Dr. Virginia Espina

 

Research Assistant Professor
  Email: vespina@gmu.edu
  Website: http://www.gmu.edu/departments/lifesciences/proteomics/

 

Work Phone: 703-993-8062
  Fax: 703-993-4288
  Office: Bull Run Hall Room 325
 
BioSketch:

 
Academic Background:

Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY Medical Technology, B.S. 1982 Altoona Hospital, Altoona, PA 1982 Clinical laboratory training Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Biotechnology, M.S. 1999
 

Research Interests:

Translational medicine in relation to cellular signaling processes in Multiple Myeloma, and adult and pediatric cancers including breast cancer, lung cancer, and Rhabdomyosarcoma. A major research initiative focuses on the preservation and stabilization of phosphoproteins in tissue and cellular samples.

Recent Publications
 
Laser Capture Microdissection
V Espina  JD Wulfkuhle   VS Calvert  A VanMeter  W Zhou  G Coukos  DH Geho  EF Petricoin  LA Liotta           
Nature Protocols  2006  1  2  586
Protein microarray detection strategies: focus on direct detection technologies
V Espina  E Woodhouse  J Wulfkuhle  H Asmussen  E Petricoin III  L Liotta                
J Immunol Methods  2004  290   121
Protein microarrays: Meeting analytical challenges for clinical applications.
L Liotta  V Espina  A Mehta  V Calvert  K Rosenblatt  D Geho  P Munson  L Young  J Wulfkuhle  E Petricoin III         
Cancer Cell.  2003  3   317
 
 

 

 

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