University of Nebraska-Lincoln PhD. in Biochemistry Protein synthesis initiation in eukaryotic system Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville Research Fellow Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) mediated signal transduction Cellomics Inc., Pittsburgh Knowledge Engineer Information Specialist in Molecular Biology and Genetics HSLS, University of Pittsburgh Ansuman Chattopadhyay, Ph.D Present Head, Molecular Biology Information Service HSLS, University of Pittsburgh
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