Education

B.S., Biology, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, 2001
Ph.D., Microbial Pathogenesis and Immune Response, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN, 2007
3rd Year FIRST Postdoctoral Fellow, 2007 - present

Research Statement

PP2A is a ubiquitously expressed heterotrimeric protein phosphatase with broad substrate specificity and diverse cellular functions. Because PP2A is involved in so many diverse processes, it is highly regulated by both non-covalent and covalent mechanisms that are still being defined. In my research project I will investigate the role of leucine carboxyl methyltransferase-1 (LCMT-1)in the development of Cancer. To study this I will use LCMT-1 deficient mice and polyomavirus for tumor formation.

Recent Publications

Jones, C., Anderson, S., Singha, U.K., Chaudhuri, M. (2008) Protein phosphatase 5 is required for Hsp90 function during proteotoxic stresses in Trypanosoma brucei. Parasitol Res. 102(5),835-44.

Anderson, S., Jones, C., Saha, L., Chaudhuri, M. (2006) Functional characterization of the serine/threonine protein phosphatase 5 from Trypanosoma brucei. J Parasitol. 92(6):1152-61.