Melissa Maderia, Ph.D.

Melissa received her Ph.D. in Chemistry from Texas A&M University in December of 2000. Her dissertation focused on the investigation of metal-phosphate interactions in RNA, specifically the Hammerhead Ribozyme, through NMR and various biochemical techniques. She went on to do a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Minnesota in the Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics department working on the identification of post-translational modifications in Photosystem II via Mass Spectrometry. In September of 2002, she joined NCI as a CRTA fellow in the Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry in Frederick. At the LMC, Melissa used NMR as a tool to investigate the structure of DNA molecules containing modified sugar moieties with a "locked" conformation. Melissa joined the NCI TTB in Frederick as a CRTA fellow in November of 2005 and transferred to the Rockville office as part of the Competitive Service Center working with NINDS in January of 2007.

Executive Plaza South, Suite 450
6120 Executive Blvd.
Rockville, MD 20852
maderiam@mail.nih.gov

Associated Labs

• Competitive Service Center : National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke