Williams, Bart, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
Phone: 616-234-5308
Fax: 616-234-5309
Biographical Sketch and Selected Publications
E-Mail Staff Head
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Job Openings
Post Doctoral Fellow
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.
