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Molecular Biology
Canada
2025

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
93
Citations
28943
World Ranking
684
National Ranking
19

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Canada Leader Award
  • 2007 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Morag Park is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. Their work encompasses various subfields including Molecular Biology, Oncology, Cancer Research, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Immunology.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Brain Metastases and Treatment
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Cancer Mechanisms and Therapy
  • Cancer-related Molecular Pathways

Morag Park has frequently published in these venues:

  • Cancer Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature
  • Neuro-Oncology

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

  • Hellen Kuasne (24 joint works)
  • Peter M. Siegel (21 joint works)
  • Anne-Marie Fortier (20 joint works)
  • Dongmei Zuo (16 joint works)
  • Matthew Dankner (15 joint works)

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Morag Park are:

  • Single-cell spatial immune landscapes of primary and metastatic brain tumours, 2023, Nature
  • Tumour-associated macrophages drive stromal cell-dependent collagen crosslinking and stiffening to promote breast cancer aggression, 2020, Nature Materials
  • GLUT1 inhibition blocks growth of RB1-positive triple negative breast cancer, 2020, Nature Communications
  • PHGDH heterogeneity potentiates cancer cell dissemination and metastasis, 2022, Nature
  • The tumor-derived cytokine Chi3l1 induces neutrophil extracellular traps that promote T cell exclusion in triple-negative breast cancer, 2023, Immunity

Morag Park has been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada since 2007 under the Academy of Science division.

Best Publications

  • Stromal gene expression predicts clinical outcome in breast cancer

    Greg Finak;Nicholas Bertos;Francois Pepin;Francois Pepin;Svetlana Sadekova

  • Molecular cloning of a new transforming gene from a chemically transformed human cell line

    Colin S. Cooper;Morag Park;Donald G. Blair;Michael A. Tainsky

  • Sequence of MET protooncogene cDNA has features characteristic of the tyrosine kinase family of growth-factor receptors

    M Park;M Dean;K Kaul;M J Braun

  • Mechanism of met oncogene activation

    Morag Park;Michael Dean;Colin S. Cooper;Martin Schmidt

  • InlB-Dependent Internalization of Listeria Is Mediated by the Met Receptor Tyrosine Kinase

    Yang Shen;Monica Naujokas;Morag Park;Keith Ireton

  • VEGF Inhibits Tumor Cell Invasion and Mesenchymal Transition through a MET/VEGFR2 Complex

    Kan V. Lu;Jeffrey P. Chang;Christine A. Parachoniak;Melissa M. Pandika

  • Pten in stromal fibroblasts suppresses mammary epithelial tumours

    Anthony J. Trimboli;Carmen Z. Cantemir-Stone;Fu Li;Julie A. Wallace

  • Mutation of the c-Cbl TKB Domain Binding Site on the Met Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Converts It into a Transforming Protein

    Pascal Peschard;Tanya M Fournier;Louie Lamorte;Monica A Naujokas

  • The tyrosine phosphatase SHP-2 is required for sustained activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase and epithelial morphogenesis downstream from the met receptor tyrosine kinase.

    Christiane R. Maroun;Monica A. Naujokas;Marina Holgado-Madruga;Albert J. Wong

  • Tumorigenicity of the met proto-oncogene and the gene for hepatocyte growth factor.

    Sing Rong;M. Bodescot;D. Blair;J. Dunn

  • Activation of Cdc42, Rac, PAK, and Rho-Kinase in Response to Hepatocyte Growth Factor Differentially Regulates Epithelial Cell Colony Spreading and Dissociation

    Isabelle Royal;Nathalie Lamarche-Vane;Louie Lamorte;Kozo Kaibuchi

  • The human met oncogene is related to the tyrosine kinase oncogenes

    Michael Dean;Morag Park;Michelle M. Le Beau;Terry S. Robins

  • Spatially distinct tumor immune microenvironments stratify triple-negative breast cancers

    Tina Gruosso;Mathieu Gigoux;Venkata Satya Kumar Manem;Venkata Satya Kumar Manem;Nicholas Bertos

  • Coexpression of hepatocyte growth factor and receptor (Met) in human breast carcinoma.

    A B Tuck;M Park;E E Sterns;A Boag

  • miR-378∗ Mediates Metabolic Shift in Breast Cancer Cells via the PGC-1β/ERRγ Transcriptional Pathway

    Lillian J. Eichner;Marie Claude Perry;Catherine R. Dufour;Nicholas Bertos

  • Breast cancer — one term, many entities?

    Nicholas R. Bertos;Morag Park

  • Reprogramming of the tumour microenvironment by stromal PTEN-regulated miR-320

    A. Bronisz;J. Godlewski;J. A. Wallace;A.S. Merchant

  • Hepatocyte Growth Factor-induced Scatter of Madin-Darby Canine Kidney Cells Requires Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase

    Isabelle Royal;Morag Park

  • Molecular Mechanism for the Shp-2 Tyrosine Phosphatase Function in Promoting Growth Factor Stimulation of Erk Activity

    Zhong-Qing Shi;De-Hua Yu;Morag Park;Mark Marshall

  • Escape from Cbl-mediated downregulation: a recurrent theme for oncogenic deregulation of receptor tyrosine kinases.

    Pascal Peschard;Morag Park

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter M. Siegel
Peter M. Siegel McGill University
William J. Muller
William J. Muller McGill University
Benjamin Haibe-Kains
Benjamin Haibe-Kains Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Cheryl H. Arrowsmith
Cheryl H. Arrowsmith Structural Genomics Consortium
Michel L. Tremblay
Michel L. Tremblay McGill University
Mathieu Lupien
Mathieu Lupien Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Jiannis Ragoussis
Jiannis Ragoussis McGill University
Vincent Giguère
Vincent Giguère McGill University
Guillaume Bourque
Guillaume Bourque McGill University
Gustavo Leone
Gustavo Leone Medical University of South Carolina

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