Paula M. Vertino, Ph.D.

Contact Information

Phone Numbers

Administrative: (585) 275-4726

Office: (585) 276-6415

Locations

University of Rochester Medical Center
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 704
Rochester, NY 14642

Faculty Appointments

Professor - Department of Biomedical Genetics (SMD)
Wilmot Distinguished Professorship in Cancer Genomics - Cancer Center
Professor - Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (SMD) - Joint
Professor - Cancer Center - Joint

Biography

Research

Dr. Vertino's research interests are focused on the areas of cancer epigenetics and novel mechanisms of gene silencing in cancer.

Publications

Journal Articles

7/1/2020
Pedro B, Rupji M, Dwivedi B, Kowalski J, Konen JM, Owonikoko TK, Ramalingam SS, Vertino PM, Marcus AI. "Prognostic significance of an invasive leader cell-derived mutation cluster on chromosome 16q." Cancer.. 2020 Jul 1; 126(13):3140-3150. Epub 2020 Apr 21.

7/2020
Summerbell ER, Mouw JK, Bell JSK, Knippler CM, Pedro B, Arnst JL, Khatib TO, Commander R, Barwick BG, Konen J, Dwivedi B, Seby S, Kowalski J, Vertino PM, Marcus AI. "Epigenetically heterogeneous tumor cells direct collective invasion through filopodia-driven fibronectin micropatterning." Science advances.. 2020 Jul 0; 6(30):eaaz6197. Epub 2020 Jul 24.

10/9/2019
Zoeller EL, Pedro B, Konen J, Dwivedi B, Rupji M, Sundararaman N, Wang L, Horton JR, Zhong C, Barwick BG, Cheng X, Martinez ED, Torres MP, Kowalski J, Marcus AI, Vertino PM. "Genetic heterogeneity within collective invasion packs drives leader and follower cell phenotypes." Journal of cell science.. 2019 Oct 9; 132(19)Epub 2019 Oct 09.

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