Robert Gerard, PhD

Associate Professor
Internal Medicine, Molecular Biology
Graduate Program: Cancer Biology

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-648-4997
Office Fax: 214-648-1450

robert.gerard@utsouthwestern.edu

Education

Graduate SchoolUniversity of Miami (1982)

Research Interests

Adenovirus Vectors
Cancer
Tumor Imaging
Tumor Metastasis
Vector Targeting

Publications

Featured
Adenoviral targeting of gene expression to tumors

R T Hogg, J A Garcia and R D Gerard , Cancer Gene Therapy , February 2010; (online publication 2-5-10)

Featured
Retargeting adenoviral vectors to improve gene transfer into tumors.

Hogg RT, Thorpe P, Gerard RD, Cancer gene therapy, 2011 Apr; 18 (4):275-87

Percutaneous gene therapy using recombinant adenovirus vectors encoding human herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase, human PAI-1 and human NOS3 in balloon-injured porcine coronary arteries

Varenne O, P Sinnaeve, H Gillijns, B Iung, V Laurysens, K Meurrens, B Bout, D Valerio, D Collen, SP Janssens and RD Gerard , Human Gene Therapy , June 2000; (11):1329-1339

Structure of the adenovirus 5 fiber knob domain at 1.7E resolution

Xia, D, L Henry, RD Gerard and J Deisenhofer , Structure , June 1994; (2):1259-1270

Both u-PA inhibitory and vitronectin binding by plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 regulate tumor cell metastasis in vivo

Praus M, D Collen, RD Gerard , International Journal of Cancer , December 2002; (102):584-591

Enhancement of adenoviral vector entry into CD70-positive B cell lines using bispecific CD70/adenovirus fiber antibody

Israel B, R Pickles, D Segal, RD Gerard, S Sweeney , Journal of Virology , August 2001; (75):5215-5221

Labeling of adenovirus particles with PARACEST agents

Vasalatiy O, RD Gerard, P Zhao, X Sun, AD Sherry , Bioconjugate Chemistry , 2008; (19):598-606

Honors/Awards

AHA-Genentech Established Investigator

(1988)

PHS NRSA postdoctoral fellowship

(1984)

Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Cancer Fund fellowship

(1983)