Michael Antosh

  • Assistant Professor, Medical Physics Program Director
  • Phone: 401.874.2104
  • Email: mantosh@uri.edu
  • Office Location: East Hall, Rm 210

Biography

2022-Present: Associate Professor, Physics, University of Rhode Island
2019-Present: Medical Physics Program Director, University of Rhode Island
2015-2022: Assistant Professor, Physics, University of Rhode Island
2015-2020: Adjunct Assistant Professor/Visiting Scientist, Brown University
2013-2015: Assistant Professor (Research), Brown University

Research

  • Air quality measurements using light detection and ranging (lidar)
  • Development of a radiation dosimeter that is based on measurements of gene expression

Education

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Brown University, 2012-2013
  • Ph.D. in Physics, Brown University, 2012. Thesis title: Stress, Aging and Gene Expression in Drosophila melanogaster.
  • M.S. in Physics, Brown University, Providence RI, 2009
  • B.S. in Physics, University of New Hampshire, Durham NH, 2007

Selected Publications

Antosh, D. Wijesinghe, S. Shrestha, R. Lanou, Y.H. Huang, T. Hasselbacher, D. Fox, N. 
Neretti, S. Sun, N. Katenka, LN Cooper, O.A. Andreev and Y.K. Reshetnyak, “Enhancement of Radiation Effect on Cancer Cells by Gold-pHLIP”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122(17):5372-5376.

Antosh, D. Fox, T. Hasselbacher, R. Lanou, N. Neretti and LN Cooper, “Drosophila melanogaster Show a Threshold Effect in Response to Radiation”. Dose-Response 12:551-581.

Antosh, D. Fox, L.N. Cooper and N. Neretti, “CORaL: Comparison of Ranked Lists For Analysis of Gene Expression Data,” Journal of Computational Biology, 40, vol. 20, pp. 433-443, 2013.

Antosh, D. Fox, S.L. Helfand, L.N. Cooper and N. Neretti, “New Comparative Genomics Approach Reveals a Conserved Health Span Signature Across Species,” Aging, vol. 3(6), pp. 576-583, 2011.

Antosh, R. Whitaker, A. Kroll, S. Hosier, C. Chang, J. Bauer, L. Cooper, N. Neretti and S.L. Helfand, “Comparative Transcriptional Pathway Bioinformatic Analysis of Dietary Restriction, Sir2, p53 and Resveratrol Life Span Extension in Drosophila,” Cell Cycle, vol. 10(6), pp. 904- 911, 2011.

Bauer, M. Antosh, C. Chang, C. Schorl, S. Kolli, N. Neretti and S.L. Helfand, “Comparative Transcriptional Profiling Identifies Takeout As A Gene That Regulates Life Span”, Aging, 2(5), pp. 298-310, 2010 (Co-first author).

H. Chamseddin, S.Q. Khan, M.L. Nguyen, M. Antosh, S.N. Morris, S. Kolli, N. Neretti, S.L. Helfand and J.H. Bauer. “Takeout-Dependent Longevity is Associated With Altered Juvenile Hormone Signaling,” Mechanisms of Aging and Development, vol. 133(11-12), pp. 637-646, 2012.