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National Institutes of Health Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
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Tasca, Richard

Title:PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Phone:301-435-6973
E-mail:rt34g@nih.gov
Address: 6100 Executive Blvd Room 8B01G, MSC 7510
Bethesda Md 20892-7510
For FedEx use:
Rockville Md 20852
Fax:301-496-0962 
Organization:  Reproductive Sciences (RS) Branch
Specialty: Preimplantation Genetics and Development
Assisted Reproductive Technologies
Embryonic Stem Cells

Biosketch: 
Richard J. Tasca, Ph.D., joined the RSB in 1984, from the University of Delaware, where he was Associate Professor of Biology and Associate Director of the School of Life and Health Sciences. He received his undergraduate degree in Zoology at the University of Pennsylvania, and his graduate degree in Mammalian Developmental Genetics from Temple University. He is the Director of the Preimplantation Genetics and Development Program and serves as Research Coordinator for the NICHD National Cooperative Program on Female Health and Egg Quality. His research background is in the genetics, molecular biology, and nutrition of preimplantation embryos, with particular emphasis on the mechanisms of blastocyst formation and amino acid transport.