Thomas Weber
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
Biography
Thomas Weber completed his PhD at Texas A&M University followed by a NIEHS Post-doctoral fellowship at The University of Texas at Austin. He is currently a staff scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. He has published 43 papers in reputed journals, 3 book chapters on cell signaling and protein phosphorylation in toxicology and a Reference Module in Biomedical Sciences (Elsevier publications). He is recipient of a US Patent, Federal Laboratory Consortium Award and R&D 100 award for development of technologies for cellular biomonitoring at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Current projects in addition to studies on oscillatory behavior encompass molecular profiling of radiation resistance for consideration in clinical radiotherapy and medical countermeasures, development of lung organotypic platforms as toxicological screens and non-invasive biomonitoring using saliva as matrix.