Andrea Kasinski

William and Patty Miller Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Chair, Graduate Program in Biological Sciences, Deputy Director, Purdue Institute for Cancer Research, Purdue University

Dr. Kasinski is the William and Patty Miller Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Purdue University. She also serves as Chair of the Graduate Program in Biological Sciences, and as Deputy Director for the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research

Dr. Kasinski’s laboratory focuses on elucidating RNA-based mechanisms involved in cancer and harnessing this information to develop RNA-based therapeutics. In addition to her interest in understanding how cancer cells hijack extracellular vesicles for delivery of endogenous small RNAs, Dr. Kasinski’s major contribution has been on exogenous delivery of microRNAs. She was among the first to determine that therapeutic microRNAs can be delivered in the absence of a protective delivery vehicle, mitigating the toxic side effects often attributed to these vehicles. Her long-term goal is to successfully advance microRNAs therapeutically using this technology.