Birgit Schilling, PhD profile page

Dr. Schilling is an associate professor and the director of the Mass Spectrometry Core at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in California. She also holds the position of adjunct professor at the University of Southern California (USC). The Schilling lab develops and implements advanced innovative protein analytical technologies (including quantitative proteomics, posttranslational modifications, protein dynamics and biomarker discovery) to advance basic biology and biomedical research related to aging research. Her ongoing research projects include the investigation of protein phosphorylation, acylation and other posttranslational modifications, as well as differential expression of proteins during disease and aging processes.