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  • Alger, Bradley E., PhD, Professor Emeritus
    410-456-1098
    balgerlab@gmail.com
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  • Antalis, Toni M., PhD, Professor
    410-706-8222
    tantalis@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: thrombosis, ovarian cancer, fibrinolysis, coagulation, membrane serine protease, protease-activated receptor, PAR
  • Barlow, Samuel , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Bergman, Daniel R., PhD, Assistant Professor
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    Keywords: agent-based models, surrogate models, mathematical oncology, tumor-immune interactions, cancer systems biology, computational biology, multi-scale modeling, spatial transcriptomics
  • Bibollet, Hugo , PhD, MSc, Post Doc Fellow
    hbibollet@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Channelopathies, Ion channel, skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, heart, EC-coupling, CaV, Kv, NaV, voltage clamp
  • Blanpied, Thomas A., PhD, Professor
    410-706-4769
    tblanpied@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Synaptic transmission, neural plasticity, neuronal cell biology, optical physiology, spatial proteomics, neurophysiology, live-cell confocal imaging, super-resolution imaging, DNA PAINT, single-molecule tracking.
  • Blaustein, Mordecai P., MD, Professor Emeritus
    (410) 706-3345
    mblaustein@som.umaryland.edu
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  • Bloch, Robert J., PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-3020
    rbloch@umaryland.edu
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  • Bruce, Matthew , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Buzza, Marguerite , PhD, Research Associate
    (410) 706-8223
    mbuzza@som.umaryland.edu
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  • Cao, Chunzhang , PhD, Assistant Professor
    410-706-8041
    ccao@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: integrin CD11b/CD18 signaling, macrophages, neutrophils, NETS, atherosclerosis mouse model, multiple sclerosis mouse model
  • Casin, Kevin , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Cooper, Joanna M., PhD, Research Associate
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  • Dambaeva, Ariuna , MD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Damenti, Martina , MSc, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Diaz-Mendez, Felisa M., PhD, BS, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Dick, Ivy E., PhD, Associate Professor
    ied@som.umaryland.edu
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  • Dilip Kumar, Shilpa , PhD, Assistant Professor
    410-706-0859
    sdkumar@som.umaryland.edu
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  • Duru, Nadire , PhD, Research Associate
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  • Fang, Shengyun , PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-2220
    sfang@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Proteostasis, UBA1 activity enhancers, RNF5 inhibitor and degrader, drug discovery, ubiquitination, ERAD, unfolded protein response, VEXAS syndrome, spinal muscular atrophy, α-1-antitrypsin deficiency-associated liver disease, obesity-related cancer, aging, and age-related diseases.
  • Ferre, Sergi , MD, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor
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  • Ferrer, Christina M., PhD, Assistant Professor
    4107063261
    cferrer@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: cancer metastasis, pancreatic cancer, metastasis-initiating cells, dissemination, pancreatic cancer metastasis
  • Garg, Vivek , PhD, Assistant Professor
    410-706-7407
    vgarg@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Mitochondrial biology, calcium and redox signaling, cardiovascular physiology, muscle physiology, ion channels, transporters, membrane biophysics, electrophysiology, confocal imaging, metabolic disorders (Heart failure).
  • Geng, Degui , PhD, Assistant Professor
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  • Gnatt, Averell , PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
    (410) 706-8239 (office)
    agnat001@umaryland.edu
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  • Gover, Tony D., PhD, Adjunct Professor
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  • Gu, Jiajia , MD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Hamlyn, John M., PhD, Professor
    410-706-3479
    jhamlyn@umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Ouabain, Calcium Metabolism, Vascular Function, Brain, Hypertension, Heart Failure, Kidney Failure
  • Hariharan, Ashwini , PhD, Research Associate
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  • Harvey, Brandon K., PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor
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  • Heinbockel, Thomas , PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
    202-806-0058
    theinbockel@howard.edu
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    Keywords: Neuroscience, cellular and network mechanisms of brain function studied with electrophysiological, optical, anatomical, and pharmacological methods; neural signaling and synaptic transmission; drug discovery & development
  • Herb, Brian R., PhD, Assistant Professor
    bherb@som.umaryland.edu
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  • Isaacs, Dominic P., PhD, MS, BS, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Kao, Joseph P., PhD, Professor
    410-706-4167
    jkao@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Molecular probes, cellular physiology, neurophysiology, erythrocyte biology, optical microscopy, fluorescence, caged molecules, spin probes, magnetic imaging modalities, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR)
  • Kight, Katherine E., PhD, Assistant Professor
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  • Klotz, Remi V., PhD, Assistant Professor
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  • Koos, Robert D., PhD, Professor Emeritus
    (410) 706-8033
    rkoos@umaryland.edu
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  • Kramer, Audra A., PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Krueger, Bruce K., PhD, Professor
    410-706-5065
    bkrueger@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Autism, intellectual disability, brain development, valproic acid (VPA), gene-environment interactions, genomics, next-generation RNAseq, Down syndrome
  • Kumari, Anshu , PhD, Research Associate
    akumari@som.umaryland.edu
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  • Lakatta, Edward G., MD, Adjunct Professor
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  • Lederer, W. Jonathan , MD, PhD, Professor
    410-706-8181
    jlederer@umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Calcium Signaling, Calcium Sparks, Calcium-Dependent Arrhythmogenesis, Excitation-Contraction (EC) Coupling, Sodium Calcium Exchange Mechanisms, , X-ROS Signaling, , Cardiac Hypertrophy, Heart Failure, Cardiac Myocytes, Cardiac Mitochondria, Cardiac Cellular Physiology, Computational Biology, Super-Resolution Imaging, Confocal Imaging
  • Legenzov, Eric A., PhD, Research Associate
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  • Levy, Aaron , PhD, Research Associate
    410-706-0515
    aaron.levy@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: confocal microscopy, super-resolution microscopy, DNA-PAINT, synapse organization, neuronal cell biology, molecular biology, NMDA receptors, parvalbumin interneuron, nanostructure
  • Li, Guangming , PhD, Assistant Professor
    4107067977
    guangming.li@IHV.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: HIV-1, HBV, plasmacytoid dendritic cells, Immunopathology, immunotherapy, humanized mice, CAR-T
  • Li, Wei , PhD, Associate Professor
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  • Longden, Thomas A., PhD, Associate Professor
    (410) 706-1956
    thomas.longden@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: brain blood flow, neurovascular coupling, functional hyperemia, smooth muscle, endothelium, pericytes, astrocytes, neurons, ion channels, G-protein coupled receptors, ependymal cells, choroid plexus, plasticity, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, electrophysiology, optogenetics, multiphoton imaging
  • Lukyanenko, Valeriy I., PhD, Research Associate
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  • Mannella, Carmen A., PhD, Adjunct Professor
    410-706-4667
    cmannella@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Electron microscopy, electron tomography, mitochondria, cristae, bioenergetics, membrane remodeling, ion channels, VDAC
  • Martin, Stuart S., PhD, Professor
    410-706-6601
    ssmartin@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: cancer, breast cancer, metastasis, bioengineering, confocal microscopy
  • Mathur, Brian N., PhD, Professor
    410-706-8239
    bmathur@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Systems neuroscience
  • Matteson, Donald R., PhD, Associate Professor
    (410) 706-1809
    dmatteso@umaryland.edu
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  • Mauban, Joseph Ryan H., PhD, Assistant Professor
    410-706-3925
    jmauban@umaryland.edu
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  • McCarthy, Margaret M., PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-2655
    mmccarthy@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Neuroendocrinology, postnatal brain development, steroid hormone action, sex differences, epigenetics, neuroinflammation, neonatal hypoxia ischemia, behavior, neurohypophyseal hormones, endocannabinoids, amino acid transmitters, postnatal neurogenesis, synaptogenesis, astrocytes, microglia and mast cells.
  • Menon, Vipin , BS, MA, PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Meredith, Andrea L., PhD, Professor Emerita
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  • Mong, Jessica A., PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-4295
    jmong@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Sleep, Sleep circuity, Sex differences, Estradiol, Median Preoptic Nucleus, Women's Health, Insomnia, Arousal
  • Mukhopadhyay, Subhradip , PhD, Research Associate
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  • Nagalo, Bolni M., MSc, PhD, Associate Professor
    4107061951
    BNagalo@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Vesiculovirus engineering; VMG oncolytic vectors; Cancer gene therapy; Cancer vaccines; TME remodeling; stromal-modifying enzymes; apoptotic effectors; alloantigen delivery; immune-cold to T-cell–inflamed conversion; PDAC; CRC: HCC; viral preclinical testing; proteomics-based biomarker discovery; plasma biomarker identification; HBV-associated HCC; molecular diagnostics for low-resource settings; drug repurposing; viral antigen re-direction; immune memory enhancement; cost-effective cancer immunotherapy.
  • Nguyen, Dung M., PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Njar, Vincent C.O., PhD, Professor
    410-706-6364 (Baltimore); 240-314-6448 (Rockville)
    vnjar@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Medicinal Chemistry, oncopharmacology, anti-cancer drug discovery and development, small-molecule design and synthesis, cancers (breast, prostate, pancrease, skin), steroidal compounds, retinoidal compounds, steroid and retinoid-mimetics, pharmacokinetics, anti-tumor xenograft studies, inhibitors of CYP26, CYP17 and CYP19 (aromatase), AR antagonists, AR/AR-Vs degraders, Mnk1/2 degraders, inhibitors of oncogenic protein translation, Mnk1/2, eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4F/ eukaryotic initiation factor 4E, inhibitors of tumor growth and metastasis, mechanisms of action of anti-cancer agents.
  • Oshima, Yumiko , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Palha, Mitasha , PhD, BS, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Poulopoulos, Alexandros , PhD, Associate Professor
    apoulopoulos@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: cortical development; synaptogenesis; cell adhesion; mTOR; Neuroligin; epilepsy; autism; schizophrenia, neurodegeneration, CRISPR; in utero electroporation
  • Puranik, Puru , PhD, Assistant Professor
    240-314-6450
    ppuranik@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Medicinal chemistry, new drug discovery, small molecule synthesis, organic chemistry, design of bio-active molecules, anti-prostate cancer agents, anti-breast cancer agents, chemical process development, steroidal and retinoidal compounds.
  • Qiu, Yun , PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-4535
    yqiu@som.umaryland.edu
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  • Rathinam, Chozha , Dr. rer. nat., Associate Professor
    410-706-6158
    crathinam@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Stem Cells, Dendritic cells, Inflammation, Autoimmunity, Neuroinflammation, & HIV-induced hematopathology and immunodeficiencies.
  • Rizzo, Megan A., PhD, Associate Professor
    (410) 706-2421
    mrizzo@som.umaryland.edu
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  • Romanowski, Andrea , PhD, BS, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Saha, Sourav , PhD, Research Associate
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  • Su, Lishan , PhD, Professor
    410-706-7878
    lsu@ihv.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Immunology, virology, immunotherapeutic antibody and CAR-T cells
  • Su, Yangqi , PhD, BS, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Sun, Yilun , PhD, Assistant Professor
    410-706-7287
    yilun.sun@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Topoisomerases, PARP, chemotherapy, DNA repair, ubiquitin-like modifications
  • Thomas, Elizabeth , PhD, Research Associate
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  • Thompson, Scott M., PhD, Adjunct Professor
    410-706-5817
    sthom003@umaryland.edu
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  • Trudeau, Matthew C., PhD, Professor
    410-706-5551
    mtrudeau@som.umaryland.edu
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  • Vieira, Daiana C O., PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Vitolo, Michele I., PhD, Assistant Professor
    410-706-3331
    mvitolo@som.umaryland.edu
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  • Vogel, Bruce E., PhD, Assistant Professor
    (410) 706-4516
    BVogel@som.umaryland.edu
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  • Wade, James B., PhD, Professor Emeritus
    410-706-3190
    jwade@umaryland.edu
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  • Weir, Nicholas J., PhD, Research Associate
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  • Welling, Paul A., MD, Adjunct Professor
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  • Wier, Withrow Gil , PhD, Professor Emeritus
    410-706-3349
    gwier001@umaryland.edu
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  • Wolff, Steffen B.E., PhD, Assistant Professor
    swolff@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Motor skill learning, Learning and Memory, Basal Ganglia, Motor Cortex, Thalamus
  • Wong, Shenq Huey , PhD, Research Associate
    (410) 706-4343
    shwong@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Glucokinase, biosensor, mouse model, islet, metabolism, imaging.
  • Woodward, Owen M., PhD, Associate Professor
    410 706 1760
    owoodward@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Uric Acid, Urate, Gout, Kidney, Renal Physiology, Polycystic Kidney Disease
  • Wulff, Andreas , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Yan, Wenjing , DSci, Research Associate
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  • Yang, Xi , DM, Research Associate
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  • Ying, Haoxuan , BS, Visiting Research Fellow
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  • Yu, Min , PhD, Professor
    410-706-6479 (office)
    Min.Yu@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Circulating tumor cells, Cancer metastasis, Brain metastasis, Breast cancer, Liquid Biopsy
  • Zhang, Li , PhD, Professor
    410-706-8040
    lizhang@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Cardiovascular diseases, Autoimmunity, inflammation, stem cells, macrophages, integrin, cell adhesion
  • Zhao, Guiling , PhD, Assistant Professor
    (410) 706-6240 (office)
    gzhao@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Physiology, Calcium Signaling, Microcirculation, Blood flow control, Arterial smooth muscle cell, Ventricular Myocyte, Endothelial Cell, Cerebral Artery, Coronary Artery, Electrophysiology, Super Resolution Imaging, Confocal Imaging, Patch Clamp, Pressurized artery, Capillary, Pericyte, Electro-Metabolic Signaling
  • Zhong, Yongwang , DSci, Research Associate
    (410) 706-3443
    yzhong@umaryland.edu
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  • Zhu, Linying , PhD, Research Associate
    lzhu@som.umaryland.edu
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    Keywords: Cancer therapy, Topoisomerases, Supercoiling, DNA repair, Cell plasticity.
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