Karen Abbott

Dr. Karen Abbott has been a leader in the field of glycoproteomics and biomarker discovery for over 14 years. Dr. Abbott received her PhD in Biochemistry at The University of Georgia in 2004. She was awarded an American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2005 where she developed lectin capture methods for the analysis of glycoproteins from human tissues and plasma using mass spectrometry methods. She has been funded for ovarian cancer research by since 2010. She is currently funded by an...See more

Dr. Karen Abbott has been a leader in the field of glycoproteomics and biomarker discovery for over 14 years. Dr. Abbott received her PhD in Biochemistry at The University of Georgia in 2004. She was awarded an American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2005 where she developed lectin capture methods for the analysis of glycoproteins from human tissues and plasma using mass spectrometry methods. She has been funded for ovarian cancer research by since 2010. She is currently funded by an Alliance of Glycobiologists NCI grant to understand how complex carbohydrates contribute to the development and progression of ovarian cancer. She is also currently funded by the NCI Innovative Molecular Analysis Technologies grant that supports the development of novel and transformative technologies to develop new therapeutics and diagnostics for cancer. Dr. Abbott joined the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine (HWCOM) at Florida International University in 2020 as Associate Director for the Translational Glycobiology Institute. Her research is currently focused in three main areas: translational therapeutic development for ovarian cancer, studies on the role of Notch glycosylation in ovarian cancer progression, and technology development for the study of glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchored proteins. See less