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Dykstra, Kaitlyn
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT
Biology
ACADEMIC SCHOOL
School of Arts and Sciences
TITLES/RESPONSIBILITIES
Assistant Professor, 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
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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