Cell and Molecular Biology of Ovarian Cancer

Dr. Heide Schatten is a cell and molecular biologist at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She specializes in reproduction and cancers of the reproductive systems. She has been involved as scientist adviser to advocates of Cancer Foundations and as a reviewer and study section leader of several Foundations and she has been a reviewer for the DOD prostate cancer program. She has had Cancer Research support and interacted with a large number of well-known cancer researchers including many from NIH Comprehensive Cancer Centers.  Her publication record shows over 280 original publications and numerous review papers, many of which are focused on cell cycle and cytoskeletal abnormalities that are hallmarks for cancers including ovarian cancer.  She has edited 19 previous books including (2013) Cell and Molecular Biology of Breast Cancer which has over 19,000 downloads.

• Microtubule-targeting agents: disruption of the cellular cytoskeleton as a backbone of ovarian cancer therapy.- Tubulin complexity in cancer and metastasis.- The impact of centrosome pathologies on ovarian cancer development and progression with a focus on centrosomes as therapeutic target.- Drug-resistant epithelial ovarian cancer: current and future perspectives.- The role of the human microbiome in epithelial ovarian cancer.- Insights into the microbial composition of intratumoral, reproductive tract, and gut microbiota in ovarian cancer patients.- The impact of mitochondria in ovarian cancer cell metabolism, proliferation, and metastasis.