Dates: August 2011 - July 2012

Current position: Associate Professor of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331

Jane Ishmael's laboratory studies the mechanism of action of new chemical entities that have arisen in nature and have the potential to inspire future drug development. Main projects are currently centered on structures with anticancer potential that were collection from unique marine ecosystems in Panama and South Africa.

Hau, A.M., Greenwood, J.A., Löhr, C.V., Serrill, J.D., Proteau, P.J., Ganley, I.G., McPhail, K.L. and Ishmael, J.E. (2013) Coibamide A induces mTOR-independent autophagy and cell death in human glioblastoma cells. PLoS One Jun 6;8(6) e65250. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065250.