Assistant Professor, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; Division of Bioinformatics, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, UCSF
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Education
2006-09, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, PhD, Physiology, Biophysics, and Systems Biology
2004-06, University of Michigan. MS, Bioinformatics
1995-99, University of California, San Diego, BS
Professional Experience
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2012-present
Assistant Professor, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Division of Bioinformatics, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF
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2010-2012
Visiting Scientist, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)
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2009-
David H. Koch Fellow in Cancer Genomics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, NY)
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2006-09
Graduate Student Research, Laboratory of Chris Sander, Computational Biology Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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2004-06
Graduate Student Research, Laboratory of Arul M. Chinnaiyan, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School
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1998-99
Research Assistant, Laboratory of Edwin Hutchins, Department of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego
Honors & Awards
- 2011
Young Investigator Award, Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) - 2009
Young Investigator Award, Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS) 15thAnnual Meeting [Shared with J. Barretina, Broad Institute] - 2008
Second Place Award, Applied Biosystems SOLiDTM 3 System $10K GenomeGrant Program, Life Technologies, Inc. - 2008
Geoffrey Beene Graduate Fellowship, The Geoffrey Beene Cancer ResearchCenter, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Selected Publications
- Integrated genomic characterization of endometrial carcinoma. Nature. 2013 May 2; 497(7447):67-73.
View on PubMed - Iyer G, Hanrahan AJ, Milowsky MI, Al-Ahmadie H, Scott SN, Janakiraman M, Pirun M, Sander C, Socci ND, Ostrovnaya I, Viale A, Heguy A, Peng L, Chan TA, Bochner B, Bajorin DF, Berger MF, Taylor BS, Solit DB. Genome sequencing identifies a basis for everolimus sensitivity. Science. 2012 Oct 12; 338(6104):221.
View on PubMed - Comprehensive molecular characterization of human colon and rectal cancer. Nature. 2012 Jul 19; 487(7407):330-7.
View on PubMed - Crago AM, Socci ND, DeCarolis P, O'Connor R, Taylor BS, Qin LX, Antonescu CR, Singer S. Copy number losses define subgroups of dedifferentiated liposarcoma with poor prognosis and genomic instability. Clin Cancer Res. 2012 Mar 1; 18(5):1334-40.
View on PubMed - Hanrahan AJ, Schultz N, Westfal ML, Sakr RA, Giri DD, Scarperi S, Janakiraman M, Janikariman M, Olvera N, Stevens EV, She QB, Aghajanian C, King TA, Stanchina Ed, Spriggs DR, Heguy A, Taylor BS, Sander C, Rosen N, Levine DA, Solit DB. Genomic complexity and AKT dependence in serous ovarian cancer. Cancer Discov. 2012 Jan; 2(1):56-67.
View on PubMed - Taylor BS, DeCarolis PL, Angeles CV, Brenet F, Schultz N, Antonescu CR, Scandura JM, Sander C, Viale AJ, Socci ND, Singer S. Frequent alterations and epigenetic silencing of differentiation pathway genes in structurally rearranged liposarcomas. Cancer Discov. 2011 Dec; 1(7):587-97.
View on PubMed - Morris LG, Taylor BS, Bivona TG, Gong Y, Eng S, Brennan CW, Kaufman A, Kastenhuber ER, Banuchi VE, Singh B, Heguy A, Viale A, Mellinghoff IK, Huse J, Ganly I, Chan TA. Genomic dissection of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)/PI3K pathway reveals frequent deletion of the EGFR phosphatase PTPRS in head and neck cancers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Nov 22; 108(47):19024-9.
View on PubMed - Chen M, Pratt CP, Zeeman ME, Schultz N, Taylor BS, O'Neill A, Castillo-Martin M, Nowak DG, Naguib A, Grace DM, Murn J, Navin N, Atwal GS, Sander C, Gerald WL, Cordon-Cardo C, Newton AC, Carver BS, Trotman LC. Identification of PHLPP1 as a tumor suppressor reveals the role of feedback activation in PTEN-mutant prostate cancer progression. Cancer Cell. 2011 Aug 16; 20(2):173-86.
View on PubMed - Taylor BS, Barretina J, Maki RG, Antonescu CR, Singer S, Ladanyi M. Advances in sarcoma genomics and new therapeutic targets. Nat Rev Cancer. 2011 Aug; 11(8):541-57.
View on PubMed - Xing F, Persaud Y, Pratilas CA, Taylor BS, Janakiraman M, She QB, Gallardo H, Liu C, Merghoub T, Hefter B, Dolgalev I, Viale A, Heguy A, De Stanchina E, Cobrinik D, Bollag G, Wolchok J, Houghton A, Solit DB. Concurrent loss of the PTEN and RB1 tumor suppressors attenuates RAF dependence in melanomas harboring (V600E)BRAF. Oncogene. 2012 Jan 26; 31(4):446-57.
View on PubMed - Integrated genomic analyses of ovarian carcinoma. Nature. 2011 Jun 30; 474(7353):609-15.
View on PubMed - Ugras S, Brill E, Jacobsen A, Hafner M, Socci ND, Decarolis PL, Khanin R, O'Connor R, Mihailovic A, Taylor BS, Sheridan R, Gimble JM, Viale A, Crago A, Antonescu CR, Sander C, Tuschl T, Singer S. Small RNA sequencing and functional characterization reveals MicroRNA-143 tumor suppressor activity in liposarcoma. Cancer Res. 2011 Sep 1; 71(17):5659-69.
View on PubMed - Bott M, Brevet M, Taylor BS, Shimizu S, Ito T, Wang L, Creaney J, Lake RA, Zakowski MF, Reva B, Sander C, Delsite R, Powell S, Zhou Q, Shen R, Olshen A, Rusch V, Ladanyi M. The nuclear deubiquitinase BAP1 is commonly inactivated by somatic mutations and 3p21.1 losses in malignant pleural mesothelioma. Nat Genet. 2011 Jul; 43(7):668-72.
View on PubMed - Clegg NJ, Couto SS, Wongvipat J, Hieronymus H, Carver BS, Taylor BS, Ellwood-Yen K, Gerald WL, Sander C, Sawyers CL. MYC cooperates with AKT in prostate tumorigenesis and alters sensitivity to mTOR inhibitors. PLoS One. 2011; 6(3):e17449.
View on PubMed - Taylor BS, Ladanyi M. Clinical cancer genomics: how soon is now? J Pathol. 2011 Jan; 223(2):318-26.
View on PubMed - Brill E, Gobble R, Angeles C, Lagos-Quintana M, Crago A, Laxa B, Decarolis P, Zhang L, Antonescu C, Socci ND, Taylor BS, Sander C, Koff A, Singer S. ZIC1 overexpression is oncogenic in liposarcoma. Cancer Res. 2010 Sep 1; 70(17):6891-901.
View on PubMed - Joseph EW, Pratilas CA, Poulikakos PI, Tadi M, Wang W, Taylor BS, Halilovic E, Persaud Y, Xing F, Viale A, Tsai J, Chapman PB, Bollag G, Solit DB, Rosen N. The RAF inhibitor PLX4032 inhibits ERK signaling and tumor cell proliferation in a V600E BRAF-selective manner. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Aug 17; 107(33):14903-8.
View on PubMed - Barretina J, Taylor BS, Banerji S, Ramos AH, Lagos-Quintana M, Decarolis PL, Shah K, Socci ND, Weir BA, Ho A, Chiang DY, Reva B, Mermel CH, Getz G, Antipin Y, Beroukhim R, Major JE, Hatton C, Nicoletti R, Hanna M, Sharpe T, Fennell TJ, Cibulskis K, Onofrio RC, Saito T, Shukla N, Lau C, Nelander S, Silver SJ, Sougnez C, Viale A, Winckler W, Maki RG, Garraway LA, Lash A, Greulich H, Root DE, Sellers WR, Schwartz GK, Antonescu CR, Lander ES, Varmus HE, Ladanyi M, Sander C, Meyerson M, Singer S. Subtype-specific genomic alterations define new targets for soft-tissue sarcoma therapy. Nat Genet. 2010 Aug; 42(8):715-21.
View on PubMed - Taylor BS, Schultz N, Hieronymus H, Gopalan A, Xiao Y, Carver BS, Arora VK, Kaushik P, Cerami E, Reva B, Antipin Y, Mitsiades N, Landers T, Dolgalev I, Major JE, Wilson M, Socci ND, Lash AE, Heguy A, Eastham JA, Scher HI, Reuter VE, Scardino PT, Sander C, Sawyers CL, Gerald WL. Integrative genomic profiling of human prostate cancer. Cancer Cell. 2010 Jul 13; 18(1):11-22.
View on PubMed - Janakiraman M, Vakiani E, Zeng Z, Pratilas CA, Taylor BS, Chitale D, Halilovic E, Wilson M, Huberman K, Ricarte Filho JC, Persaud Y, Levine DA, Fagin JA, Jhanwar SC, Mariadason JM, Lash A, Ladanyi M, Saltz LB, Heguy A, Paty PB, Solit DB. Genomic and biological characterization of exon 4 KRAS mutations in human cancer. Cancer Res. 2010 Jul 15; 70(14):5901-11.
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