Assistant Professor

Dr. Michael Janech received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Oakland University in 1994. He then attended the College of Charleston where he earned his Master of Science degree in Marine Biology in 1998.  Staying in Charleston, he attended the Medical University of South Carolina earning his Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology in 2003.  After earning his Ph.D., Dr. Janech was awarded the National Science Foundation International Research Fellowship to study the ontogeny of immune gene expression in penaeid shrimp at the University of Montpellier II, France with Dr. Evelyne Bachere from 2003-2005. Dr. Janech is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology and Research Scientist with the Ralph H. Johnson Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center. Dr. Janech also serves as Associate Director of the Nephrology Proteomics Laboratory (Director, John Arthur, M.D. Ph.D) and as a faculty member for the graduate program at the Grice Marine Laboratory, College of Charleston. 

Dr. Janech is actively involved in mentoring students through the NIH/NIDDK STEP-UP program for underrepresented minorities. In the past two years, his student (Ms. Brittany Brooks) took top honors at the National meeting in Washington, DC. Recently, he was awarded a Veteran’s Affairs Career Development Award-2 to investigate urine biomarkers of glomerular disease. In 2008, Dr. Janech was awarded a grant through the US Navy to investigate biomarkers of domoic acid toxicosis in California sea lions in collaboration with NOAA and The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, CA (www.TMMC.org). Sea lion biomarker studies are being conducted as part of Jason Ferrante’s thesis research for the Grice Marine Laboratory (www.cofc.edu/grice).

Current Research Focus:

Discovery of urine biomarkers for glomerular disease.

Discovery of serum biomarkers for domoic acid toxicosis in California sea lions.

Proteomic analysis of biogenic sulfur production in sea-ice diatoms.

Analysis of ice binding proteins in sea-ice algae.

Biology of urea transporters in elasmobranchs.

Dr. Michael Janech's Curriculum Vitae (*PDF Format)

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