Associate Professor
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO 63104, Missouri, United States
I am an Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. I have a Pharm.D./Ph.D. degree and received education in protein chemistry, structural biology, biophysics and pharmacology. My research focuses on the mechanistic aspects of thrombosis, with a particular interest in a pathological condition called antiphospholipid syndrome. This condition is caused by dysregulation of the adaptive immune system, resulting in prothrombotic autoantibodies called antiphospholipid antibodies. Studies in my laboratory have advanced our fundamental knowledge of how coagulation works and how antiphospholipid antibodies modulate the coagulation cascade. These discoveries are helping to develop new diagnostic assays, compounds, and biologics with therapeutic value. I have published 60+ manuscripts and deposited 20+ protein structures in the protein data bank. I am co-inventor of two approved and one pending patent describing the invention and application of anticoagulant proteins, one of which is in clinical trials.
Saturday, June 22, 2024
13:30 – 13:45 ICT
Saturday, June 22, 2024
14:00 – 14:15 ICT
Sunday, June 23, 2024
10:15 – 10:30 ICT
SOA 19.1 - Biophysical approaches in understanding the antiphospholipid syndrome
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
08:00 – 08:20 ICT
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
13:45 – 14:45 ICT