PI: Masamitsu Kanada, Ph.D.

My research focus is to address questions in cancer biology using multidisciplinary approaches. We are currently advancing the understanding of extracellular vesicle (EV)-mediated cell-to-cell communication, engineering EVs to create novel gene delivery tools, and developing high-throughput screens to identify druggable regulators of EV biogenesis and secretion in cancer cells. 

• • 2017 - present: Michigan State University

  • 2012 - 2017: Stanford University School of Medicne (Advisor: Christopher H. Contag, Ph.D.)

  • 2009 - 2012: Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan (Advisor: Susumu Terakawa, M.D. Ph.D.)

  • 2008 - 2009: Oncotherapy Science Inc., Japan

  • 2003 - 2008: Tsukuba University, Japan (Advisor: Taro Q.P. Uyeda, Ph.D.)

  • 1999 - 2003: Tohoku University, Japan (Advisor: Tomokazu Matsue, Ph.D.)

Lab Members

Undergraduate: Anika Babel

Undergraduate: Joe Yuan

Undergraduate: Sadhana Kilangodi

Medical student: Amanda Petrelli Cicerone

Postdoc: Najla Saleh, Ph.D.

Lab Alumni

Undergraduate: Matthew Gagea

Undergraduate: Rozita Shafiq

Undergraduate: Xheneta Vitija

Undergraduate: Kylie Maxton

Undergraduate: Zoe Pozios

Laboratory Manager: Gloria I. Perez, D.V.M., Ph.D. - MSU (Schmidt Lab)

Laboratory Assistant: Ahmed Zarea, B.S. - MSU (Contag Lab)

Laboratory Assistant: Elyssa J. Cox, M.S. - MSU (Debajit Lab)

Undergraduate: Lauren Linenfelser, B.S.

Undergraduate: Amelia McGill, B.S. - Graduate student, University of Texas, Austin

Undergraduate: Noelia Barvo, B.S. - Zymergen

Undergraduate: Benedikt Aleksandrovich Dolgikh, B.S. - MSU (Woldring Lab)

Undergraduate: Merve Elmastas

Medical student: Christopher Ng, DO

Medical student: Jordan C. Walker, DO

Postdoc: Sherif Ibrahim, Ph.D. - MSU (Omar Lab)

Postdoc: Prabha Nepal, Ph.D. (Visiting from Busik Lab) 

Undergraduate: Nithila Kannan