Angela Messmer-Blust, Ph.D.
Senior Scientific Advisor, Associate Professor | Co-founder, ScienceLIVE
RNA Therapeutics Institute, UMass Chan Medical School
Angela.messmerblust@umassmed.edu
Dr. Angela Messmer-Blust studied cell motility during her graduate studies at the University of Toledo where she received her PhD (2009). She began her postdoctoral research at the CardioVascular Institute at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School under Jian Li, investigating transcriptional regulation in diabetes and obesity. Following her postdoctoral studies, she held editorial positions at the Journal of Visualized Experiments, and later joined Cell Press as the director of scientific conferences from 2012 - 2017. In 2017, Dr. Messmer-Blust joined the faculty of the RNA Therapeutics Institute as Assistant Professor and Senior Scientific Advisor where she develops and manages departmental initiatives including the annual scientific symposium and educational outreach in the Worcester area.
Office Location: AS4-1057
Office Phone: 774-455-4587
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