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Our lab is housed within the Department of Biology in the College of Science and Math on the campus of California State University Northridge (CSUN).

Broadly, we seek to characterize the molecular mechanisms and functions of genes that play critical roles in cancer and tissue regeneration. Our work integrates molecular/cellular biology, signaling biochemistry, animal models of normal development and disease, and microscopy imaging to answer questions in these fields.

Ascending the PEAK1 toward targeting TGFbeta during cancer progression: recent advances and future perspectives. Runa et al. Cancer Cell and Microenvironment (2016, in press)

Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Pancreatic Cancer. Gharibi et al., Acta Histochemica (2016, in press)

Identification of a PEAK1/ZEB1 signaling axis during TGFβ/fibronectin-induced EMT in breast cancer Agajanian et al., BBRC 2015

PEAK1 Acts as a Molecular Switch to Regulate Context-Dependent TGFβ Responses in Breast Cancer. Agajanian et al., PLoS ONE 2015