Martin Bakht, PhD

Instructor

Martin Bakht, PhD

My work focuses on the impact of lineage plasticity on molecular imaging targets in prostate cancer.

​Awards:

  • Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award
  • DoD PCRP Early Investigator Research Award

Select Publications: 

  1. Bakht MK et al. Differential expression of glucose transporters and hexokinases in prostate cancer with a neuroendocrine gene signature: a mechanistic perspective for FDG imaging of PSMA-suppressed tumors. Journal of Nuclear Medicine (2019)
  2. Bakht MK et al. Neuroendocrine differentiation of prostate cancer leads to PSMA suppression. Endocrine-Related Cancer (2019)
  3. Bakht MK et al. Identification of alternative protein targets of glutamate-ureido-lysine associated with PSMA tracer uptake in prostate cancer cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci (2022)
  4. Bakht MK et al. Landscape of prostate specific membrane antigen heterogeneity and regulation in AR-positive and AR-negative metastatic prostate cancer, Nature Cancer (2023)