 Our
mission is to understand the underlying mechanisms that control cancer cell metastasis. We are particularly focused on the role of RSK2 and PEA-15 in complex with ERK MAP kinase in cancer cell invasion and migration. More recently our work has extended to the function of RasGRP1 in skin cancer. In collaboration with Chemists in the Natural Products and Experimental Therapeutics program we are developing new drugs to target cancer based on our basic research findings. Currently we are investigating the dysregulation of cell signalling in skin cancer, renal cancers, neuroblastoma and glioblastoma.
Funding for our research has been provided by The National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, the Hawaii Community Foundation and the Friends of the Cancer Research
Center among others.
Here you can get
acquainted with our work through our publications and statement of research
interests. In addition, take a moment to note who is in the lab and some of our collaborators. Our lab is on the beautiful island of Oahu and you can find
directions to us here. Thanks for visiting!
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Joe W. Ramos, Ph.D.
Professor
Program Director, Cancer Biology
Chief Academic Lead, UHCC
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 E-mail: jramos@cc.hawaii.edu
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| NEWS |
See our new paper with Dr. Maria Contel concerning titanium-gold complexes as potential renal cancer drugs in Chemical Science! |
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We welcome our summer interns James, Bryanna, and Beau! |
Our work with Dr. Michelle Matter concerning the function of Bit1 in muscle development is out in JCS!
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Congrats to Lauren and Maisel on successfully defending their PhDs! |
Our recent work with Dr. Maria Contel examining the activity of a Tiatanocene-Gold compound in kidney cancer Organometallics |
Behold! The Cancer Center Building! Take a photo tour of the Center Here! |
| See Florian and Joe's review of RSK function in metastasis in Cancer Research. |
See new work on PEA-15 and RSK2 listed at NLM's Pubmed. Learn more about PEA-15 at our UCSD-Nature
Molecule page. |
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"The
first principle (of scientific integrity) is that you must not fool
yourself-and you are the easiest person to fool..."- Richard P. Feynman, The Pleasure of Finding Things Out. |
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