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Michael F. Clarke is the Karel H. Avice Beekhuis Professor of Cancer Biology in the Stanford University School of Medicine, where he serves as a member and Associate Director of the Stanford Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine. A board-certified oncologist with extensive training in molecular and stem cell biology, he has maintained a laboratory focused on critical areas of research surrounding normal stem cells and their malignant counterparts. His work seeks to understand the control of self-renewal in stem cells and the identification and characterization of cancer stem cells. Major contributions from his laboratory include identifying the molecular mechanisms that confer resistance to radiation in breast cancer stem cells and discovering the regulator Bmi-1, which plays a key role in stem cell self-renewal. His research emphasizes a collaborative approach, pioneering methods to use single-cell genomics to investigate the tissue hierarchy of both normal and malignant cells. In his teaching, he offers a variety of courses including MED 299, STEMREM 299, and MED 280, focusing on stem cell biology and regenerative medicine.
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