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Vice Chair,
Department of Biomedical Sciences
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Professor,
Department of Biomedical Sciences
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- Primary Address
- Business
- Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
- 1000 Oakland Drive
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Kalamazoo, MI, United States 49008
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Research
Research Statement
My research area is focused on DNA elements that contribute to site-specific genome instability. In a present study, we are investigating the influence of guanine quadruplex structures on polycystic kidney disease development.
Area of Expertise
- quadruplex DNA
- mismatch repair
- Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion
- Somatic Hypermutation, Immunoglobulin
- Nucleic Acid Structure or Function
- Mutagenesis
- Molecular Genetics
- Immunoglobulin Class Switching
- Genome Instability
- Genes, Immunoglobulin
- Evolution, Molecular
- Double strand break repair
- DNA Replication
- DNA Repair Enzymes
- Cancer Genetics
- Biochemistry, Proteins
- Biochemistry, Nucleic Acids
- Base Excision Repair