Maureen Dolan

Dr. Maureen DolanDolan
 

Contact Information

Phone: 870.680.4359   
E-mail: mdolan@astate.edu
Biography

Research Assistant Professor of Arkansas Biosciences Institute

PhD - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida

MS - Biochemistry-Muscle Biology, Iowa State University

BS - Biology and Chemistry, Quincy University, Quincy, Illinois

Research Focus Areas:

- Transgenic plants for the production of high-value human proteins targeted for anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer therapeutics.
- Designing molecular-based high throughput diagnostics for plant and food industries.
- Characterizing plant gene promoter occupancy in planta in efforts to design more robust promoters for expression of human proteins in transgenic plants.
- This position at the Biosciences Institute has an entrepreneurial component with the intent to integrate biotechnology into the regional commercial sector through joint ventures and other business relationships.

Press Releases
2009-09-16 Dr. Medina-Bolivar presents invited research talk
2008-07-02 Dr. Medina-Bolivar presents invited talk at World Congress
2008-04-14 Convocation of Scholars Award - Dr. Dolan
2007-10-22 Governor Beebe releases funds for EPSCoR Projects
2007-07-18 Drs. Medina-Bolivar and Dolan publish journal article
2007-07-16 ABI director gives keynote presentation in Mexico
2007-07-16 ABI faculty present at International Vaccine Conference

Research Areas
Molecular Innovations in Food Science
Plant-based Protein Production