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Licht Laboratory University of Florida Health Cancer Institute
Richard L Bennett

Richard L Bennett, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor

Department: MD-HEMATOLOGY-ONCOLOGY-ONCOL
Business Phone: (352) 273-8333
Business Email: bennettr@ufl.edu

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About Richard L Bennett

I first became interested in molecular and cellular biology as an undergraduate at Kalamazoo College, and later, as a graduate student at Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, I decided to devote my career to researching the molecular basis of cancer. This has provided me with the opportunity to study interesting questions that are both fundamental to biology and also of significance to our society. After graduate school, I worked first as a post-doctoral fellow and then as a Research Assistant Professor to determine the role of the interferon-inducible, dsRNA-activated protein kinase PKR in tumorigenesis. In 2016 I had the opportunity to join the Research group of Jonathan Licht, M.D. to study the role of chromatin dynamics in cancer. My projects in the Licht lab include: characterizing how histone mutations that disrupt nucleosome structure may cause changes in gene expression that drive the tumorigenic phenotype, analyzing the mechanism by which an activating mutation of the histone methyltransferase NSD2 dysregulates the chromatin landscape to drive myeloma or ALL and identifying new genetic vulnerabilities in uveal melanoma.

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught

  1. IDH3931 – Interdisciplinary Junior Honors

    College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

  2. IDH4917 – Undergrad Research

    College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

  3. GMS6053 – Cancer Biology and Therapeutics

    College of Medicine

  4. GMS6001 – Fundamentals of Biomedical Sciences I

    College of Medicine

  5. GMS6065 – Fundamentals of Cancer Biology

    College of Medicine

  6. PAS5010 – Intro to Medicine 1

    College of Medicine

Research Profile

Areas of Interest

  • Biochemistry and Cell Biology
  • Cancer
  • Cancer Genetics
  • Cell signaling pathways
  • Gene expression
  • Regulation of Gene Expression

Publications

Academic Articles

Grants

  1. Investigating epigenetic mechanisms of cancer

    Active

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    NATL INST OF HLTH NCI

Education

  1. Ph.D.

    Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences

  2. B.A.

    Kalamazoo College

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 273-8333
Emails:
Business:
bennettr@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
ROOM 264
PO BOX 103633
2033 MOWRY ROAD
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610
Business Street:
CANCER AND GENETICS RESEARCH COMPLEX, ROOM 264
2033 MOWRY RD
 GAINESVILLE FL 326103010