1. Research Interests: Tumor suppressors pRb, p53, PTEN, breast cancer, apoptosis, myogenesis, biology and chemotherapy of tumor initiating cells. Molecular & Cell biology, mouse models. Current projects: • Role of pRb family in mammary gland development • Breast cancer tumor initiating cells in mouse models • Targeted chemotherapy of tumor initiating cells • Generation and analysis of knockin phosphomutant Rb alleles • Role of pRb family in skeletal myogenesis