Dr. Markus Schober

Biography

Markus Schober is an Associate Professor in the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology and the Department of Cell Biology at New York University. His laboratory focuses on fundamental questions of cancer cell biology, particularly in how stem cell-like tumor propagating cells self-renew and differentiate. Schober's research involves studying stem cell-like cancer cells in squamous cell carcinomas and their role in tumor growth and therapy resistance. Using mouse and patient-derived carcinoma models, he aims to understand the mechanisms that allow these cells to survive treatment, promote tumor progression, and initiate metastases to distant organs. Notably, cutaneous head and neck squamous cell carcinomas are his primary focus, as these cancers are among the most common and are maintained by hierarchical, therapy-resistant stem cell-like cancer cells. Schober's work seeks to dissect how these stem cell-like SCC cells contribute to chemotherapy resistance and tumor development.

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