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- 1. ERIK GAVIN ROGERS 10456 ELaPalma Ave. #1 –GoldCanyon, AZ 85118| 480-559-3546| erikgavinrogers@gmail.com | egrogers@asu.edu EDUCATION ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY – TEMPE, AZ 85287 M.S. Molecular and Cellular Biology Project: The roleofMohawk in networksregulating acuteand chronicinflammation 05.09.2013 Comprehensiveexam project: “Hypoxia Driven InductionofM2 Tumor Associated Macrophages and theirContributions to EMTandInvasiveness in Carcinoma Cells” Degree GPA –3.63 ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY – TEMPE, AZ 85287 B.S. Molecular Bioscienceand Biotechnology 05.13.2010 Minor –Philosophy Degree GPA –3.5 Degree Honors –Magna Cum Laude INTERNSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS HeliosScholar’sSummer Internship, Translational GenomicsResearch Institute June 2010–August 2010 Integrated Cancer Genomics · AdrenocorticalCarcinoma Research Program PI - Kimberly J. Bussey HeliosScholar’sSummer Internship, Translational GenomicsResearch Institute June 2009–August 2009 Integrated Cancer Genomics · AdrenocorticalCarcinoma Research Program PI - Kimberly J. Bussey ArizonaState University, School ofLife SciencesUndergraduateResearch program 2008-2010 SOLUR Fellow August 2009 –May 2010 SOLUR Researcher August 2008 –May 2009 SOLUR Apprentice January 2008 –May 2008 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Arizona State University –School ofLifeSciences -Tempe, AZ 8528 Teaching Assistant –BIO453 –Animal Histology Spring 2014 Teaching Assistant –BIO352 -Lab in VertebrateDevelopmental Anatomy Fall 2013 Teaching Assistant –BIO352 -Lab in VertebrateDevelopmental Anatomy 2012-2013 academic year Teaching Assistant –BIO453 –Animal Histology Spring 2012 Teaching Assistant –BIO340 –General Genetics Fall 2011 Teaching Assistant –BIO352 -Lab in Vertebrate Developmental Anatomy 2010-2011 academic year
- 2. ERIK ROGERS PAGE 2 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR CONTACT INFORMATION Dr. J. Alan Rawls AssociateProfessor Genomics, Evolution and Bioinformatics Faculty ASU - School ofLife Sciences Tel: (602) 727-6676 FAX:(602) 965-2519 AssociateViceProvostofClinical Partnerships Office of ExecutiveVice PresidentandProvost P.O. 877805 Tempe, AZ 85287-7805 Tel: (480) 727-5682 E-mail: Alan.Rawls@asu.edu PUBLICATIONS Numb playsa critical rolein satellite cellmediated muscle repair. Rajani George,Brian JBeres, ErikRogers, JeramyBullis,AlanRawls,Jeanne Wilson-Rawls School of Life Sciences, Arizona StateUniversity Tempe,AZ, USA. DevelopmentalBiology(ImpactFactor: 3.87). 08/2010; 344(1):521-522. DOI:10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.05.460 Source: PubMed Numb-deficientsatellitecellshave regeneration and proliferation defects. Rajani MGeorge, Stefano Biressi, Brian J Beres,Erik Rogers, Amanda K Mulia, Ronald EAllen,Alan Rawls,Thomas ARando,JeanneWilson-Rawls School of Life Sciences, Arizona StateUniversity, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501. Proceedings oftheNationalAcademy ofSciences (Impact Factor: 9.74). 10/2013; DOI:10.1073/pnas.1311628110 Source: PubMed POSTERS Mkx isa critical regulator ofinflammation initiation inresponse to acute muscleinjury Erik Rogers, etal., 2012 Arizona State University, School ofLife Sciences, Molecular and Cellular Biology graduate program SIRT 1 Expression Level Possible Indicator ofPatient Response To Mitotane Treatent. Erik Rogers, etal., 2010 TranslationalGenomics ResearchInstitute, ClinicalTranslational Research Division, AdrenocorticalCarcinoma ResearchProgram SIRT 1 Expression LevelsAffect Drug ResponseIn Adrenocortical CarcinomaCell Lines. Erik Rogers, etal., 2009 TranslationalGenomics ResearchInstitute, ClinicalTranslational Research Division, AdrenocorticalCarcinoma ResearchProgram Numb and Numblike and Their RoleIn RegenerationAfter Induced Muscle Damage. Erik Rogers, etal., 2009 Arizona State University, School ofLife Sciences Undergraduate Research program
- 3. ERIK ROGERS PAGE 3 PRESENTATIONS Rogers, E., Anderson,D., Ramos, P., Outlaw, S.,Cunnliffe, H., Jiang, R.,Wilson-Rawls, J., Rawls, A. , 2013Mkx is a criticalregulator of inflammationinitiation in responseto acutemuscleinjury. Muscular Dystrophy Association ScientificConferenceWashington DC.(Apr 2013) Alan Rawls, Erik Rogers, and JeanneWilson-Rawls Integration ofInflammation and Muscle Differentiation During Muscle Repair. Health Program "Works In Progress",Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale. (Apr 2013) Alan Rawls, Erik Rogers, and JeanneWilson-Rawls Integration ofInflammation and MuscleDifferentiation during Muscle Repair. Colleges@ASU at Lake Havasu City,DepartmentalSeminar. (Oct 2013) Rajani M. George, StefanoBiressi, Brian J.Beres, Erik Rogers, Amanda K.Mulia, Ronald E. Allenc, AlanRawls, Thomas A. Rando,and Jeanne Wilson-Rawls Numb-deficient satellitecells haveregeneration and proliferationdefects.Minisymposium: TheBiologyofMuscle Growth and Repair, Tucson.(Sep 2013) Rogers, E., Anderson,D., Ramos, P., Outlaw, S.,Cunnliffe, H., Jiang, R.,Wilson-Rawls, J., Rawls, A. Mohawk is a Regulator ofInflammation in Response toMuscle Damage. New Directions in Biology and Disease ofSkeletal Muscle. (Jul2012) Rogers, E., Anderson,D., Ramos, P., Outlaw, S.,Cunnliffe, H., Jiang, R.,Wilson-Rawls, J., Rawls, A. Mohawk is a Regulator ofInflammation in Response toMuscle Damage. Society for Muscle Biology:Development,Function andRepair oftheMuscleCell,New York City. (Jul2012) Wilson-Rawls, J., R. George, E. Rogers, R.E. Allen and A. Rawls Therole ofNumb insatellitecellmediatedrepair.. EMBO Conference: The Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms, Regulating SkeletalMuscle Development and Regeneration.Wiesbaden, Germany. (May 2011) Rajani George,Brian JBeres, ErikRogers, JeramyBullis,AlanRawls,JeanneWilson-Rawls Numb plays a criticalrole insatellitecellmediated muscle repair. Society for DevelBiol, 69th Annual Meeting Jointly with the Japanese Society ofDevelopment. Albuquerque, NM. (Aug 2010) EXPERIENCE & SKILL SETS I am very excited toenter theworld ofindustry after spending thelast several years pursuing myPh.D. at ASU. I recently madethedifficult choice of withdrawing voluntarily fromtheMCB graduate program.It was nota decision I cameto easilybut it is onethatI ammorethanwilling to discuss. In the7 years I attended ASU, I devoted a great deal oftimeto learning andutilizing lab research techniques, strategies and processes that wouldmakeme an asset toany lab team. As an undergraduate, I worked inthelab ofDr. JeanneWilson-Rawls and acquired a very thoroughunderstanding ofmany ofthefacets ofhistology as a researchtool. I harvested and inventoriedtissuesamples for the projects of two graduatestudents. As part ofboth projects, I fixed,paraffin embeddedand sectionedmany tissue types.I alsohad the responsibility of performing manyofthe downstream staining (i.e. H&E, Gomori’s tri-chrome, VanGieson’s, etc.) and histomorphometricanalyses. The histomorphometriccomponents I conductedtaughtmea greatdealabout theimportanceofdetailedplanning and I becamevery familiar with many aspects ofbrightfield andfluorescencemicroscopy. As a graduatestudentin Dr. Alan Rawls’ lab,I built onthatfoundation and incorporated many new skills as theybecamenecessaryin the course of my research projects. I immediatelylearned thatbeing a successfulgraduate student requireddelegating many tasks to undergraduates. I now understandthatdifferent undergraduates have varying levels ofinterestin labworkandthereforerequired meto apply different approaches in terms ofdepth and breadth ofhowmuch to teach and whatto expect. I losttwoofmy undergraduates to industry jobs, in histologylabs over subsequent summerbreaks but was happy they werewalking their pathand thatI may havehelped by passing down things I had learned. Both ofmy projects relied heavily onhistological comparisons betweenwild-typemice andthoseofthreeothertransgenic strains so animalhusbandry was a task fundamental to my work. I startedwith pre-established Mkx nulllineand in my third year acquiredMdx null mice from Jackson labs that I couldthen selectively breedto attain theother double nulllineI investigated. While paraffinembedded samples were the primary source ofdownstreamdata collection,I also foundI neededto employ flash frozen samples for someofthe immunohisto/immunofluorescence staining thatbecameanintegral partofthe projects. I gained a lotoftroubleshooting experience inthesix years I workedin the labbut I attribute immunostaining frozen skeletalmusclewith learning how essentialpatience, persistenceand stubbornness canbe inresearch. When I thought I had a goodhandle onthese qualities,I turnedto RT-PCR tocompareexpression levels ofkey inflammatory markers andremind methat anynewtechniquehas inherentchallenges that providegreatjoy onceonefinally overcomes them. I feel that RT-PCR is oneofthemost useful tools availableeven ifgenerating consistentlyrepeatableresults may encourageanyobsessive tendencies onebrings to thebench. I also learnedhow toeffectively employ cell culturetechniques to answer fundamental biological questions. I patiently becameproficient at many facets ofcellculture, from isolating andmaintaining primary cultures from tissueto transfections, co- cultures, migrationassays and FACS analyses. Along withtheabovestaple techniques that werethefoundation ofmy research,I expanded my familiarity with microscopy toincludevideo, plane polarized and confocal. For a host ofreasons, the timehas come for metoleaveacademia and get back to the translational paradigms ofindustry.I am very gratefulfor thementoring ofboth Jeanne andAlanand enjoyedtheyears I spent becoming thecaliber ofresearch scientistthat I am now –well preparedto consistently and reliably contributeto achieving theresearch goals of your lab.
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