dsjones at stanford.edu

Random Fact

Holds the Cochran Lab record for fastest miniprep!

Education

MS in Bioengineering, Stanford University, 2006
BS in Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2004

Research

The Met receptor is a receptor tyrosine kinase involved in cell proliferation, motility, differentiation, and survival. Dysregulated Met signaling leads to a phenotype of invasion and metastasis in many types of human tumors, suggesting it may prove an effective target for cancer therapy. My research involves engineering Met ligands for altered binding to provide insight into structure-function aspects of Met binding and activation.

Publications

Jones, D.S., Silverman, A.P., Cochran, J.R. (2008) Developing Therapeutic Proteins by Engineering Ligand-Receptor Interactions. Trends in Biotechnology, 26, 498-505.