Upper Michigan Brain Tumor Center
The Upper Michigan Brain Tumor Center pursues research projects that seek to combat the effects of virulent brain cancers. The lab’s current focus is on glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).
About the Lab
The Upper Michigan Brain Tumor Center was created in 2005. The UMBTC is a collaboration between Marquette General Hospital and Northern Michigan University in Marquette, MI. The UMBTC is led by Robert Winn, PhD, Professor of Biology at NMU, and Richard Rovin, MD, Neurosurgeon at MGH. John Lawrence, PhD, is the UMBTC’s post doctoral fellow.
The UMBTC supports undergraduate and graduate student research. Research from the UMBTC has received local and national awards and has been presented at national and international scientific meetings.
To date, all research has been funded through donation and the Hope Starts Here Challenge, the annual fundraising event for the UMBTC.
In order to accelerate the pace of research and discovery, the UMBTC is looking for additional sources of support.
Our mission: To empower patients and families through advocacy, education, treatment and research
Our vision: To be your choice for comprehensive brain tumor care
Our motto: Hope Starts Here
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Dr. Robert Belton, PhD, is an assistant professor of biology at Northern Michigan University.
Dr. John “Utah” Lawrence, PhD, is an assistant professor of biology at Northern Michigan University.
Dr. Richard Rovin, MD, also does brain tumor research with the Upper Michigan Brain Tumor Center. In his spare time, he dabbles in neurosurgery.
Dr. Robert Winn, PhD, is a professor of biology at Northern Michigan University and the Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Rovin R, Winn RJ 2007 Expression of O6-methylguanine-DNA-methyltransferase and temozolomide response in a patient with a malignant spinal cord astrocytoma. J Neurosurg Spine 6:447-450.
Rovin R, Winn RJ 2005 Pokemon expression in malignant glioma: an application of bioinformatics methods. Neurosurgical Focus 19:1-2
Lawrence JE, Cook NJ, Rovin RA, Winn RJ. Leptin Promotes Glioblastoma. Neurol Res Int, 2012, 2012.
It can be accessed at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/nri/2012/870807/.
Lawrence JE, Cook NJ, Rovin RA, Winn RJ. (2011) ?3-adrenergic agonists mimic eustress response and reduce leptin-mediated proliferation in a GBM cell line. Society for Neuro-Oncology.