Erkki Ruoslahti
Distinguished ProfessorBurnham Institute for Medical Research
Contact Information
Phone: (805) 893-5327Fax: (805) 893-5805
E-Mail: ruoslahti@burnham.org
Office: 1105 LSB
Address
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9610
Resarch Area
The underlying themes of Dr. Ruoslahti's work are tumor vasculature and metastasis. Tumors, like other tissues, contain both blood vessels and lymphatic vessels. A tumor needs blood vessels to be able to grow, and destroying tumor blood vessels is the basis of a promising new cancer therapy. Lymphatic vessels are not needed for tumor growth, but like blood vessels, the lymphatics are an important conduit of distant metastasis.