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Rebekah Margaret Samsonraj, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
University of Arkansas, United States

Dr. Rebekah Margaret Samsonraj is Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Arkansas and directs the Cellular Therapy and Biomanufacturing Laboratory. She completed her postdoctoral studies at Mayo Clinic, Rochester following which she was appointed Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. She also served as Research Faculty at the Knight Campus, University of Oregon. Dr. Samsonraj’s research focuses on developing strategies for safe and efficacious mesenchymal stem cell therapies for a variety of clinical indications. She applies novel proteomics- and genomics-based approaches to understanding stem cell function. Dr. Samsonraj’s original work on establishing criteria for MSC potency allowed her to develop and patent a method for identifying sub-populations of stem cells with improved bone-forming ability, eventually leading to the identification of a novel genomic biomarker to assess MSC potency. Dr. Samsonraj has a passion for biomedical research education and has successfully mentored several students fostering high achievement in underrepresented students in STEM fields.

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