Yusuf A. Hannun, M.D.
- Title
- Joel Kenny Professor and Director
- Department
- Stony Brook Cancer Center
- Institution
- Stony Brook University
- Address
- Health Sciences Center, L-4, 182
- City, State, ZIP
- Stony Brook, NY 11794
- Phone
- (631) 444-8067
- [email protected]
- Website
- http://medicine.stonybrookmedicine.edu/medicine/faculty/hannun
- Research field
- Biochemistry
- Award year
- 1988
Research
Our laboratory is focused on studies on bioactive lipids, with a special emphasis on sphingolipids. These studies have allowed us to propose a critical role for sphingolipids in eukaryotic stress responses. We are interested in understanding how sphingolipid metabolism is regulated under various conditions and in response to extracellular stimuli. We are also interested in defining the functions of bioactive sphingolipids, including sphingosine and ceramide.
We perform our studies in human cancer cells as well as in yeast as a model organism. Our current projects include studies on 1)Sphingolipid Network in Yeast 2) Regulation and Function of Neutral Sphingomyelinases 3) Regulation and Function of Acid Sphingomyelinase 4) Ceramide activated protein phosphatases 5) Protein Kinase C 6) Neutral Ceramidase
Scholar Keywords
1988 Search Pew Scholars
- Thomas C. Alber, Ph.D.
- Peter Arvan, M.D., Ph.D.
- Frances M. Brodsky, D. Phil.
- Joseph P. Dougherty, Ph.D.
- Beverly M. Emerson, Ph.D.
- Steven L. Gonias, M.D., Ph.D.
- Yusuf A. Hannun, M.D.
- Jeffrey T. Holt, M.D.
- Roger E. Karess, Ph.D.
- Margaret C. Kielian, Ph.D.
- Lester F. Lau, Ph.D.
- Dennis B. Lubahn, Ph.D.
- Ronald A. Milligan, Ph.D.
- William A. Muller, M.D., Ph.D.
- Bruce J. Nicholson, Ph.D.
- Gregory S. Payne, Ph.D.
- Charles M. Rubin, M.D.
- Charles N. Serhan, Ph.D.
- Philippe M. Soriano, Ph.D.
- Charles S. Zuker, Ph.D.