Myeloid Leukemia
University of California at San Francisco
Vogelstein, Bert
Molecular Genetic Analysis of Colorectal Cancers
Johns Hopkins University
Wender, Paul A.
Synthetic Studies Related to Cancer Research/Treatment
Stanford University
2005
Botchan, Michael
Regulatory Interactions Between Tumor Viruses and Cells
University of California, Berkeley, CA
Carroll, Raymond J.
Measurement Error, Nutrition and Breast/Colon Cancer
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Evans, William E.
Pharmacogenomics of Childhood Leukemia (ALL)
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Kipps, Thomas J.
Antibody V Gene Expression B Cell Lymphocytic Leukemia
University of California San Diego
Lieber, Michael R.
Human V(D)J Recombinase in Neoplastic and Primary Cells
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Marnett, Lawrence J.
Chemistry and Biology of Malondialdehyde DNA Adducts
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Massagué, Joan
Transforming Growth Factor-Beta Signal Transduction
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Metcalf, Donald
Differentiation of Granulocytes and Macrophages
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research, Victoria, Australia
Moscicki, Anna-Barbara
Natural History of HPV Infection to Neoplasia
University of California, San Francisco, CA
Yarden, Yosef
Next Generation Strategies to Intercept ErbB Signaling
Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel
2004
Fenical, William H.
Antitumor-Antibiotics from Marine Microorganisms
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
Goff, Stephen P.
Construction and Analysis of Retrovirus Mutants
Columbia University Medical Center
Hecht, Stephen S.
Metabolism of Carcinogenic Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamines
University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center
Neel, Benjamin G.
Signal Transduction by Non-transmembrane PTPs
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University
Springer, Timothy A.
Lymphocyte Function Associated Antigens
CBR Institute for Biomedical Research, Harvard University
Tjian, Robert
SV40 Tumor Antigen
University of California Berkeley
2003
Berk, Arnold J.
Biosynthesis of Adenovirus Early RNAs
University of California, Los Angeles
Bigner, Darell D.
Brain Tumors - Immunological and Biological Studies
Duke University
Blenis, John
Mitogenic and Oncogenic Regulation of ERK/RSK Signaling
Harvard Medical School
Eisenman, Robert N.
Myc Oncoprotein Function
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Giancotti, Filippo G.
Molecular Analysis of the alpha-6 beta-4 Integrin
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Sloan-Kettering Institute
Harrison, Stephen C.
Structure and Assembly of Viruses
Harvard University
Miller, I. George
Studies of Epstein-Barr Virus
Yale University
Oren, Moshe
Functional Analysis of the p53 Tumor Suppressor
Weizmann Institute of Science
Roizman, Bernard
Dissection of the Functions of Herpes Simplex Virus ICP0
University of Chicago
2002
Chen, David
Roles of DNA PK in DNA Double Strand Break Repair
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dalla-Favera, Riccardo
AIDS Associated Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Columbia University
Haber, Daniel
Functional Properties of the Wilm's Tumor Gene WT1
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Hayward, S. Diane
Regulation of Replication and Latency by EBV EBNAs
Johns Hopkins University
Hendrix, Mary J.
Endothelial Transdifferentiation of Invasive Tumor Cells
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Kinzler, Kenneth W.
Genes from the FAP Locus
Johns Hopkins University
Kohwi-Shigematsu, Terumi T.
Non B DNA Structure with Chemical Carcinogens
University of California-Lawrence Berkeley Lab
Kolonel, Laurence
Multiethnic Cohort Study of Diet and Cancer
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii
Martin, G. Steven
Genetics of RNA Tumor Viruses
University of California Berkeley
Prakash, Satya
Repair of UV Irradiated DNA: Excision Genes of Yeast
University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston
Privalsky, Martin L.
Mechanism of Action of the v-erb A Oncogene of AEV
University of California Davis
Past Years
Baenziger, Jacques U.
Oligosaccharide Structure/Function in Recognition
Washington University
Bar-Sagi, Dafna
Mechanisms of Signal Transduction by Ras Proteins
State University of New York Stony Brook
Brattain, Michael G.
Mechanism of Action of Differentiation Agents
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Cheresh, David A.
Alpha v Integrins and Tumor Angiogenesis
Scripps Research Institute
Cleary, Michael L.
Molecular Pathology of Lymphoid Malignancies
Stanford University
Cooper, Jonathan A.
Src Family Kinases and Cell Growth Regulation
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Croteau, Rodney B.
Biosynthesis of Taxol
Washington State University
Dang, Chi V.
C Myc--Transcription and Apoptosis
Johns Hopkins University
Danishefsky, Samuel J.
Synthesis of Antitumor Natural Products
Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
Dove, William F.
Genes Controlling Neoplasia of the Intestinal Epithelium
University of Wisconsin Madison
Fausto, Nelson
Gene Expression in Regenerating and Neoplastic Livers
University of Washington
Feinberg, Andrew P.
BWS and Embryonal Tumor Suppressor Genes On 11p15
Johns Hopkins University
Greenberg, Philip D.
Mechanisms of Murine Tumor Eradication by Immunotherapy
University of Washington
Howley, Peter M.
Functional Analysis of the E6AP Ubiquitin Protein Ligase
Harvard University (Medical School)
Jaenisch, Rudolf
Genomic Imprinting and the Cloning of Mice
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Katzenellenbogen, John A.
Radiopharmaceuticals for Breast Tumor Imaging & Therapy
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Klagsbrun, Michael
Characterization of Neuropilin, A Novel VEGF Receptor
Children's Hospital (Boston)
Korsmeyer, Stanley J.
Protein Interaction Extends the Cell Death Pathway
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Lee, Eva Y.
Oncogenes and Loss of ER in a New p53 Breast Tumor Model
University of California Irvine
Levy, Ronald
Antiidiotype Therapy of Human B Cell Malignancy
Stanford University
Lippard, Stephen J.
Chemistry and Biology of Platinum Anticancer Drugs
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Livingston, David M.
Structure and Function of SV40 Non-Virion Proteins
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Murre, Cornelis
E Protein and B Cell Differentiation
University of California, San Diego
Myers, Andrew G.
Natural and Non-natural Antiproliferative Agents
Harvard University
Perucho, Manuel
Molecular Pathogenesis of Cancer of Mutator Phenotype
Burnham Institute
Prives, Carol L.
Regulation of the p53 Tumor Suppressor Protein
Columbia University New York Morningside
Rao, Anjana
bZIP Proteins and Lymphocyte Gene Induction
Center for Blood Research
Rich, Alexander
The Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rosen, Jeffrey M.
Hormonal Regulation of Breast Cancer
Baylor College of Medicine
Sprent, Jonathan
Lymphocyte Function in Normal and Chimeric Mice
Scripps Research Institute
Stanley, E. Richard
Regulation of Granulocyte and Macrophage Production
Yeshiva University
Tonks, Nicholas K.
Protein Tyrosine Dephosphorylation & Signal Transduction
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Wands, Jack R.
Pathogenesis, Immunodiagnosis and Therapy of HCC
Rhode Island Hospital (Providence, RI)
Wang, Jean Y.
Nuclear Function of the cAbl Protooncoprotein
University of California San Diego
White, Eileen
Function of the Adenovirus E1B Oncogene
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
Wills, John W.
Molecular Analysis of the Retroviral Budding Mechanism
Pennsylvania State University Hershey Medical Center
Zalutsky, Michael R.
Astatine and Iodine Radiolabeled Monoclonal Antibodies
Duke University
Zetter, Bruce R.
Modulators of Prostate Cancer Metastasis
Children's Hospital (Boston)
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