Joel Neilson

Joel Neilson, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at Baylor College of Medicine, affiliated with the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center. His research focuses on post-transcriptional gene regulation in mammalian development and disease.

• Education: BS (University of Washington), Ph.D. (Stanford University School of Medicine), Postdoctoral Training (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Research Interests center on post-transcriptional regulation via microRNAs and RNA-binding proteins, particularly their roles in human disease, cancer, and developmental biology. The lab employs high-throughput sequencing, molecular genetics, and mouse models to study 3' UTR interactions and gene expression control.

Publication Trends highlight expertise in Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT), Ribosomopathies, Stress Granules, and Cancer Metabolism, with recent work linking telomere dysfunction to sirtuin repression and exploring HIV-1 vaccine modeling.

• Labs & Collaborations: Neilson Lab at Baylor College of Medicine
• Technical Expertise: Ribosomal Profiling, Mouse Mutant Models, Advanced Technology Core Laboratories