USC Today

Michael R. Lieber

Expert in DNA repair and its application to cancer, aging and the immune system
  • Holder of Rita and Edward Polusky Chair in Basic Cancer Research
  • Professor of Pathology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
  • Keck School of Medicine of USC
Office: (323) 865-0568
Links:

Expertise

  • human DNA repair in cancer, aging andthe immune system
  • diseases related to deficiencies in DNArepair
  • childhood deficiencies in immunity
  • causes of lymphoma
  • chromosomal translocations in human cancer
  • cancer genetics
  • aging
  • DNA mutation
  • epigenetics
  • protein and enzyme chemistry
  • structural biology