EMBO Associate Member
Andreas Strasser
EMBO 2009
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Parkville, Australia
The role of cell death in health and disease
We investigate the molecular control of programmed cell death with a focus on how defects in cell death cause cancer or autoimmune disease and how they affect the response of malignant cells to anti-cancer therapeutics. The ultimate goal of our work is to develop novel therapeutic strategies for cancer and autoimmune disease.
Keywords
Cell death / cancer / Bcl-2 protein family / lymphocyte development / autoimmunity