Mary L Cutler, PhD
Mary L Cutler, PhD
Name: Mary L Cutler, PhD
Research Interests:
Cancer biology
Molecular and cell biology
Education
1978 M.S. Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102
1980 Ph.D. Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102
1980 - 1983 Post-doctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, NCI, NIH, Bethesda
Mentor: George F. Vande Woude
Biography
Her research focuses on the role of cell adhesion molecules in signaling and migration of breast cancer. Dr. Cutler identified molecules that control adhesion and migration through integrins and determined the mechanisms by which they regulate cell stress and susceptibility to oncogenic transformation. Her laboratory identified novel cell adhesion contributions to lactogenesis as well. Dr. Cutler has investigated these basic research questions in the context of cancer development and progression with funding from the National Institutes of Health, the CDMRP Breast Cancer Program and through collaborative research with the Clinical Breast Care Program Center of Excellence at the Murtha Cancer.
Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments
- Director, Graduate Program in Molecular and Cell Biology 2007-present