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			ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT
		
        
                
			Biology
		
           
          
			
            
				ACADEMIC SCHOOL
			
            
				School of Arts and Sciences
			
        
		 
          
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			Associate Professor, Biology
Chair, Department of Biology
Director of the Bioinformatics Program
		
          
			CONTACT
		
 
          
			Office phone: (716) 375-2480
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			OFFICE
		
 
          
			Walsh Science Center 213
		
          
			COURSES TAUGHT
		
 
          
			
    - BIOL 105. Biological Science I Laboratory
- BIO 106. Biological Science II
- BIO 291. Genetics
- BIOL 293. Genetics and Cell Biology Laboratory
 
          
			ACADEMIC DEGREES
		
          
			
    - Ph.D., Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, 2012
- B.S., Molecular Genetics, SUNY Fredonia, 2007
 
          
			OTHER EDUCATION
		
 
          
			
    - Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2014-2019
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Cystic Fibrosis Center, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 2013
 
          
			PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
		
          
			
    - Senior Lecturer for Microbiology for Nurses at Niagara University, 2016
 
          
			ACCOMPLISHMENTS
		
 
          
			Publications
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    Haney, S., Allen, C.L., Varney, M., Dykstra, K.M., Falcone, E., Colligan, S., Hu, Q., Aldridge, A., Wright, D., Wiemer, A. and Holstein, S.A. (2017). Novel tropolone induce the unfolded protein response pathway and apoptosis in multiple myeloma cells. Oncotarget. 8(44): 76085-76098.
- Dykstra, K.M., Allen, C.L., Born, E.J. and Holstein, S.A. (2015). Mechanisms for autophagy modulation by isoprenoid biosynthetic pathway inhibitors in multiple myeloma cells. Oncotarget. 6(39):41535-41549.
- Dykstra, K.M., Ulengin, I., DelRose, N. and Lee, T.H. (2013). Identification of discrete sites in Yip1A necessary for regulation of endoplasmic reticulum structure. PLoS One. 8(1):e54413.
- Dykstra, K.M., Pokusa, J.E., Suhan, J. and Lee, T.H. (2010). Yip1A structures the mammalian endoplasmic reticulum. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 21(9): 1556-68.
- Falco, C.F., Dykstra, K.M., Yates, B.P. and Berget P.B. (2009). scFv-based fluorogen activating proteins and variable domain inhibitors as fluorescent biosensor platforms. Biotechnology Journal. 4(9): 1328-36.
 
          
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