TPCB Faculty
Nikola Pavletich, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Education
PhD, 1991, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
BS, 1988, California Institute of Technology
Awards
HHMI Investigator
Member, National Academy of Science
Research Topics
- Macromolecular Structure and Function
- Enzymology
- X-ray crystallography
Therapeutic Areas
- Cancer
The Pavletich lab is interested in the structural biology of pathways that are altered in cancer, with particular emphasis on pathways that control the growth and proliferation of the cell. In cancer, mutations and other alterations in these pathways lead to the uncoupling of cell growth from growth-regulatory signals and contribute to the unrestricted proliferation of the tumor cell.
Read more about Prof. Pavletich’s research on the Sloan Kettering website