Kent W. Hunter
Metastasis Susceptibility Section
The Center for Cancer Research
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Hunter received a B.S. in biochemistry with Highest Honors from the Pennsylvania State University in 1985 and a Ph.D. in Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1991. He was an associate member at the Fox Chase Cancer Center from 1996 to 1999. In 1999, he joined the Laboratory of Population Genetics as an Investigator and became a Senior Investigator in 2007 and was appointed Deputy Lab Chief ini 2015.
Research Interest
Cancer Biology, Computational Biology, Epidemiology, Genetics and Genomics, Systems Biology
Publications
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Hu Y, Wu G, Rusch M, Lukes L, Buetow KH, et al. (2012) An integrated cross-species transcriptional network analysis of metastatic susceptibility. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 109: 3184-9.
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Hunter KW (2012) Mouse models of cancer: does the strain matter?. Nat Rev Cancer. 12: 144-149.
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Park YG, Zhao X, Lesueur F, Lowy DR, Lancaster M, et al. (2005) Sipa1 is a candidate for underlying the metastasis efficiency modifier locus Mtes1. Nat Genet. 37: 1055-1062.
