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Edward A. Motea

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Indiana University

Mid career · publishing since 2008Rising activity

Publications

51

Citations

1,019

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

17

Publishing since 2008

Research summary
AI-generated

Edward A. Motea studies how cancer cells repair damaged DNA and how those repair processes can be exploited to design more selective cancer treatments. The work focuses on drugs that trigger DNA damage or block repair enzymes (such as PARP inhibitors) so they harm tumor cells while sparing healthy tissue, including in lung, breast, and pancreatic cancers. Projects combine molecular biology, medicinal chemistry, and detection technologies to develop and test new therapeutic and diagnostic agents.

DNA repair mechanisms in cancerPARP inhibition and synthetic lethalityTumor-selective drug activation (NQO1)Nucleic acid chemistry and non-natural nucleotidesCancer therapeutics and biomarkers

Publication activity has been variable across the decade, with a notable peak in 2023 and roughly 3.6 papers per year on average over the last five years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

Funding
Public award records

No award with a current end date on record.

3 earlier awards
  • NIH R01CA221158Jun 2017 – Nov 2023 · $356k awarded

    Tumor-selective use of PARP inhibitors against NQO1+ nonsmall cell lung cancer

  • NIH R21CA253645Aug 2020 – Aug 2022 · $222k awarded

    Development of a novel biochemical tool with tumor-selective theranostic anti-cancer potential

  • NIH R01CA210489Jul 2016 – Jun 2022 · $360k awarded

    RPRD1B/Kub5/Hera, an RNA Pol II determinant that controls PARPi & IR sensitivity

Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.

In context
Among 1,763 mid career Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology PIs within our index
Citations: 1,019cohort median 815
h-index: 16cohort median 12
Publications / year (recent): 3.6cohort median 3.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~9 · 9% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 14 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.6/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 1 publication182019: 4 publications192020: 7 publications202021: 1 publication212022: 2 publications222023: 14 publications14232024: 2 publications242526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • The FASEB Journal×4
  • PMC×3
  • Clinical Cancer Research×2
  • Cancer Cell×1
  • PLoS Genetics×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 27, 2026.

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