Glenn Merlino

Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics
The Center for Cancer Research
United States of America

Scientist Immunology
Biography

Dr. Merlino obtained his B.A. summa cum laude in 1975, then went on to receive his Ph.D. in 1980 from the Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology at the University of Michigan. He has served as the NIH Ombudsman for Animal Welfare, on the Editorial Board of Cancer Research, on the Steering Committees of the Center of Excellence in Integrative Cancer Biology and Genomics and CCR Science Board, and as Executive Editor of Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research. Dr. Merlino is currently Acting Scientific Director for Basic Research, CCR. 

Research Intrest

Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics and Genomics, Immunology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry 

List of Publications
Zaidi MR, Davis S, Noonan FP, Graff-Cherry C, Hawley TS, et al. (2011) Interferon-gamma links ultraviolet radiation to melanomagenesis in mice. Nature. 469: 548-53.
Yu Y, Khan J, Khanna C, Helman L, Meltzer PS, et al. (2004) Expression profiling identifies the cytoskeletal organizer ezrin and the developmental homeoprotein Six-1 as key metastatic regulators. Nat Med. 10: 175-81.
Sharp R, Recio JA, Jhappan C, Otsuka T, Liu S, et al. (2002) Synergism between INK4a/ARF inactivation and aberrant HGF/SF signaling in rhabdomyosarcomagenesis. Nat. Med. 8: 1276-80.
Noonan FP, Recio JA, Takayama H, Duray P, Anver MR, et al. (2001) Neonatal sunburn and melanoma in mice. Nature. 413: 271-2.
Jhappan C, Stahle C, Harkins RN, Fausto N, Smith GH, et al. (1990) TGF alpha overexpression in transgenic mice induces liver neoplasia and abnormal development of the mammary gland and pancreas. Cell. 61: 1137-46.