Research Programs

Neuro-oncology


Labs

The Phillips Lab

Our long-term research goal is to understand the how epigenetic pathways are rewired in brain cancer during tumorigenesis, therapy, and evasion of immunity. We employ a number of cutting-edge techniques – from the development of forward genetics tools (i.e. CRISPR-Cas9 screening technology), epigenomic profiling, using neural stem cell models, and patient-derived models of glioma – to elucidate how epigenetic mechanisms contribute to gliomagenesis.