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Reproductive Biologist with experience in genetics, stem cell, snRNAseq

Profile Summary

PhD-trained geneticist with extensive experience in molecular genetics, genomics, and reproductive biology, combining strong scientific rigor with practical research and data-driven problem-solving. Proven expertise in experimental design, gene expression analysis, functional genomics, and interpretation of complex biological datasets across academic and translational research settings.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Genetics
• ☆ Gene Expression Analysis
• ☆ Cell Biology
• ☆ Cell-Based Assays
• ☆ Cytochemistry
• ☆ Cytogenetics
• ☆ Cell Signaling Pathways
• ☆ Membrane Biology
• ☆ Gene Regulation
• ☆ Stem Cell Research
• ☆ Histology
• ☆ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ☆ Recombinant Protein Expression
• ☆ Cell Culture
• ☆ Primary Cells
• ☆ Cell Banking
• ☆ Large Scale Cell Culture
• ☆ Cell Surface Receptors
• ☆ 3D Cell Culture
• ☆ Tissue Engineering
• ☆ Artificial Organs
• ☆ Cytometry
• ☆ Endocrinology
• ☆ Reproductive Medicine

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting

Writing Translation

Research Scientific and Technical Research

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Work Experience

Senior Scientest

University of Missouri

March 2020 - Present

Education

PhD in Biology

University of Science and Technology of China

September 2014 - June 2018

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Teka Khan, Sehee Choi, Sabrena Rutledge, Arun S. Seetharam, Laura C. Schulz, Geetu Tuteja, R. Michael Roberts (2025). Two classes of syncytiotrophoblast nuclei form following BAP-driven human pluripotent stem cell differentiation . Placenta.

Kinkade JA, Singh P, Verma M, Khan T, Ezashi T, Bivens NJ, Roberts RM, Joshi T, Rosenfeld CS (2024). Small and Long Non-Coding RNA Analysis for Human Trophoblast-Derived Extracellular Vesicles and Their Effect on the Transcriptome Profile of Human Neural Progenitor Cells . Cells.

Choi S, Khan T, Roberts RM, Schust DJ (2022). Leveraging Optimized Transcriptomic and Personalized Stem Cell Technologies to Better Understand Syncytialization Defects in Preeclampsia . Frontiers in genetics.

(2022). The product of BMP-directed differentiation protocols for human primed pluripotent stem cells is placental trophoblast and not amnion . STEM CELL REPORTS.

(2022). Leveraging Optimized Transcriptomic and Personalized Stem Cell Technologies to Better Understand Syncytialization Defects in Preeclampsia . FRONTIERS IN GENETICS.

Roberts RM, Ezashi T, Schulz LC, Sugimoto J, Schust DJ, Khan T, Zhou J (2021). Syncytins expressed in human placental trophoblast . Placenta.

(2021). A novel stop-gain mutation in <i>ARMC2</i> is associated with multiple morphological abnormalities of the sperm flagella . REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE ONLINE.

(2021). Single Nucleus RNA Sequence (snRNAseq) Analysis of the Spectrum of Trophoblast Lineages Generated From Human Pluripotent Stem Cells <i>in vitro</i> . FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY.

(2021). Syncytins expressed in human placental trophoblast . PLACENTA.

(2020). A <i>DNAH17</i> missense variant causes flagella destabilization and asthenozoospermia . JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE.

(2019). A homozygous <i>FANCM</i> frameshift pathogenic variant causes male infertility . GENETICS IN MEDICINE.

(2019). A homozygous <i>FANCM</i> frameshift pathogenic variant causes male infertility (vol 21, pg 266, 2018) . GENETICS IN MEDICINE.

(2019). The deubiquitinating gene <i>Usp29</i> is dispensable for fertility in male mice . SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES.

(2019). Whole Exome Sequencing Revealed a Novel Nonsense Variant in the <i>GNRHR</i> Gene Causing Normosmic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism in a Pakistani Family . HORMONE RESEARCH IN PAEDIATRICS.

(2018). MOF influences meiotic expansion of H2AX phosphorylation and spermatogenesis in mice . PLOS GENETICS.

(2018). The evolutionarily conserved genes: <i>Tex37</i>, <i>Ccdc73</i>, <i>Prss55</i> and <i>Nxt2</i> are dispensable for fertility in mice . SCIENTIFIC REPORTS.

(2018). Whole exome sequencing identifies a novel dominant missense mutation underlying leukonychia in a Pakistani family . JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS.

(2017). Histone acetyltransferase KAT8 is essential for mouse oocyte development by regulating reactive oxygen species levels . DEVELOPMENT.

(2017). RPL10L Is Required for Male Meiotic Division by Compensating for RPL10 during Meiotic Sex Chromosome Inactivation in Mice . CURRENT BIOLOGY.