Dr. Joseph Reese

Biography

Joseph C. Reese is a Distinguished Professor in the Eberly College of Science. He obtained his B.A. in Biology from Boston University and pursued his Ph.D. in Molecular Physiology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he researched the molecular actions of estrogen agonists and antagonists. After completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center under the Damon Runyon Walter Winchell Cancer Research Fund, he joined the faculty in 1997. His research focuses on stress-induced gene expression and the pathways that enable eukaryotic cells to cope with DNA damage that may lead to uncontrolled cell proliferation and cancer. His laboratory employs a combination of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology to study the mechanisms controlling gene expression under stress conditions. Major interests include the regulatory roles of mRNA decay factors in DNA damage responses and the Ccr4-Not complex, a crucial regulator of gene expression. Reese has published extensively, contributing to the understanding of transcriptional regulation and mRNA metabolism, and has received notable honors including being elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2015.

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