Name: Ratna Chakrabarti

Designation: Associate Professor

Department: Burnett school of Biomedical Sciences College of Medicine

University: University of Central Florida

Biography

Dr. Ratna Chakrabarti is an Associate Professor at the Burnett school of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine,of University of Central Florida. Dr. Chakrabarti''s research program is focused towards understanding the molecular basis of development of drug resistant cancer and the translational approach of basic research, such as identification of prognostic markers and development of effective therapeutic strategies. Specific areas include regulation of actin cytoskeleton modulatory proteins, microRNA functions, cell cycle regulatory kinases and mitotic disorders. Using genome wide profiling approach Dr. Chakrabarti''s group has identified signature microRNAs and their targets that are altered during progression of drug-sensitive prostate cancer to the-resistant ones. Dr. Chakrabarti also has strong interests in nanoparticle based targeted delivery of small molecules, peptides, DNA and RNA. Dr. Chakrabarti has more than 25 years of experience in cancer research, published her research in reputed journals, has patents and served as a manuscript reviewer for a variety of journals. Dr. Chakrabarti has been continuously served in various review panels of DOD since 2006 and has her own research funded by grants from NIH and DOD.