Aykut Üren received his MD from Hacettepe University in1994. He is a full professor at the Department of Oncology at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. His research interests are mainly in molecular biology, oncogenes, and signal transduction in pediatric sarcomas. He specifically studies Ewing sarcoma, osteosarcoma, and rhabdomyosarcoma. His research team is working on developing small molecule inhibitors for EWS::FLI1, PAX3::FOXO1, CD99, and ezrin proteins. He is the director of the Biacore Molecular Interactions Shared Resource, which assists other investigators with their surface plasmon resonance technology needs.