Nicholas J. Marini, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley (UCB).

Nicolas J. Marini is a Research Scientist in the Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology at UC Berkeley. He was the lead author on the peer-reviewed publication describing the folate-remedial variants of MHTFR that set the scientific framework for this study.

For the past five years, he has been the lead scientist in studies identifying genetic variants in vitamin-dependent enzymes that affect function, yet may be amenable to vitamin remediation. He is currently involved in projects aimed at elucidating the potential health and fitness benefits of characterizing and nutritionally correcting such alleles. Prior to UC, Berkeley, Dr. Marini spent nine years in the biotechnology industry where he was primarily involved in developing genomic technologies to enable more efficient drug discovery and screening processes.

Dr. Marini received his Bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University, his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from The Johns Hopkins University and completed post-doctoral work at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA.

Dr. Marini is a Co-Investigator for this study.

To read Dr. Marini’s folic acid publication:
http://www.pnas.org/content/105/23/8055.full.pdf

To learn more about the Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology at UC Berkeley
http://mcb.berkeley.edu/

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