Affiliation: Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, Department of Translational Neuroscience

Kelly DuBois received her PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the University of California, San Francisco, in 2007 and completed post-doctoral training in molecular parasitology at Cambridge University, UK, in 2011. Dr. DuBois then spent four years as an assistant professor of Biology at Calvin University, Grand Rapids, MI teaching and studying the effects of green infrastructure on environmental microbiota. Dr. DuBois is currently a senior research associate in the Kanaan lab in Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine, Department of Translational Neuroscience, where she focuses on developing and using fluid biomarker assays for the detection of Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias. Her laboratory skill set includes many cellular and molecular techniques such as eukaryotic and prokaryotic cell culture, Simoaâ, dd/qPCR, protein biochemistry, western blot, ELISA, immunocytochemistry, and confocal microscopy.