Francis S. Markland Jr.
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Keck School of Medicine
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Expertise Summary
Expert on information and operations management, including global operations and outsourcing
Expertise
- protein chemistry and structure/function interrelationships
- snake venom components with procoagulant and anticoagulant activities
- snake venom platelet aggregation inhibitors (disintegrins)
- disintegrins as anti-angiogenic agents
- disintegrins and wound healing
- novel fibrinolytic agents (structure and modeling)
- thrombolytic therapy
Additional Information
- Co-Founder, Applied Integrin Sciences Inc.
- Co-Editor: Tumor Angiogenesis: From Molecular Mechanisms to Targeted Therapy (2010); Toxins and Hemostasis: From Bench to Bedside (2010)
- Editorial Board Member: Toxins, Journal of Breast Cancer-Targets and Therapy, Journal of Venom Research
- Ad Hoc Member, various NIH study sections, including FLAIR program of National Cancer Institute (NCI), Drug Discovery and Molecular Pharmacology Study Section of NCI, and Cancer Drug Development and Therapeutics Study Section of NCI