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Researcher Profile
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Sheila Stewart, PhD
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Office Phone:
314-362-7437
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Address:
660 S. Euclid Ave.
Campus Box 8228
St. Louis, MO 63110
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E-mail:
sheila.stewart@cellbiology.wustl.ed
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Primary Academic Title:
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine.
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Research Interest:
Cellular immortality is one of the defining characteristics of malignant growth. Therefore, understanding how cellular lifespan is controlled at the molecular level is a central theme in the laboratory. The telomere, a DNA-protein structure located at the termini of linear chromosomes, plays a central role in controlling cellular mortality. Therefore, we are particularly interested in understanding how it is maintained. In addition, delineating the signal transduction machinery that is responsible for monitoring the telomere and eliciting modifications of the telomere is of critical importance to understanding how incipient cancer cells obtain immortality.
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Education:
•1996: PhD, microbiology and immunology, University of California, Los Angeles
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Training:
•1996-1998: Postdoctoral fellow, University of California, Los Angeles
•1998-2003: Postdoctoral fellow, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Mass.
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Visit PubMed for a full listing of Stewart, Sheila's cancer related journal articles.
(Disclaimer: This listing may not include all articles associated with this physician and may include publications related to other physicians with a similar name.)
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