Faculty & Staff Details
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Name: |
Erika Wisdom |
| Position: |
Research Assistant |
| Email: |
Erika.Wisdom@ttuhsc.edu |
| Bio |
Erika Wisdom received her B.S. in Chemistry and Biology with honors from West Texas A & M University in Spring 2006. She joined the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences that summer. She currently works in the cell biology laboratory of Dr. Thomas Thekkumkara. Erika is investigating p53 and caspase activation after acute exposures of high glucose to proximal tubule cells. While pursing her Masters, Erika is also wife to husband Sam and mother to Andrea, Mattie, and Keira.
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Education:
B.S., Chemistry and Biology, West Texas A&M University (2006)
Publications:
Presentations:
- Short-Term Exposure of High Glucose Induces Apoptosis in Human Proximal Tubule Epithelial Cells: Possible Role for p53 and Caspase-3. Student Research Week, Lubbock, TX, 2007.
- E. Wisdom, T. Thekkumkara. A Compensatory Mechanism for Acute Hyperglycemia Induced Apoptosis in Human Proximal Tubule Epithelial Cells. Student Research Week, Lubbock, TX, 2008.
- E. Wisdom, J. George, T. Thekkumkara, A Compensatory Mechanism for Hyperglycemia Induced Apoptosis, Experimental Biology,San Diego, CA, April 2008.
- Erika Wisdom and Thomas Thekkumkara. A Novel Mechanism for Acute Hyperglycemia Induced Apoptosis In Renal Epithelial Cells. Experimental Biology, New Orleans, LA. 2009
Seminars:
- "Short Term Exposure of High Glucose Induces Apoptosis in Human Proximal Tubule Epithelial Cells: A Possible Role for p53 and Caspase-3" 11/27/06
- "A Compensatory Mechanism for Acute Hyperglycemia Induced Apoptosis(?)" 12/10/07
- "A Compensatory Mechanism for Acute Hyperglycemia Induced Apoptosis in Human Proximal Tubule Epithelial Cells" 10/6/08
Scholarships:
- Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, Minority Access to Research Careers Travel Scholarship, Experimental Biology, San Diego, CA 2008
- Hispanic Scholarship & Target, 2008
- Minority Access to Research Careers, Experimental Biology, New Orleans, LA. 2009
- American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Experimental Biology, New Orleans, LA. 2009.
