Primary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Cancer Biology (CAB) Steering Committee Member, SCCC UM
CMSR Faculty Advisory Committee Member, SCCC UM
Advancement Editorial Board Member, SCCC
Junior Faculty Development Co-Leader, “Lunch with the Leader” series
PIBS Graduate Program Admissions and Operating Committee Member
BMB Direct Graduate Admissions Committee Member
Mary Bartlett Bunge Lecture Series Committee Member
Biography
Dr. Luisa Cimmino is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. She received a Bachelor of Science (with Honours) from the University of Melbourne, Australia, and a PhD from Columbia University in New York City, followed by post-doctoral training at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne and at the NYU School of Medicine in New York, studying the epigenetic regulation of hematopoietic stem cells and leukemia. Her current research interests focus on understanding how environmental factors, such as micronutrients and metabolites, alter the activity of epigenetic enzymes during hematopoietic stem cell development, differentiation, and malignant transformation.
Education & Training
Education
2007: Columbia University
PhD
2004: Columbia University
Other
2002: Columbia University
MA
1998: University of Melbourne
BS
Post Graduate Training
2013: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia
Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Honors & Awards
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Research Interests
The Cimmino Lab current research interests focus on understanding how environmental factors, such as micronutrients and metabolites, alter the activity of epigenetic enzymes during hematopoietic stem cell development, differentiation, and malignant transformation. Our goal is to highlight the importance of micronutrients in maintaining the activity of critical epigenetic regulators that drive and influence disease progression and reveal potentially novel strategies to therapeutically target epigenetic dysregulation in the immune system and blood cancer cells.
Publications
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