Name: Evan Gomes Email address: egomes@wfubmc.edu Education: Ph.D., Biology, June, 2007
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center, Hunter College M.Ph., Biology, June, 2005
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
City University of New York Graduate Center, Hunter College B.S., Applied Microbiology, June,2001
Colegio Universitario del Este, Carolina, Puerto Rico Advisor/Lab: Dr William H. Gmeiner / Hanes 5014 Current Research: Research involves understanding the cytotoxic mechanisms associated with a novel fluoropyrimidine anti-cancer agent, FdUMP[10], in prostate cancer. Publications: Gomes E. and Rockwell P. p38 MAPK as a negative regulator of VEGF/VEGFR2 signaling pathway in serum deprived human SK-N-SH neuroblastoma cells. Neuroscience Letters, in press. Gomes E., Papa L., Hao T., Rockwell P. The vascular endothelial growth factor receptor2 and protein kinase A cooperate to promote survival through activation of the extracellular signal-regulated protein kinases 1/2 in serum deprived neuronal cells. Mol Cell Biochem. 2007 Nov; 305(1-2):179-90. Papa L. Gomes E. Rockwell P. Reactive oxygen species induced by proteasome inhibition in neuronal cells mediate mitochondrial dysfunction and a caspase-independent cell death. Apoptosis. 2007 Aug;12(8):1389-405 Rodrick V., Gomes E., Hui L., Rockwell P., Foster D. A. Myc stabilization in response to estrogen and phospholipase D in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. FEBS Letters 580 (2006) 5647-5652 Rockwell P., Martinez J., Papa L., Gomes E. Redox regulates Cox-2 upregulation and cell death in the neuronal response to cadmium. Cellular Signal. 2004 Mar; 16(3):343-53l Honors and Awards: Research Grant for Doctoral Students/Graduate Center-CUNY, 2005 - 2006
Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS)/Hunter College-CUNY, 2001 – 2007,
Hispanic Scholarship Fund Award/Gates Millennium Scholarship, 2000 – 2004 Hobbies – Other: Playing with my three year old son, Yael Gabriel! |