Seth Field, MD, PhD

Professor
Department of Medicine
School of Medicine
Member
Developmental Therapeutics Program
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Research Information

Research Interests

The Field laboratory studies the cell biology of cancer. We previously discovered cellular machinery involved in vesicle budding from the Golgi for secretory trafficking to the plasma membrane. Many of the components of this machinery have been identified as cancer drivers in human cancers, frequently amplified and overexpressed in a wide variety of human cancers, and appear to represent molecular vulnerabilities for many cancers. The Field laboratory is discovering mechanisms of oncogenic transformation by the Golgi secretory machinery, better understanding of its regulation, and its relationship with other known oncogenic pathways. Furthermore, the lab is developing small molecule inhibitors of the Golgi secretory machinery as an approach to novel cancer therapeutics with mechanism of action orthogonal to all current therapeutic approaches.

External Appointments

Investigator, Harrington Discovery Institute
University Hospitals
Becky Hennessy Endowed Master Clinician in Breast Cancer Genomics
Attending Physician, Division of Endocrinology
University Hospitals

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