Jorge Moscat
Professor
Cancer Metabolism and Signaling Networks Program
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Moscat earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and a doctorate in biochemistry/molecular biology at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain. He completed postgraduate studies with fellowships of the Spanish Education and Science Ministry and Juan March Foundation in Madrid and at the NIH. Dr. Moscat joined the University of Cincinnati in 2006 from the Center of Molecular Biology of the Spanish National Research Council in Madrid, where he conducted cancer cell biology research, focusing primarily on signaling pathways in cancer, obesity and inflammation. In 2008, he became professor and chairman of the Department of Cancer and Cell Biology at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and associate director of basic science for the Cincinnati Cancer Consortium. Dr. Moscat joined the SBP faculty in 2011.
Research Interest
The signaling pathways that regulate inflammation and cell proliferation, and their interface with metabolism, are central in the control of tumor initiation and progression as well as in the development of metastasis. The study of these fundamental biological questions results in the identification of non-oncogenic and oncogenic vulnerabilities that will lead to the design of more efficacious and less toxic anti-cancer therapies.
