Research

The main objective of the lab is to study the interaction between the immune system and the organs of the reproductive system.

Major Research Interests

• Regulation of apoptosis in normal tissue remodeling and cancer of the female reproductive tract
• Apoptosis and Cancer: basic mechanisms and new therapeutic opportunities
• Ovarian Cancer Translational Research
• Immunology of Implantation
• Inflammation and Cancer
• Ovarian Cancer stem cells
• microRNAs in ovarian cancer

Presentations

• SERMS and the Brain
• The Fas/ Fas Ligand System in Reproductive Organs

Protocols

• Human Ovarian Organ Culture
• Immunohistochemistry
• JAM Assay for Apoptosis
• Non-radioactive ribonuclease Protection Assay

Activities/Prizes

• SGI 2000/Chicago