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Environmental Biology
Grambling State University
United States of America
Dr. Melvenia Martin is an assistant professor of biology. She earned her M.S. in cellular and molecular biology and a Ph.D. in environmental biology , both from Tulane University . She has five years of post - doctoral research experience at the National Institute of Cancer/National Institutes of Health where she studied DNA replication damage, and repair. She has published eleven peer - reviewed articles. Currently she is investigating mapping protein - DNA interactions of nuclear cyclin D1 in two distinct cancer systems , in collaboration with Dr. Mirit Aladjem at The National Cancer Institute in Bethesda. Maryland. These investigations are trying to locate oncogenic biomarkers in transitioning cells as they undergo neoplasia.
Her research interest s include investigating DNA replication repair in an effort to understand mechanisms of cancer progression utilizing next generation sequencing.