The Roper Lab is studying the function of gastrointestinal stem cells in inflammation, repair, and cancer. The long-term goal of our research is to develop new approaches to diagnose and treat inflammatory bowel disease, colorectal cancer, and other gastrointestinal diseases.
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
Sedlak JC, Yilmaz .H*, Roper J* METABOLISM AND COLORECTAL CANCER Annu Rev […]
Almeqdadi M, Mana MD, Roper J*, Yilmaz ÖH. Gut Organoids: Mini-Tissues in […]
Roper J*, Tammela T, Akkad A, Almeqdadi M, Santos SB, Jacks T, […]
RECENT LAB NEWS
Jatin Roper, Jiangbo Wang, and Bob Mook win the Fall 2020 Duke Incubation Fund Award! The goal of the project is to develop a novel compound to treat inflammatory bowel disease.
Jatin publishes a paper with Robb Chapkin in EMBO Journal reporting on the role of aryl hydrocarbon receptor signaling in colonic stem cell function
Jatin co-authors a paper in Cell Stem Cell with Fernando Camargo about the role of Hippo signaling in colorectal cancer
Open postdoctoral fellowship position
