Research Program and Theme
- Program: Cancer Engineering and Biological Systems
- Theme: Mechanistic and Quantitative Biology
Research Focus
H. Rex Gaskins’ research focuses on host-intestinal microbe interactions relevant to colorectal cancer, with a particular interest in microbial sulfur metabolism. Efforts to understand colonic mucosal responses to hydrogen sulfide led to further interest in redox regulation of tumorigenesis, resulting in a long-time collaboration with bioengineering faculty at Illinois to create genetically encoded biosensors and engineer platforms to study redox poise in subcellular compartments in live cells.
Other Campus Affiliations
- Professor Emeritus, Pathobiology