Stem Cell and Biobanking

Biography

James E. Trosko, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics/Human Development, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University. Dr. Trosko is the Director of the Human Genetics, Cancer and Stem Cell Division. After doing pioneering research in DNA repair & cancer-prone human syndromes at Oak Ridge National Lab, he was a recipient of a Natl. Cancer Institute- Career Development Award to the McArdle Lab for Cancer Research at the U. of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Trosko, together with his colleague, Dr. Chia-Cheng Chang, was the first to develop an in vitro assay to detect tumor promoters and epigenetic toxicants. His laboratory was the first to have isolated adult human stem cells and demonstrate that they were the target cells for cancer. He was appointed Chief of Research at the Radiation Effects Research Foundation-Hiroshima, Japan (1990-92). He was the recipient the Society of Toxicology’s first “Scientific Achievement” award, as well as a recipient of the MSU Teacher Scholar and MSU-Distinguished faculty awards, as well as a MSU Sigma Xi Senior Scientist awardee. He received the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science award; the Korean Ministry of Science and Technology “Brain Pool” Award. Seoul National University awarded him a “World Class University Professorship”. His recent research involves the role of human adult stem cells in the “Barker hypothesis” and the diseases of aging.

Research Interest

Human Genetics,Cancer and Stem Cell,DNA repair & cancer-prone human syndromes.