# Naama Kanarek Assistant Professor of Pathology ![Naama Kanarek](/sites/g/files/omnuum13191/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2026-08/Kanarek_profile.png?itok=nIq_ErZA) email laptop\_windows [Lab Website](https://www.kanareklab.com/) laptop\_windows [Publications](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XRgJLYIAAAAJ&hl=en) The Kanarek Laboratory is interested in folate metabolism. It is surprising that this essential vitamin, so famous for its key role in development, hematopoiesis and cancer progression, is still a mystery when it comes to its cellular and whole-body sensing and homeostasis. The Kanarek lab applies genetic perturbations, biochemical assays, molecular biology, functional genomic screens, and metabolite profiling by mass spectrometry in cell-culture systems and in vivo to study basic folate biology including folate metabolism, folate-related signal transduction, the oncogenic role of folate and folate homeostasis in normal physiology and pathological conditions. - ## Person Categories [Faculty](/person-categories/faculty) - ## Research Area [Cancer biology](/research-area/cancer-biology) [Metabolic regulation](/research-area/metabolic-regulation)