The Jackson Laboratory Cancer Center

The Jackson Laboratory Cancer Center (JAXCC) is an independent, nonprofit biomedical research institution established in 1929 under the then-novel premise that cancer is a genetic disease. JAXCC has been an NCI-Designated Cancer Center since 1983, focusing on deciphering the complex genetics of cancer and designing precision models of the disease. It is based in Bar Harbor Maine, with a genomic medicine institute in Farmington, Connecticut, and facilities in Augusta and Ellsworth, Maine, in Sacramento, California, and in Shanghai, China.

JAXCC’s flagship research program, Genetic Models for Precision Cancer Medicine, combines the center’s technical and computational expertise with its unique knowledge of mouse models and human cancer genomics to identify precise therapeutic interventions and prevent and treat cancer.

Basic

Karolina Palucka, MD, PhD
Director

600 Main Street
Bar Harbor, ME 04609-0800

(207) 288-6041

Senior Leaders

Senior Leader	Title
Anna Karolina Palucka, MD, PhD	Center Director
Carol Bult, PhD	Associate Director, Cancer Research Career Development
Charles Wray, PhD	Associate Director, Training & Education
Jeffrey Chuang, PhD	Deputy Director
Mark Adams, PhD	Associate Director, Shared Resources
Susan Airhart, BS	Associate Director, Administration

Research Programs

Research Program	Program Leaders
Genetic Models for Precision Cancer Medicine	Jeffery Chuang, PhD; Olga Anczukow, PhD

Shared Resources

Category	Resource	Directors
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Cancer Models Development Resource	Leonard Shultz, PhD; Julia Oh, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Genetic Engineering Technologies	Cathleen Lutz, PhD, MBA
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Genome and Single Cell Technologies	Mark Adams, PhD; Stephen Murray, PhD
Cat 1: Laboratory Science	Phenotyping Technologies	John Sundberg, DVM, PhD; Robert Burgess, PhD; Derya Unutmaz, MD
Cat 6: Biostatistics	Computational Sciences	Jeffrey Chuang, PhD; Gregory Carter, PhD

Last Updated

June 5, 2024