Immune Booster 27: Interferons, JAKs, and STATs with George Stark
Notas del episodio
George Stark from the Cleveland Clinic reflects on his early training in biochemistry and how several sabbatical leaves sparked pivotal changes in his research trajectory, eventually drawing him to interferon signaling where he helped establish the core principles of the JAK–STAT pathway and uncovered interesting roles for interferon signaling in cancer.
Host: Cindy Leifer
Guest: George Stark
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- Stark lab
- Development of the Northern blotting technique (PNAS, 1977)
- Development of Western blotting for proteins (PNAS, 1979)
- Discovery of Tyk2 as a critical kinase in interferon response (Cell, 1992)
- Topical PALA treatment for non-melanoma skin cancer (Exp Dermatol, 2023)
- Time stamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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