Division of Biology and Medicine
Therapeutic Sciences Graduate Program
Robert Sobol
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Associate Director for Basic Research & Co-Leader of Cancer Biology, Legorreta Cancer Center; Associate Director, Joint Program in Cancer Biology, Lifespan Cancer Institute
Biography
Research in the Sobol lab focuses on DNA repair mechanisms and the regulation of PARP activation in the response to replication stress to aid in the identification of novel cancer targets. Further, the lab develops biological tools and assays to evaluate DNA damage and gene-environment interactions for the analysis of tumor response, the response to industrial pollutants, and the discovery of molecules that inhibit cellular DNA repair.