Philip Jordan

Dr. Philip Jordan is a professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Research in the Jordan laboratory focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms regulating DNA repair, chromosome segregation and cell cycle progression, processes that are essential for normal organismal development, cellular homeostasis and prevention of diseases. In particular, the Jordan lab studies the aberrant expression and mutation of genes which can result in microcephaly, cognitive and growth retardation, infertility, and predisposition to cancer. His research program uses mouse and human pluripotent stem cells to discover the molecular processes that ensure genome stability during gametogenesis and early development.