Biochemistry
Eric A. Ortlund, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair
Biochemistry
Blerta Xhemalçe, PhD
Associate Professor
Biochemistry
Charles Bou-Nader, PhD
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry
Bo Liang
Associate Professor
Biochemistry
Graeme L. Conn, PhD
Professor
Biochemistry
Sohail Khoshnevis, PhD
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry
Fikri Avci, PhD
Associate Professor
Biochemistry
Anamika Patel, PhD
Assistant Professor
Research:
Research in the Ortlund Lab
We study the long intergenic non-coding RNA Growth Arrest Starvation 5 which play a role in modulating cell stress and inflammation by inhibiting the activity of the steroid receptors such as the glucocorticoid receptor and by sponging pro-inflammatory micro RNAs such as miR-125b
