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Discovery in Our Labs

The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute directs cancer research for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and its affiliated institutions. Cancer Institute scientists are committed to reducing cancer incidence, mortality and morbidity in Arkansas and the surrounding region.

The Cancer Institute accomplishes its goals through focused research programs, shared resources and multidisciplinary disease-specific committees.

The Cancer Institute’s approach is simple: Discovery in our labs leads to the development of new treatment strategies, which are then delivered to the patients in our clinics. The bottom line for our patients is that our research fuels innovative treatment options.

Why I Do Cancer Research.

First, you need to know how biology works when in good health, before you can understand what is different in a disease and, then, how to treat it.

Marjan Boerma, Ph.D.

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All research at the Cancer Institute is organized into four distinct research programs to maximize and nurture scientific collaborations and productivity.

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Shared resources provide Cancer Institute members with cost-effective access to specialized technologies, methodologies and quality control.

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Internal funds available to support cancer research are updated monthly.

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Membership in the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute is available through application to any faculty member who is engaged in cancer research.

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Research: Arkansas’ Leading Cancer Researchers Gather at Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Retreat

In a strong showing as the state’s leader in cancer research, the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute hosted its annual research retreat May 7 for scientists across the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Held at the Robinson Center Grand Ballroom in downtown Little Rock, the daylong event served as an opportunity for researchers…

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UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Scientists Uncover New Opportunities for Targeted Cancer Therapies

Molecular Cell publishes UAMS comprehensive structural biology study of MCL-1:BAK complex found in most cancers A research team led by UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute scientist, Tudor Moldoveanu, Ph.D., has uncovered novel insights into one of the body’s most fundamental processes impacting the development of cancer. Known as apoptosis, the research on the process…

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Kevin Raney, Ph.D. (center), is leading exciting new research of unique DNA structures called quadruplexes with his team (l-r): Yu Chen, research assistant, Jun Gao, Ph.D., instructor Kirk West, Ph.D., assistant professor, Farhana Nasrin, Ph.D., assistant staff scientist, and John Marecki, Ph.D., instructor.

NIH Awards UAMS Nearly $3 Million to Study DNA Structures that Could Impact Cancer Treatment

LITTLE ROCK — University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher Kevin Raney, Ph.D., has been awarded a five-year, $2.99 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study unusual DNA structures called quadruplexes, which may act like natural drugs by binding to key proteins involved in disease. The grant from the NIH…

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Ping-Ching Hsu, Ph.D.

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Scientist Awarded $1.9 Million to Study Air Pollution, Breast Cancer

A researcher at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $1.9 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to study the role of environmental exposures in the development of early onset breast cancer in Arkansas women. Ping-Ching Hsu, Ph.D., an…

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UAMS Establishes Proteomics Center of Excellence in Little Rock with Thermo Fisher Scientific

UAMS Establishes Proteomics Center of Excellence in Little Rock with Thermo Fisher Scientific

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) announced the launch of the Thermo Fisher Scientific Center of Excellence for Proteomics at UAMS — the first and only academic-industry partnership of its kind in the United States. The world leader in serving science, Thermo Fisher Scientific, entered into a formal agreement with the IDeA National…

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