Emily Theisen
Contact Information
Job Title
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
- theisen.42@osu.edu
- Phone
- 614-355-2995
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Areas of Expertise
- Pediatrics
- Chemical Biology
- Enzymes
- Molecular Basis of Disease - Cancer
- Molecular Biology
- Structural Biology
- DNA & Chromosomes
- Gene Regulation
- Protein Structure & Folding
Education
- Postdoctoral Training, Nationwide Children's Hospital, 2015-2019
- PhD, Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Utah, 2015
- BS, Biology, University of Wisconsin Madison, 2009
Research Description
Our group aims to drive therapeutic innovation from molecular insight about the unique features of Ewing sarcoma and other fusion-driven tumors. Ewing sarcoma is an aggressive tumor in pediatric, adolescent and young adult patients and urgently needs new treatment strategies that are more effective and less toxic. We integrate genomics, molecular biology and biochemistry in a variety of model systems to uncover novel biological features of Ewing sarcoma and identify new therapeutic vulnerabilities.