Lawrence E. Samelson
Member of the board
Management
Medigene
Sweden
Biography
Dr. Samelson is Chief and Senior Investigator of the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology at the Center for Cancer Research (CCR) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Dr. Samelson received his M.D. degree from Yale University in 1977. Following training in internal medicine at the University of Chicago, he carried out postdoctoral research at the Laboratory of Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. He joined the Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in 1985, became senior investigator in 1988, and chief of the Section on Lymphocyte Signaling and deputy branch chief in 1995. He became chief of the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, NCI, in 1999. Dr. Samelson oversees a Laboratory whose members focus on various signal transduction systems and pathways. He and the members of his laboratory have performed studies on the biochemistry and cell biology of the signal transduction mechanisms coupled to the T cell antigen receptor. The role of protein tyrosine kinases, adapter molecules and molecular signaling complexes have been a central interest.
Research Interest
The role of protein tyrosine kinases, adapter molecules and molecular signaling complexes have been a central interest.
