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Education and Training
Belgrade University, Belgrade, Yugoslavia BS 1985 Biological Sciences
Belgrade University, Belgrade, Yugoslavia MS 1990 Molecular Biology and Physiology
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois PhD 1997 Biology
Argonne National Laboratory, Biosciences Division, Argonne, Illinois Postdoc 1997 - 2001 Molecular Biology
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois Research Fellow 2001 Biosciences

Selected Publications

• Paunesku T, Gemmell MA, Crkvenjakov R, Woloschak GE: A presumed B6 strain-specific p53 polymorphism is confined to a B6 cell line and is likely to represent a facilitating mutation. Mamm Genome. 1994 Feb;5(2):106-7.
• Woloschak GE, Paunesku T, Chang-Liu CM: Effects of high-LET vs. low-LET radiations in gene expression. (Short Report). Radiat Res. 1995; 141:111-112..
• Woloschak GE, Paunesku T, Chang-Liu CM, Grdina DJ: Changes in gene expression associated with radiation exposure. Radiation Research 1895-1995: Congress Proceedings , Congress Lectures. 1995; 2:545-7,.
• Woloschak GE, Paunesku T, Chang-Liu CM, Grdina DJ: Expression of thymidine kinase messenger RNA and a related transcript is modulated by radioprotector WR1065. Cancer Res. 1995 Nov 1;55(21):4788-92.
• Woloschak GE, Paunesku T, Libertin CR, Chang-Liu CM, Churchill M, Panozzo J, Grdina D, Gemmell MA, Giometti C: Regulation of thymus PCNA expression is altered in radiation-sensitive wasted mice. Carcinogenesis. 1996 Nov;17(11):2357-65.
• Woloschak GE, Paunesku T: Mechanisms of radiation-induced gene responses. Stem Cells. 1997;15 Suppl 2:15-25.
• Woloschak GE, Paunesku T, Oryhon J, Milton J, Shearin-Jones P, Salbego D, Milosavljevic A: Radiation induced genes: identification and mechanisms. Radiat Res. 1997; 148:520-2.
• Woloschak GE, Paunesku T, Chang-Liu CM, Loberg L, Gauger J: Changes in gene expression following EMF exposure. Electricity and Magnetism in Biology and Medicine. 1999; 175-8.
• Woloschak GE, Paunesku T, Protic M: PCNA promoter studies in radiation sensitive mice. Radiat Res. 2000; 2:420-2.
• Paunesku T, Chang-Liu CM, Shearin-Jones P, Watson C, Milton J, Oryhon J, Salbego D, Milosavljevic A, Woloschak GE: Identification of genes regulated by UV/salicylic acid. Int J Radiat Biol. 2000 Feb;76(2):189-98.
• Paunesku T, Zhang Y, Gemmell MA, Woloschak GE: p53 gene deletions in paraffin-preserved lymphoid tumors from irradiated mice. Leuk Res. 2000 Jun;24(6):511-7.
• Paunesku T, Mittal S, Protic M, Oryhon J, Korolev SV, Joachimiak A, Woloschak GE: Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA): ringmaster of the genome. Int J Radiat Biol. 2001 Oct;77(10):1007-21.
• Woloschak GE, Paunesku T, Protic M: Deficient PCNA expression in radiation sensitivity. Radiation and Homeostasis. 2002; 249-254.
• Lai B, Maser J, Paunesku T, Woloschak GE: Report on the Workshop of Biological Applications of X-ray Microbeams. Int J Radiat Biol. 2002 Aug;78(8):749-52.
• Paunesku T, Rajh T, Wiederrecht G, Maser J, Vogt S, Stojicevic N, Protic M, Lai B, Oryhon J, Thurnauer M, Woloschak G: Biology of TiO2-oligonucleotide nanocomposites. Nat Mater. 2003 May;2(5):343-6.
• Paunesku T, Stojicevic N, Vogt S, Maser J, Lai B, Rajh T, Thurnauer M, Woloschak G: Intracellular Localization of Titanium Dioxide-Biomolecule Nanocomposites. Journal de Physique IV France. 2003; 104: 317-319.