Kevin J. Anderson, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Associate

Integrates biomechanical and genomic approaches towards the analysis of brain tumor heterogeneity and disease evolution.

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About Kevin J. Anderson, Ph.D.

Dr. Anderson received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Cornell University. For his thesis research he adapted a multiscale numerical simulation towards the analysis of the initial behavior of circulating tumor cell aggregates interacting with activated endothelium. Previously, he received his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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Education and experience

Education

The Jackson Laboratory
Postdoctoral fellow
Adv: Dr. Roel Verhaak
2017-present

Cornell University
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering
Adv: Dr. Michael King
2011-2017

University of Alabama at Birmingham
B.S., Biomedical Engineering
2007-2011

Experience

Vanderbilt University
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
2017

Cornell University
Graduate Research Assistant
2011-2017

Selected Publications

Anderson KJ, de Guillebon A, Hughes AD, Wang W, King MR. Effect of circulating tumor cell aggregate configuration on hemodynamic transport and wall contact. Math Biosci 294(Dec):181-194, 2017.

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Search MagazineAugust 14, 2018
Understanding our inheritance
To find out more about the complexities of inheritance, JAX spoke with author and New York Times columnist Carl Zimmer, who frequently writes about genetics and evolution.
Press ReleaseAugust 01, 2018
$2M NIH Grant to Study Genetic Mechanisms of Inherited Heart Muscle Disorders
Travis Hinson, M.D., has received more than $2 million from the National Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to study the mechanisms responsible for a serious and often fatal heart condition.
- Cardiovascular
- Genetics and Genomics
Research HighlightJuly 12, 2018
The distinct forms of an important genomic disruption
A new paper further explains the genomic disruption known as the tandem duplicator phenotype (TDP), a common attribute in some of the most deadly cancers of women.
Minute to UnderstandingJune 28, 2018
What is epigenetics?
Learn how epigenetic changes can affect an individual without physically changing their DNA sequence.
- Aging
- Genetics and Genomics

Press ReleaseAugust 01, 2018
A RACIPE for success
New five-year, $2.2M outstanding investigator grant to Mingyang Lu will support systems biology algorithm approach.
Research HighlightJuly 30, 2018
Immune system 2.0: Can we re-engineer the human immune response?
JAX researchers have demonstrated the ability to target and disrupt specific genes and/or alter their expression levels, which has important implications for both immunology research and clinical treatments.
Research HighlightJune 28, 2018
How do cancer cells achieve immortality?
Cancer cell immortality leads to massive tumors, metastatic spread, and potentially re-emergence. Researchers are working to determine how cancer cells achieve immortality.
- Cancer/Tumors
- Cancer
Research HighlightJune 21, 2018
Finding the genes controlling ovarian reserve could hold key to better female fertility care
Jackson Laboratory Assistant Professor Ewelina Bolcun-Filas, Ph.D., is looking at how multiple genetic factors regulating oocyte development determine the differences in each woman’s ovarian reserve.