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Meyerson Lab - Cancer Genomics and Genome-Inspired Discovery

Meyerson Laboratory
CANCER GENOMICS AND GENOME-INSPIRED DISCOVERY

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Matthew Meyerson, M.D., Ph.D.
Charles A. Dana Chair in Human Cancer Genetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
​Professor of Genetics and Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Center for Cancer Genomics,
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Institute Member, Broad Institute of Harvard & MIT
American Cancer Society Research Professor


MD, Harvard Medical School, 1993
PhD, Harvard University, 1994

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​As a principal investigator and mentor, my goals are to catalyze new fields of cancer research, and to mentor a new generation of cancer researchers.

Our laboratory uses genomic approaches to discover the causes of cancer, with a focus on lung and colon cancers.  We then apply these genomic findings to understand these cancers and to begin the path to new cancer treatments (genome-inspired discovery).

Here are a few of the questions that we are now considering:

What is the complete long-range structure of cancer genomes?  How can we use long-read technologies to elucidate this structure? Example: our studies of enhancer duplications that activate oncogenes.

How does germline variation influence somatic mutation in cancer? Example: variation in EGFR mutation frequency by ethnicity.

What is the role of cancer-associated bacteria in modulating cancer phenotypes? Example: Fusobacteria in colorectal cancer.

What is the function of hitherto uncharacterized mutated genes in lung cancer? Example: the CMTR2 tumor suppressor gene.

What is the role of aneuploidy in cancer causation? Example: modeling aneuploidy using CRISPR methods.

How does RNA modification impact cancer cell survival? Example: the role of ADAR1 in lung cancer cell survival.


“... Truth is not a colored bird to be chased among the rocks and captured by its tail, but a skeptical attitude towards life.” – Sinclair Lewis


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Julie Hammond-Coiro

Assistant to Dr. Matthew Meyerson, Group Administrator
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute




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​My goal is to make the world a better place one step, one smile, and one act of kindness at a time.

“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.” – Kahlil Gibran

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