Associate Professor
Director, Microscopy Imaging Facility
Department: Neural and Behavioral Sciences
Email: tabraham1@hmc.psu.edu
Phone:(717) 531-0003 ext. 285486
Research Interests:
Biophysics, imaging, in vivo imaging
Systems/Organs:
Neural, brain, others
Cell/Cellular compartments:
Cancer stem cells, protein domain/structure, extracellular matrix
Signaling pathways:
Cell motility/migration
Diseases/Conditions:
Cancer, metastasis, engraftment
Focus Group: Cancer stem cells
Research description: Basic/Translational.
Stem cell identification and in vivo imaging;
Technical expertise: fluorescence, confocal, harmonic generation and multiphoton microscopy methods;
Selected Publications:
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Clawson GA, Matters GL, Xin P, Imamura-Kawasawa Y, Du Z, Thiboutot DM, Helm KF, Neves RI, Abraham T. Macrophage-tumor cell fusions from peripheral blood of melanoma patients. PLoS One. 2015; 10(8):e0134320.
- Chadha P, Sarfo A, Zhang D, Abraham T, Carmichael J, Han J, Wills JW. Domain Interaction Studies of Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Tegument Protein UL16 Reveal Its Interaction with Mitochondria. J Virol. 2017 Jan 15; 91(2).
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