Genetics Seminar hosted by the Genetics Graduate Interdisciplinary Program.
James Galligan, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
University of Arizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy
Galligan is an associate professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Arizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy. He studies the link between cellular metabolism, environmental genetics and disease etiology. Keenly interested in post-translational modifications, his research focuses on reactive metabolites deleterious cell health. Current work centers on histone modifications derived from cell metabolism in diabetes and cancer.
Galligan studied physiology at Michigan State University (graduated in 2006) and obtained his doctorate in pharmacology from the University of Colorado in 2012. He did a post-doc at Vanderbilt University and came to UArizona in 2016. Recipient of several Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine Young Investigator Awards, he’s also received the Harold C. Hein Award for Outstanding Performance in Graduate Studies and Research and Norman Weiner Graduate Student Award for Research Excellence.
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Health Sciences Innovation Building, Room 880
University of Arizona Health Sciences – Tucson Campus
1670 E. Drachman St.
Tucson, AZ 85721