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Accelerating ANSWERS to CANCER
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of The Hormel Institute is to conduct research and provide
education in the biological sciences with applications in medicine
and agriculture. In pursuit of this mission, and as intended by its
founders, The Hormel Institute generates fundamental knowledge and
disseminates it to the scientific community worldwide. It also serves
MISSION STATEMENT
as a center of technical and educational expertise for the benefit of the Austin community, the surrounding region and the State of Minnesota.
Structural Biology of Membrane Transport 4 Molecular Bioengineering and Cancer Vaccine 6 Membrane Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics 8
Cancer Stem Cells and Necroptosis
Genome Instability and Chromosome Biology
DNA Repair and Genome Stability
Cell Death and Cancer Genetics
Nucleotide Metabolism and Drug Discovery
Cancer Cell Biology and Translational Research
Cellular Dynamics
Cancer Biology
Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis
Transcription and Gene Regulation
Chromatin and Epigenetic Gene Regulation
Cancer Epigenetics and Experimental Therapeutics 32 Cryo-EM and Molecular Cell Biology 34 Stem Cells and Cancer 36 Cell Signaling and Tumorigenesis 38 Computational Cancer Genomics 40 Inheritance of Epigenetic Information 42 Transitions in Leadership 44 Supporting Departments 52 Snapshot: Cancer Research during COVID-19 57 Partners in Growth 58 Today’s EDUCATION, Tomorrow’s DISCOVERIES 60
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