Markus Müschen

Markus Müschen is the Arthur H. and Isabel Bunker Professor of Medicine (Hematology) and Professor of Immunobiology at Yale University. He serves as Director of the Center of Molecular and Cellular Oncology and Chief of the Division of Basic Science at the Yale Cancer Center. His research focuses on signal transduction mechanisms in lymphoid malignancies, particularly B-cell signaling and metabolism. Müschen holds an MD-PhD from the University of Cologne and has held academic positions at UCSF before joining Yale. He is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Faculty Scholar and recipient of the NCI Outstanding Investigator Award.

Education:

• MD-PhD, University of Cologne (2003)
• Postdoctoral Fellowships: University of Chicago (2002), Institute for Genetics Cologne

Research Interests: B-cell signaling, oncogenic pathways in leukemia/lymphoma, metabolic reprogramming in cancer, drug discovery for blood cancers.

Recent Achievements:

• NCI Outstanding Investigator Award (R35)
• Elected to American Society of Clinical Investigation
• Directed the NCI CTEP 'Human Hematopoiesis and Leukemia PDX' program

Labs & Teams: Leads the Müschen Lab at Yale, focusing on drug discovery platforms for B-cell malignancies. Mentors 9 junior faculty and oversees a team of 18 trainees/staff.