Personal Statement

One of the specifics aims of the proposed project is to identify serum biomarkers of mercury-induced immunotoxic effects using protein arrays (Invitrogen ProtoArray). As the manager of the Microarray Core Facility (MCF) at the University of South Carolina, I have the qualification, experience, and enthusiasm to perform the proposed work. In fact I have already collaborated with Dr. Nyland and scanned many of these protein arrays in the MCF.