Jeffrey S. Han, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Tulane Cancer Center Member - Genes X Environment Research Program
Phone
504-988-5920
Office Address
Room 705, Louisiana Cancer Research Center, 1700 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70112
Department
Biochemistry Molecular Biology
Tulane Cancer Center
TIPS Mentor
Jeffrey Han, MD, PhD

Education & Affiliations

B.A., University of Pennsylvania
B.S., Biochemistry & Economics, University of Pennsylvania
M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Ph.D, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Han completed his M.D. and Ph.D. at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, performing his graduate work in the laboratory of Jef Boeke. After graduation, he started his laboratory as a staff associate at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Embryology, on the Johns Hopkins campus. He moved to Tulane University as an assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in 2013. Dr. Han’s main research interests are the molecular and cell biology of transposition, and the contribution of transposition to human health and disease.

Research

Tulane Cancer Center Program Member in the Genetics Program

The Han lab has long term interests in understanding the ongoing evolutionary battle between genomic parasites and the host organism. They study LINE retrotransposons due to their spectacular success in colonizing the human genome (>500,000 copies). They use yeast, tissue culture, and mice to ask how LINEs replicate and how loss of transposon control may lead to disease phenotypes such as infertility or cancer.

Visit Dr. Han's Lab website