Michael A Tainsky
Wayne State University School of Medicine, USA
Biography
Michael A Tainsky earned his bachelor’s degree with honors in chemistry at New York University in 1971 and his PhD in Molecular Biology at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY in 1977. He came to the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in 1998 after 13 years on the faculty of the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Texas. As Director of Molecular Biology and Genetics he has developed programs that are a fusion of community outreach, laboratory research and clinical diagnostics research. He has published over 140 scientific papers and holds the Barbara and Fred Erb Endowed Chair in Cancer Genetics. He has mentored the research training of 40 graduate students and fellows. He is on the editorial board of 6 scientific journals. He has been the recipient of more than 25 peer-reviewed research grants. His lab has been studying molecular genetic mechanisms by which cells convert from normal to cancer since 1985. Over the past 10 years his research has focused on the development of novel cancer diagnostics tests for the early detection of cancer in the form of a complex blood test.