Aykut Üren, M.D.
Principal Investigator
Expertise: Molecular Oncology |
Dr. Aykut Üren is a full professor at the Department of Oncology Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He has a secondary appointment with the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology. His research focuses on molecular mechanisms of malignant transformation and drug discovery in pediatric sarcomas. Some of the active projects in his laboratory include development of targeted therapies against EWS-FLI1 and CD99 in Ewing’s Sarcoma, ERG in prostate cancer, ezrin in osteosarcoma and Pax3-Foxo1 in rhabdomyosarcoma. He also runs a core facility at Georgetown University that provides surface plasmon resonance technology (Biacore 4000 and Biacore T200) to academic institutions and biopharmaceutical companies. He teaches tumor biology to graduate students and gross anatomy to medical students, for which he has received multiple teaching awards including the Golden Apple and Golden Orchard.
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At the Bench: Current Lab Members
Purushottam Tiwari, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Sezen Atasoy, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Anna Molotkova, BS
MD, PhD Student
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Taryn Shaw, BS
PhD Student
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Mario Lemus, BA
Research Assistant
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Prakriti Tiwari
Sponsored University Associate, Rising High School Senior
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Were on the Bench: Former Lab Members
Haydar Çelik, PhD
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Tsion Z. Minas, PhD
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Yasemin Saygideğer, MD/PhD
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Said Rahim, PhD
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Gülay Bulut, PhD
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Elsepth Beauchamp, PhD
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Erin Conn, PhD
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Kevin Chen, MD
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Jenny Han, MD
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Shannon Fallen, MS
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Linshan Yuan, BS
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Elizabeth Drebing, BS
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Brian DuChez, PhD
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Matthew McCormick, MD
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Diana Lee, MD
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Jared Taylor Murdoch, BS
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Kerry Adam, BS
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Veronica Rodriquez, BS
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Sarah Justvig, MD
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Benjamin Marsh, MD
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Christina Kraus, MD
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Elif Gelmez, BS
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Idil Temel, BS
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Bess Flashner, MD
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Dila Kalyoncu
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Hayden Johnes, BS
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Gabi Perazza Young, MS
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Jay Patel
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Madeline Helwig, MS
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Rakeem Marcelle, MS
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Sarah Hour
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Bersu Özcan
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David Allegakoen, MS
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Ceyda Ceyhan, BS
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Levent Düşüncel
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Marilyn Kouassi-Brou, BA
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Handan Sevim, PhD
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Brittany Meisenheimer, MS
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Todd Young, PhD
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