Jorge Moscat

Biography

 Dr. Moscat earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and a doctorate in biochemistry/molecular biology at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain. He completed postgraduate studies with fellowships of the Spanish Education and Science Ministry and Juan March Foundation in Madrid and at the NIH. Dr. Moscat joined the University of Cincinnati in 2006 from the Center of Molecular Biology of the Spanish National Research Council in Madrid, where he conducted cancer cell biology research, focusing primarily on signaling pathways in cancer, obesity and inflammation. In 2008, he became professor and chairman of the Department of Cancer and Cell Biology at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and associate director of basic science for the Cincinnati Cancer Consortium. Dr. Moscat joined the SBP faculty in 2011.   EDUCATION Ph.D., Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1984 B.S., Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Biochemistry, 1980

Research Interest

  JORGE MOSCAT'S RESEARCH FOCUS RELATED DISEASES > CANCER, METABOLIC DISEASES, INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE, INFLAMMATORY/AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE PHENOMENA OR PROCESSES > CANCER BIOLOGY, CANCER METABOLISM, CELL SIGNALING, INFLAMMATION, METABOLIC SIGNALING, ONCOGENES ANATOMICAL SYSTEMS AND SITES > ADIPOSE TISSUE RESEARCH MODELS > CULTURED CELL LINES, MOUSE TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGY > CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR IMAGING