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Jimmy Orjala, PhD
Translational Oncology Research Program
Professor and Associate Head
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Retzky College of Pharmacy
Email: orjala@uic.edu
Jimmy Orjala, PhD, is Professor and Associate Head for Research of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Retzky College of Pharmacy at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). Research in the Orjala Lab focuses on the discovery of novel anticancer and antimicrobial metabolites from freshwater cyanobacteria, conventionally known as pond scum, using genomic tools, mass spectrometry and spectroscopic techniques. The Orjala Strain Library is one of the largest repositories of North American freshwater cyanobacteria in the United States. Environmental samples are collected from diverse environments such as temperate lakes, rainforests, savannas, boreal forests and subtropical wetlands.
Education
- PhD, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)
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Research Focus
- Translational Oncology
- Anticancer Metabolites
- Antimicrobial Metabolites
- Freshwater Cyanobacteria
- Genomics
- Mass Spectrometry
- Spectroscopic Techniques