Biology Experts

Dr. Marlene Belfort
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute
Distinguished Professor, Senior Advisor of The RNA Institute
Areas of expertise: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Regulation of Gene Expression, Biology of Introns, Small RNA regulation of genes in E. coli and Mycobacteria, Structure and function of inteins and their use in biotechnology
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Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute, Berglund Lab
Professor, Director of The RNA Institute
Areas of expertise: Myotonic dystrophy, RNA, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Therapeutic studies, Clinical research
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College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Environmental Health Sciences
Professor
Areas of expertise: Human health effects of environmental contaminants
Arun Richard Chandrasekaran
The RNA Institute
Senior Research Scientist
Areas of expertise: RNA, DNA nanotechnology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Biosensing, Clinical research
Alan Chen
Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Molecular biophysics and computational chemistry, Biomolecular computer simulations, RNA folding &amp, Structural biology, RNA-drug interactions
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College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Research Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Drug discovery, Genomics, Gene-expression, Microarrays, Flow cytometry, Enzymology, High throughput technologies
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College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cancer Research Center, The RNA Institute
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Cancer genomics, Functional genomics, Genetics, Breast cancer
Bijan K. Dey
The RNA Institute
Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute; Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Areas of expertise: Stem cells, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Non-coding RNAs, Epigenetics
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College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cancer Research Center, The RNA Institute
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Cancer, RNA, Stem cells, Therapy-resistant cancer cells
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
Professor
Areas of expertise: Studies the interaction of mosquito and tick-borne arboviruses, Arthropod vectors, Vertebrate hosts, Transmission intensity and perpetuation of pathogens
Andrei Lapenas, Ph.D.
Department of Geography & Planning, Institute for Transformational and Ecosystem-based Climate Adaptation (ITECA)
Professor; Program Director - Biodiversity, Conservation and Policy MS; ITECA Science Director
Areas of expertise: Global warming, Climate change, Climatology, Russia
Melinda Larsen
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute
Williams-Raycheff Endowed Professor
Areas of expertise: Organ formation, Tissue engineering, Cell-cell signaling, Cell-extracellular matrix signaling
Igor Lednev
Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute
Distinguished Professor, Williams-Raycheff Endowed Professor
Areas of expertise: Forensics, Forensic analysis, Raman spectroscopy, Crime scene investigation, Laser spectroscopy, Analytical and forensic chemistry, Biochemistry, Application of laser spectroscopy for biomedical diagnostics
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College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
Professor
Areas of expertise: Gene regulation, Infectious disease, Bacterial pathogenisis
Ewan McNay
Department of Psychology
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Role of insulin in brain function and memory, Diabetes, Alzheimer's disease
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College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Cancer Research Center
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Genetic Epidemiology, Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Cancer Genetic Susceptibility, Breast and Ovarian Cancer Genes, DNA Repair Genes, Role of Cancer Genes in Fetal and Placental Development, Gene-Environment Interactions, Family-Based and Genome-Wide Linkage and Association Studies
Rabi Musah
Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute, Learning Commons, Center for Achievement, Retention & Student Success (CARSS)
Professor Emerita
Areas of expertise: Isolation, Analysis, Biological evaluation and structure elucidation of natural products from medicinally important plants, Rational evaluation of folkloric, Ethno-medical, Traditional medicinal plants, Organic chemistry, Experimental physical chemistry, Biochemistry, Experimental methods of organic structure determination, Pharmacognosy
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Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute
Professor
Areas of expertise: Design and discovery of novel molecules to regulate protein function in nerve systems, ALS, Neurodegenerative diseases
Cara Pager
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Liver disease, Hepatitis C, RNA therapies, Virus-host interactions, Translational control, Replication and assembly of RNA viruses
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College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Structural biology, Computational biology, DNA replication
Maksim Royzen
Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Bio-orthogonal chemistry, RNA synthesis, Drug delivery, Pharmaceutical chemistry, Bioconjugation
Lawrence M. Schell
Department of Anthropology, College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Distinguished Professor
Areas of expertise: Anthropology, Minority health disparities, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Childhood development, Environmental health, Risk factors
Annalisa Scimemi
Department of Biological Sciences
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Risk factors, Imaging, Computational Neuroscience
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College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
Research Professor; Scientific Director, Principal Investigator and Co-Founder, Neural Stem Cell Institute
Areas of expertise: Developmental biology, Neuroscience