Biomedical Sciences Faculty

Historically, the Department of Biomedical Sciences is recognized as one of the premier basic science departments in veterinary medicine and research conducted here has had a major global impact on experimental biology and medicine. Biomedical Sciences anchors veterinary education within the larger context of one medicine and tightly links the School with Penn's biomedical community.


	MONTSERRAT ANGUERA Member, Institute for Regenerative Medicine Member, CAMB graduate group (DSRB) Member, Center for Research on Reproduction & Women's Health Member, Institute for Immunology Member, Epigenetics Institute Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences	Lab Anguera Laboratory 215-898-0567 anguera@vet.upenn.edu Research Areas Epigenetics, X-Chromosome Inactivation, Xist RNA, female-biased autoimmunity, epigenetic analyses using female lymphocytes, allele-specific analyses, RNA/DNA FISH, microscopy, long noncoding RNAs
	MICHAEL ATCHISON Director, NIH/Boehringer-Ingelheim Summer Research Program Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences Director, VMD-PhD Program	(215) 898-6428 atchison@vet.upenn.edu Research Areas Transcription, Gene expression, Oncogenesis
	NARAYAN AVADHANI Professor of Biochemistry Emeritus	215-898-8819 narayan@vet.upenn.edu Research Areas Autoimmune diseases, Metabolic Regulation, Mitochondrial genetics, Mitochondrial function
	TIMOUR BASLAN Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences	tbaslan@upenn.edu Research Areas Cancer genetics and biology, sequencing and maths, method development
	M. ANDRES BLANCO (1) Assistant Professor, Biomedical Sciences (5) Cell and Molecular Biology (CAMB) graduate group (2) Institute for Regenerative Medicine (3) Abramson Cancer Center (4) Penn Vet Cancer Center (6) Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics (BMB) graduate group	Lab Blanco Laboratory Website ablanco@vet.upenn.edu Research Areas We study the mechanisms by which epigenetic information is encoded, interpreted, and propagated in normal and pathological (eg. cancerous) cell identity programs.
	RALPH BRINSTER Professor of Physiology Professor of Physiology, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and Graduate Faculty Richard King Mellon Professor of Reproductive Physiology	Lab Brinster Laboratory of Reproductive Physiology (215) 898-8805 brinster@vet.upenn.edu Research Areas Regenerative medicine, Germline stem cell development, Spermatogonial stem cells, Stem Cells
	PETER DODSON Professor of Anatomy Emeritus	dodsonp@vet.upenn.edu Research Areas Anatomy, Geology/Paleontology, Paleontology
	STEVEN FLUHARTY	(215) 898-9148 fluharty@vet.upenn.edu Research Areas Angiotensin, Neuropeptide
	SERGE FUCHS Professor of Cell Biology, Department of Biomedical Sciences Elizabeth and William Whitney Clark Professor of Oncology Director, Mari Lowe Center for Comparative Oncology	(215) 573-6949 syfuchs@vet.upenn.edu Research Areas Autoimmune diseases, Cytokines and Grown factors, Interferon, Ubiquitin, Cancer
	OLENA JACENKO Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Biomedical Sciences Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs	215 573-9447 jacenko@vet.upenn.edu Research Areas Blood cell differentiation, Hematopoietic disorders,Bone marrow transplants, Transgenic parasites
	ANNA KASHINA Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Biomedical Sciences	215 746-0895 akashina@vet.upenn.edu Research Areas Angiogenesis, Protein arginylation, Cancer
	CHRISTOPHER LENGNER Member, Institute for Regenerative Medicine Member, NIH P30 Center for Molecular Studies in Digestive and Liver Diseases Director, Center for Animal Transgenesis Member, Abramson Cancer Center Chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences Harriet Ellison Woodward Professor	Lab Lengner Laboratory 215-746-8425 lengner@vet.upenn.edu Research Areas Regenerative medicine, Cancer, Reprogramming, Oncogenesis, Oncogenic transformation, Somatic stem cells, Oncology, epithelium, regeneration
	NING LI Research Assistant Professor, Biomedical Sciences	215-746-7055 ningli@upenn.edu Research Areas colorectal cancer initiation, colorectal cancer progression, multi-drug resistance, epithelial-mesenchymal interactions, engineered mouse models
	FRANCIS LUCA Associate Professor, Cell Biology, Department of Biomedical Sciences	215-573-5664 fluca@vet.upenn.edu Research Areas Regulation of Cell Growth and Proliferation, Signal Transduction, Cell Cycle Regulation, Polarized Morphogenesis, Cancer, Yeast Genetics and Cell Biology
	MICHAEL MAY Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences	(215) 573 0940 maym@vet.upenn.edu Research Areas Inflammatory diseases, Inflammatory responses, Cancer, NF-Kappa B activation, Signal transduction, Chronic inflammatory diseases
	ANDREW MODZELEWSKI Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology, Biomedical Sciences	Lab Modzelewski Laboratory amodz@upenn.edu Research Areas retrotransposon activity, proteomics, genetics, bioinformatics, CRISR/Cas9 genome editing technologies, Transposons, Endogenous Retroviruses (ERV). CRISPR-EZ.
	ALI NABAVIZADEH Clinical Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences	alinabav@vet.upenn.edu Research Areas anatomy, dinosaurs, elephants, mastication
	JOHN PEHRSON Professor Emeritus	215 898-0454 pehrson@vet.upenn.edu Research Areas Chromatin, Gene regulation, Histone variants
	ELLEN PURÉ Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences Grace Lansing Lambert Professor of Biomedical Science Member, Abramson Cancer Center Member, Immunology Graduate Group Member, Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Group Member, Graduate Group in Pharmalogical Sciences Director, Penn Vet Cancer Center	Lab Puré Laboratory (215) 573-9406 epure@vet.upenn.edu
	KOTARO SASAKI Assistant Professor, Biomedical Sciences Member, Institute for Regenerative Medicine Assistant Professor	Lab Sasaki Laboratory 2155733764 ksasaki@upenn.edu Research Areas Germ cell biology, Spermatogenesis, Human development, Epigenetic reprogramming, Gonadogenesis, Adrenal development, Primate embryology, Embryonic stem cells, Stem cell biology, Genitourinary Pathology
	ANDREW VAUGHAN Assistant Professor, Biomedical Sciences Assistant Professor	Lab Vaughan Laboratory 2158987863 andrewva@vet.upenn.edu
	P. JEREMY WANG Professor of Developmental Biology, Department of Biomedical Sciences Director Ralph L. Brinster President's Distinguished Professor	Lab Wang Laboratory (215) 746-0160 pwang@vet.upenn.edu Research Areas Germline stem cell development, Infertility, Regenerative medicine, Spermatogonial stem cells
	ELIZABETH WOODWARD Clinical Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences	215-746-2062 emwoodw@vet.upenn.edu