Her research goals are focused on the identification and preclinical validation of cancer-specific therapies. Through the use of tumor cell biology and molecular biology, the Fishel lab studies the survival, proliferation, and signaling following treatment with chemotherapeutic agents and novel small molecule inhibitors. We are currently focusing on using more clinically relevant systems to study cancer by developing and using 3-Dimensional tissue culture models to investigate critical molecular targets including STAT3 (signal transducer and activator of transcription-3) and APE1/Ref-1 (AP endonuclease1 / Redox effector factor 1).
The Fishel lab’s interests have been in exploring rationale molecular targets in difficult-to-treat, refractive cancers such as pancreatic cancer as well as glioblastoma and pediatric leukemia.
Her lab’s research is translational research as she continually seeks to apply what she learns about the cancer cells and the environment they grow in to a cure for cancer.
Research Interests:
- Tumor cell and its interaction with tumor microenvironment, Redox signaling, transcriptional regulation, DNA repair, pancreatic cancer
