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Richard Kriwacki, PhD

Member, St. Jude Faculty

Co-Leader, Cancer Biology Program

Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Sciences, UT Health Science Center, Memphis

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Kriwacki was one of 18 St. Jude investigators recognized on the 2025 Web of Science (TM) list of highly cited researchers.

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Richard Kriwacki, PhD

Structural Biology

MS 311, Room M7434

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

262 Danny Thomas Place

Memphis, TN 38105-3678

MS – University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT PhD – Yale University, New Haven, CT

Regulation of cell division, apoptosis and ribosome biogenesis
Intrinsically disordered proteins, including p21- and p27-mediated regulation of Cdks that control cell division
Molecular mechanisms by which cytosolic p53 regulates intrinsic apoptosis
Phase separation in nucleolar structure, function and dynamics and how this relates to neurodegenerative diseases