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Hire Dr. Juan R.

United Kingdom

Profile Summary

I am currently interested in understanding the molecular underpinnings of eukaryotic gene expression at the level of transcription, chromatin states and nuclear dynamics. I have extensive experience in molecular biology, genomics (next generation sequencing and DNA microarrays), chemical-genetics and biochemistry. I also have experience in mentoring undergraduate and graduate students, and developing and writing successfully funded NSF and NIH grants. I have served as teaching assistant for basic and advanced courses in eukaryotic molecular biology and biochemistry. Finally, I have volunteered as a high school science fair judge and as coordinator for citizen scientist projects. I am happy to help develop new or established projects, and provide feedback on manuscripts and grant applications. I am particularly apt at problem solving through the systematic dissection of critical variables, making new connections, designing experiments and identifying new and exciting directions for future research.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Biology/Life Sciences
• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Genetics
• ☆ Microarrays
• ☆ Chromatin
• ☆ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• ☆ DNA Sequencing
• ☆ Industrial Biotechnology
• ☆ Audio Transcription
• ☆ Grant Writing

Services

• Writing
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Work Experience

Postdoctoral Scientist

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

June 2017 - Present

Research Assistant

University of Wisconsin Madison

August 2014 - Present

Postdoctoral Research Scientist

Babraham Institute

October 2015 - March 2017

Education

Ph.D. (Biochemistry)

University of Wisconsin Madison

September 2007 - August 2014

B.S. (Industrial Biotechnology)

University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez

August 2002 - May 2007

Certifications

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Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Lidschreiber M, Easter AD, Battaglia S, Rodríguez-Molina JB, Casañal A, Carminati M, Baejen C, Grzechnik P, Maier KC, Cramer P, et al.(2018). The APT complex is involved in non-coding RNA transcription and is distinct from CPF . Nucleic acids research.

Rodríguez-Molina JB, Tseng SC, Simonett SP, Taunton J, Ansari AZ, Molecular cell, 2016, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 433-444, 2016 .

Chinchilla K, Rodriguez-Molina JB, Ursic D, Finkel JS, Ansari AZ, Culbertson MR, Eukaryotic cell, 2012, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 417-429 .

Zhang DW, Mosley AL, Ramisetty SR, Rodríguez-Molina JB, Washburn MP, Ansari AZ, The Journal of biological chemistry, 2012, vol. 287, no. 11, pp. 8541-8551 .

Zhang DW, Rodríguez-Molina JB, Tietjen JR, Nemec CM, Ansari AZ, Genetics research international, 2012, vol. 2012, pp. 347214 .

Tietjen JR, Zhang DW, Rodríguez-Molina JB, White BE, Akhtar MS, Heidemann M, Li X, Chapman RD, Shokat K, Keles S, Eick D, Ansari AZ, Nature structural & molecular biology, 2010, vol. 17, no. 9, pp. 1154-1161 .