Kathleen L. Berkner, Ph.D. Staff Department of Molecular Cardiology Lerner Research Institute / NB50 9500 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44195 Telephone: (216) 445-9760 Fax: (216) 444-9263 berknek@ccf.org

Area of General Research Interest:

Hemostasis, vitamin K dependent proteins, carboxylation

Current Program:

• Role of individual components contributing to vitamin K-dependent protein carboxylation.
• Regulation of carboxylation.
• Determining how naturally-occurring mutations impair vitamin K-dependent protein carboxylation.

Investigators:

• Hallgren, Kevin, B.S., Technologist
• Rishavy, Mark, Ph.D., Project Staff
• Usubalieva, Aisulu, Graduate Student
• Whitson, Sara, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow

Collaborators:

• Richard Zuerner, National Animal Disease Center, USDA, Ames, Iowa
• Jean-Philippe Rosa, Laboratory of Hemostasis and Thrombosis, INSERM, Paris, France