Nora Heisterkamp

Nora Heisterkamp is a molecular biologist specializing in hematopoietic signaling and bone marrow niche biology with translational relevance to leukemia and cancer bone marrow involvement. Her research has characterized CXCR4-CXCL12 axis signaling in cancer cell homing to bone marrow, providing therapeutic targets to disrupt protective interactions between tumor cells and the bone marrow niche. She investigates how bone marrow stromal cells confer chemotherapy resistance to leukemia and cancer cells. Her work has implications for mobilization strategies and disrupting bone marrow sanctuary sites.