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Julie R. Korenberg | |
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 Julie R. Korenberg | |
| Born | |
| Known for | Alex Pulst-Korenberg |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Utah |
Julie R. Korenberg is currently a USTAR professor at the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Utah, and also a member of the university's Brain Institute.
Dr. Korenberg is a leader in the molecular genetics of mental retardation. Her work has contributed to understanding the causes of Down Syndrome and Williams Syndrome, and facilitated development of better treatments and prevention methods
Her team studies brain mechanisms that underlie the formation of strong human relationships ("affiliative behavior") and is investigating the development of drugs that modulate brain circuits involved in these behaviors.
Dr. Korenberg comes to Utah from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, where she was the Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Pediatrics and the Geri & Richard Brawerman Chair of Molecular Genetics.
She earned her Ph.D. in Medical Genetics from the University of Wisconsin and her M.D. from the University of Miami School of Medicine.
Bibliography
[edit]- The genetic architecture of Down syndrome phenotypes revealed by high-resolution analysis of human segmental trisomies
- Down's syndrome suppression of tumour growth and the role of the calcineurin inhibitor DSCR1. Kwan-Hyuck Baek, Alexander Zaslavsky, Ryan C. Lynch, Carmella Britt, Yoshiaki Okada, Richard J. Siarey, M. William Lensch, In-Hyun Park, Sam S. Yoon, Takashi Minami, Julie R. Korenberg, Judah Folkman, George Q. Daley, William C. Aird, Zygmunt Galdzicki & Sandra Ryeom. [1]
- In July 2009, the National Academy of the Sciences published a paper on the highest resolution genetic map of the Down Syndrome genome to date, representing decades of Korenberg's work. [2]