EMBO Associate Member

Andreas Strasser

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Parkville | Australia

EMBO 2009

The role of cell death in health and disease

We investigate the molecular control of programmed cell death with a focus on how defects in cell death cause cancer or autoimmune disease and how they affect the response of malignant cells to anti-cancer therapeutics. The ultimate goal of our work is to develop novel therapeutic strategies for cancer and autoimmune disease.

Keywords: Cell death / cancer / Bcl-2 protein family / lymphocyte development / autoimmunity

Subject area(s): Differentiation & Death | Immunology | Molecular Medicine