Robert Straub, BS

Research Assistant III

Assisting research in the fundamental genomics of breast cancer.

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Location

Farmington, CT

Contact

207-288-6000

rob.straub@jax.org

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Topics

Studies the somatic and genomic aberrations that occur in cancer cell biology. Assists the members of the Liu Lab with various experiments and data collection in cell culture and at the lab bench.

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Selected Publications

34 Halaban R, Bacchiocchi A, Straub R, Cao J, Sznol M, Narayan D, Allam A, Krauthammer M, Mansour TS. A novel anti-melanoma SRC-family kinase inhibitor. Oncotarget. 2019 Mar 19; 10(23):2237-2251
45 Lim YH, Bacchiocchi A, Qiu J, Straub R, Bruckner A, Bercovitch L, Narayan D, Yale Center for Mendelian Genomics, McNiff J, Ko C, Robinson-Bostom L, Antaya R, Halaban R, Choate KA. GNA14 Somatic Mutation Causes Congenital and Sporadic Vascular Tumors by MAPK Activation. Am J Hum Genet. 2016 Aug 4; 99(2):443-50
66 Krauthammer M, Kong Y, Bacchiocchi A, Evans P, Pornputtapong N, Wu C, McCusker JP, Ma S, Cheng E, Straub R, Serin M, Bosenberg M, Ariyan S, Narayan D, Sznol M, Kluger HM, Mane S, Schlessinger J, Lifton RP, Halaban R. Exome sequencing identifies recurrent mutations in NF1 and RASopathy genes in sun-exposed melanomas. Nat Genet. 2015 Sep; 47(9):996-1002

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Education and experience

Education

Western New England University
B.S., Biology
2009-2013

Experience

Yale University
Research Assistant II
2015-2019

Yale University
PostGrad Research Associate
2013-2015