David Cortez
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC)
Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology (VICB)
Department of Biochemistry
VICC Genome Maintenance Research Program
Over six billion base pairs of DNA must be copied rapidly and accurately trillions of times in a human lifetime. My lab studies how this happens, the consequences of errors for human disease, and how we can intervene to improve health. We are particularly focused on how cells respond and repair DNA damage in the context of the cell division cycle.
Over six billion base pairs of DNA must be copied rapidly and accurately trillions of times in a human lifetime. My lab studies how this happens, the consequences of errors for human disease, and how we can intervene to improve health. We are particularly focused on how cells respond and repair DNA damage in the context of the cell division cycle.
Keywords: DNA repair , cell cycle , DNA replication , cell signaling , cancer , genetic toxicology
Research Area: Cell Cycle, DNA Repair, and Chromosome Biology , Cancer Biology , Cell Signaling , Proteomics/Metabolomics , Structural Biology