Robert Gerard, PhD

Associate Professor
Internal Medicine, Molecular Biology
Graduate Program: Cancer Biology
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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
Tumor Imaging
Tumor Metastasis
Vector Targeting

Publications

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

Featured
Adenoviral targeting of gene expression to tumors

Hogg RT, J A Garcia and R D Gerard , Cancer Gene Therapy , 2010; 17

Labeling of adenovirus particles with PARACEST agents

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

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

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

Honors/Awards

AHA-Genentech Established Investigator

(1988)

PHS NRSA postdoctoral fellowship

(1984)

Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Cancer Fund fellowship

(1983)