Dr. Hresko joined Divergence in 2001 to lead the Company’s efforts in C. elegans molecular genetics and to direct multiple projects in nematode control based on Divergence’s gene target discoveries. She has served as principal investigator on Small Business Innovation Research Grants from the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Dr. Hresko brings to Divergence 20 years of experience in C. elegans and Drosophila molecular genetics with a focus on structural proteins. Most recently, she was a Research Instructor in Genetics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis where she was also a post-doctoral fellow with departmental chairman Robert Waterston M.D., Ph.D. researching key genes involved in muscle attachment. Previously, Dr. Hresko received a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore where she worked on vinculin with Susan Craig Ph.D. and a B.A. in Biology from Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts. Dr. Hresko has authored 10 research papers and is a recipient of the George Meany Award from the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
