
Darren Tyson
Instructor in the Department of Pharmacology & Cancer BiologyOverview
Darren Tyson is an experimental biologist by training and a computational biologist in practice. Prior to joining Duke at the end of 2024, he was a Research Associate Professor of Pharmacology at Vanderbilt University. His recent work is in the realm of cancer systems biology where he examines how individual cancer cells respond to changes in their environment, especially therapeutic intervention and the development of resistance. Outside of work he is an avid biker and hiker and lover of all things outdoors.
Positions
Instructor in the Department of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology in the School of Medicine
2024 School of Medicine
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute in the School of Medicine
2025 School of Medicine
Education
Ph.D., Saint Louis University 1998
1998 Saint Louis University
Publications, Grants & Awards
- Grants (2)
- Academics Articles (73)
- Conference Pages (1)
- Book Sections (3)
Coordinating Center for the NCI Small Cell Lung Cancer Research Consortium
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Mechanisms of Arginine Deprivation in Small Cell Lung Cancer
National Institutes of Health
Offices & Contact
Durham, NC
27710