Stephen K. Anderson

Cancer and Inflammation Program
The Center for Cancer Research
United States of America

Scientist Immunology
Biography

Dr. Stephen Anderson is a senior scientist with Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. working in collaboration with the Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, Cancer and Inflammation Program. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1986 from the University of Western Ontario and performed postdoctoral studies on natural killer (NK) cells at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. Dr. Anderson was a project leader with the National Research Council of Canada before joining the Laboratory of Experimental Immunology in 1992. 

Research Intrest

Genetics and Genomics, Immunology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry 

List of Publications
Davies GE, Locke SM, Wright PW, Li H, Anderson SK et al. (2007) Identification of bidirectional promoters in the human KIR genes. Genes Immun. 8: 245-53.
Li H, Pascal V, Martin MP, Carrington M, Anderson SK (2008) Genetic control of variegated KIR gene expression: polymorphisms of the bi-directional KIR3DL1 promoter are associated with distinct frequencies of gene expression. PLoS Genet 4: e1000254
Cichocki F, Lenvik T, Sharma N, Yun G, Miller JS (2010) Cutting edge: KIR antisense transcripts are processed into a 28-base PIWI-like RNA in human NK cells. J. Immunol. 185: 2009-2012