Heaphy Lab
How to Contact Us
Lab website: https://sites.bu.edu/heaphylab/
Lab space: EBRC 440 bays and 443 (cell culture)
Office: EBRC 444
Lab Manager email: Marija.Stojanova@bmc.org
PI email: heaphyc@bu.edu
Who We Are
Christopher Heaphy, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Joakin Mori, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Marija Stojanova, Lab Manager/Research Staff
Elizabeth Nelson, Undergraduate Student (Senior)
Griffin Salus, Undergraduate Student (Senior)
What We Do
The Heaphy Lab conducts basic and translational research studies focused on elucidating the role of telomere alterations in the initiation of human diseases, particularly cancer. Overall, we use a combination of tissue-based, cell-based, and molecular approaches to study normal and abnormal telomere biology as it relates to cancer initiation and progression, with a particular interest in the Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres (ALT) phenotype – a telomerase-independent telomere maintenance mechanism. In addition, we focus on how these findings may be readily translated into accurately predicting cancer risk, early detection, prognosis, and potential response to targeted therapies.