Williams, Bart, Ph.D.
Senior Scientific Investigator

Phone: 616-234-5308
Fax: 616-234-5309

Biographical Sketch and Selected Publications E-Mail Staff Head E-Mail Lab

Job Openings

Post Doctoral Fellow in Cell Signaling and Carcinogenesis

Staff
Lake, Angie
 Salhadar, Ammar
 Sanders, Audrey, B.S.
 Schumacher, Cassie
 Zhong, Alex, Ph.D.
 Zylstra, Cassandra, B.S.

Laboratory of Cell Signaling and Carcinogenesis

Standing, from left: Zhong, Sanders, Lindvall, Lake, Elumalai; seated, from left: Diegel, Williams

Scientific Overview

General Overview

Bart Williams and his lab staff study the Wnt family of proteins and their associated molecules. Wnt proteins are remarkably similar in species ranging from nematodes (parasitic worms) to vertebrate animals, and changes in the signaling pathway of Wnt proteins is one of the most common cellular changes associated with cancer, as well as other disorders such as osteoporosis. The lab’s researchers are studying the cellular receptors for Wnt molecules, the effects of mutations on Wnt signaling, and the role of Wnt proteins in melanoma and prostate cancer.