NAME: Jay Wimalasena, MD
DEPT: Obstetrics/Gynecology
ORGANIZATION: University of Tennessee Medical Center
ADDRESS: 1924 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920
TELEPHONE No: (423) 544-8960
FAX No.: (423) 544-6863
E-MAIL ADDRESS: mcf7@msn.com
TITLE: Professor; Director of Research

TOTAL GRANTS: 7
TOTAL PUBLICATIONS: 40 papers; over 50 abstracts
MEMBERSHIPS ON EDITORIAL BOARDS: Frontiers in Bioscience

SUBJECT(S) OF RESEARCH: Estradiol/xenoestrogen regulation of cell cycle, signal transduction
DISCIPLINE(S): Molecular endocrinology
ORGAN SYSTEMS: Placenta
TISSUES:Placental Tissues
CELL(S): Breast cancer, ovarian cancer, trophoblasts
MOLECULE(S): Cyclins, CdKs, MAPK, JNK, CdK inhibitors
TECHNIQUE(S): RNA, DNA, techniques, transfections, kinase assays, Western blots