Alejo E. Rodriguez-Fraticelli

Head of the Lab of Quantitative Stem Cell Dynamics at IRB Barcelona

Epigenetic Evolution in Cancer


Cancer cell epigenomes are constantly changing as cells proliferate, acquire new mutations, and experience different environmental stimuli. Some of these differences can be memorized long-term within specific cell clones, and affect the phenotype and plasticity of cancer cells in response to drug therapies or other modes of clinical intervention.  I study how this diversity arises, and the molecular mechanisms that allow cancer cells to become therapy resistant.