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Donald G. Phinney
Professor, Molecular Therapeutics
Email: dphinney@scripps.edu
Dr. Phinney received his bachelor degree in chemistry and mathematics from the University of Vermont and a doctoral degree in biochemistry from Temple University Medical School in Philadelphia. He then did a post-doc at Fox Chase Cancer Center, where he received an American Cancer Society Fellowship to study the transcriptional regulation of the proto-oncogene junB. Dr. Phinney then spent nine years at Tulane University, where he advanced through the ranks to Professor of Immunology and Microbiology and Associate Director of Research at the Center for Gene Therapy. He also served as Director of the Good Manufacturing Facility at Tulane from 2008 to 2009. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Molecular Therapeutics at the Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter, Florida.
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Lynn Talaia
Administrative Assistant
Email: LTalaia@scripps.edu
Phone: 561-228-2242
Fax: 561-228-3061
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Christopher Haga
Post-doctoral Associate
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Christopher Haga, PhD, received his undergraduate degrees from Vanderbilt University. He received his PhD in microbiology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the Division of Developmental and Clinical Immunology. He joined the Phinney Lab in the Department of Molecular Therapeutics at Scripps Florida after a postdoctoral fellowship at the Emory Vaccine Center. His research is focused on examining the role of miRNAs in regulating stem cell fate.
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Siddaraju Boregowda
Graduate Student
Email: sboregow@scripps.edu
Sid Boregowda received a BVSc & AH (equivalent to DVM) at the University of Agricultural Sciences in Bangalore, India in 2004 and a MVSc in Veterinary Pharmacology from the Indian Veterinary Research Institute in Bareilly, India in 2007. He was accepted into the Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences at Tulane University Health Sciences Center in 2007 and relocated with Dr. Phinney to Scripps Florida in 2009. Sid is currently a graduate student in the Kellogg School of Science and Technology at The Scripps Research Institute and is studying the anti-inflammatory activity of mesenchymal stem cells in models of acute lung injury.
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Veena Krishnappa
Graduate Student
Email: vkrishna@scripps.edu
Veena Krishnappa received a BVSc & AH (equivalent to DVM) M at the University of Agricultural Sciences in Bengaluru, India in 2004 and a MVSc in Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology from the Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU) in Bengaluru, India in 2006. She was accepted into the Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences at Tulane University Health Sciences Center in 2008 and relocated with Dr. Phinney to Scripps Florida in 2009. Veena is currently a graduate student in the Kellogg School of Science and Technology at The Scripps Research Institute and is studying the molecular mechanisms that regulate self-renewal and lineage specification of mesenchymal stem cells.
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Nibal Eid
Undergraduate Student
Email: NEid@scripps.edu
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