Ángel L. Islas
Associate Professor
Education
B.S. – Biochemistry, University of California, Davis
Ph.D. – Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University
Postdoctoral Fellow – Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University
Postdoctoral Fellow – Laboratory of Radiobiology and Environmental Health, University of California, San Francisco
Teaching
- BIOL 1C Systems Biology
- BIOL 175 Molecular Biology
- BIOL 177 Biotechnology Lab II: Gene Expression & Protein Purification
- BIOL 179 Cancer Biology
Research
Our lab studies the role of DNA polymerases on damaged or discontinuous DNA/RNA templates. We examine a variety of DNA polymerases including human DNA polymerases and telomerase; eubacterial and archaeal DNA polymerases; and viral replicases and reverse transcriptases. The work addresses questions on the origin of mutations and the mechanisms of viral replication in humans.