Congratulations to postdoc Archana Krishnamoorthy on being named a Damon Runyon Fellow. 

Dr. Krishnamoorthy is sponsored by David S. Pellman, MD, at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Johannes Walter, PhD, at Harvard Medical School. The prestigious, four-year Fellowship encourages the nation’s most promising young scientists to pursue careers in cancer research by providing them with independent funding ($260,000 total) to investigate cancer causes, mechanisms, therapies, and prevention. 

Cancer initiation and progression stems from cell division errors that promote chromosome breakage and accumulation of mutations. Dr. Krishnamoorthy will use cutting-edge, cross-disciplinary approaches to provide insights into the fundamental question of how cell division shapes the cancer genome. Understanding the mechanisms of cancer genome complexity will help identify better diagnostics and treatments for cancers linked with high levels of genome alterations.