Escorcia Lab Events
Julia, Kylie, and Nathaniel presenting a poster at the University of Cincinnati Cryo-EM Symposium on their analysis of cancer mutations in two clinically-relevant CYP genes
2023:
September 21
Lipid deregulation and genomic instability in cancers
Invited talk presented by Wilber Escorcia
Main Student Contributors:
Mauricio Dominguez, Kylie Lawson, Meghan Graber, Hayley Barta, Maryam Khzir, Julia Driggers, and Jack Pluth
Fall 2023 Seminar Series in DNA Repair and Genome Stability at the University of Southern California, Molecular and Computational Biology Section, Los Angeles, CA
September 8
Comprehensive analysis of CYP2D6 and CYP3A4 mutations in human cancers
Invited poster presented by Julia Driggers and Kylie Lawson
Main Student Contributors:
Kennedy Kuchinski, Julia Driggers, Martin Vo, Kylie Lawson, and Nathaniel King
Inaugural Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Cryo-EM Symposium Presented by the Center for Advanced Structural Biology (CASB) at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
AUGUST 13-17
HPLC-based quantification of creatinine and ketamine in C. elegans: A novel approach for studying excretory function and drug metabolism
Invited poster presented by Lance Kuo-Esser
Main Student Contributors:
Lance Kuo-Esser, Julia Driggers, and Paul Pierce
American Chemical Society Fall 2023 Meeting in San Francisco, CA
MAY 18-21
Comprehensive analysis of CYP2D6 mutations in human cancers
Invited talk presented by Kennedy Kuchinski
Invited associated poster presented by Kennedy Kuchinski and Julia Driggers
Main Student Contributors:
Kennedy Kuchinski and Julia Driggers
2023 American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Meeting in St. Louis, MO
Kennedy presenting a poster at the 2023 ASPET meeting on her work on mutational disruptions of CYP2D6 by recurrent cancer mutations
Morphological effects of caffeine and creatine on Caenorhabditis elegans
Invited poster presented by Lance Kuo-Esser
Student Contributors:
Lance Kuo-Esser, Tommy Scandura, Ramon Chen, Nijah Simmons, Kylie Lawson, Mauricio Dominguez, Kennedy Kuchinski, Steven Le, and Lauren Bennett
2023 American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Meeting in St. Louis, MO
Lance presenting a poster at the 2023 ASPET meeting on the effect of caffeine and creatine on C. elegans early-life morphology and physiology.
MAY 1-2
The contribution of lipid regulators Sre1 and Dga1 to the genotoxic stress response in fission yeast
Invited talk presented by Wilber Escorcia
Main Student Contributors:
Mauricio Dominguez, Julia Driggers, Maryam Khzyr, Jack Pluth, Meghan Graber, and Hayley Barta
2023 Midwest Aging Consortium Symposium at Iowa State University in Ames, IA
Wilber giving a talk at the 2023 Midwest Aging Consortium on the contribution of lipid deregulation to genomic instability in cancer.
MARCH 26-28
Effect of lipid deregulation on genomic stability during biological aging
Invited seminar presented by Wilber Escorcia
Main Student Contributors:
Mauricio Dominguez, Meghan Graber, Hayley Barta, Maryam Khzir, Julia Driggers, and Jack Pluth
Spring 2023 Seminar Series in Human and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Souther California in Los Angeles, CA
The Wetzel and Escorcia labs representing Xavier University at the 2023 ASPET meeting.
2022:
NOVEMBER 2-6
Lipid regulation by Dga1, Cut6, and Sre1 contribute to the genotoxic stress response in fission yeast
Invited talk presented by Wilber Escorcia
Main Student Contributors:
Mauricio Dominguez, Meghan Graber, Hayley Barta, Maryam Khzir, and Sam Burek
The Gerontological Society of America 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting in Indianapolis, IN
2021:
NOVEMBER 10-13
Analysis of DGAT2 mutations reveals potential links between cancer and lipid droplet deregulation
Invited poster presentation given by Meghan Graber and Hayley Barta
Main Student Contributors:
Meghan Graber, Hayley Barta, Martin Vo, and Mauricio Dominguez
The Gerontological Society of America 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting in Phoenix, AZ
2023-11-12