CancerQuest | Interview with Dr. Gabriela Chiosis

Dr. Gabriela Chiosis
Lab Head, Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Dr. Chiosis works to develop new drugs to treat cancer. In this interview she talks with us about her research into drugs that target proteins that act as molecular chaperones. She also addresses what is it like to be a female researcher in a field dominated by men.

Questions and Answers

	About Gabriela Chiosis(Time: 13 sec)
	Why do you find research interesting?(Time: 25 sec)
	When did you first experience lab research?(Time: 39 sec)
	What was your academic path as an undergraduate?(Time: 37 sec)
	What is the focus of your current research?(Time: 40 sec)
	What is a chaperone and how does it function in normal cells?(Time: 2 min 21 sec)
	How did you identify and develop the inhibitor on which you are working?(Time: 29 sec)
	How does your molecule work as an inhibitor?(Time: 1 min 3 sec)
	For which cancer types can this treatment be used?(Time: 1 min 21 sec)
	Have any of your compounds made it into clinical practices?(Time: 53 sec)
	Is your target molecule, hsp90, the only chaperonin pathway activated in diseased or cancerous cells?(Time: 1 min 59 sec)
	Do you involve graduate students in your research?(Time: 1 min 21 sec)
	Have you encountered any problems as a woman in science which is, typically, a male-dominated field?(Time: 1 min 47 sec)