2004- 05 Ph.D. Students in Biomedical Sciences


Karen Hayes
Karen Hayes Hometown: Conneault Lake, PA
Undergraduate Institution: Edinboro University, PA
Degree(s): B.S., Biology
Research Interest: Cancer Cell
Graduate Program: Cancer Cell Biology
Research Advisor: Scott Weed, Ph.D.

Published Manuscripts:

1. Kelley, L.C., Hayes, K.E., Ammer, A.G., Martin, K.H., Weed, S.A. (2010). Cortactin phosphorylated by ERK1/2 localizes to sites of dynamic actin regulation and is required for carcinoma lamellipodia persistence. PLoS One. Nov 4;5(11):e13847. PMCID: PMC2973953.

2. Kelley, L.C., Ammer, A.G., Hayes, K.E., Martin, K.H., Machida, K., Jia, L., Mayer, B.J. & Weed, S.A. (2010). Oncogenic Src requires a wild-type counterpart to regulate invadopodia maturation. J Cell Sci. Nov 15;123(Pt 22):3923-32. PMCID: PMC2972274.

3. Ammer, A.G., Kelley, L.C., Hayes, K.E., Evans, J.V., Lopez-Skinner, L.A., Martin, K.H., Frederick, B., Rothschild, B.L., Raben, D., Elvin, P., Green, T.P. & Weed, S.A. (2009). Saracatinib impairs head and neck squamous cell carcinoma invasion by disrupting invadopodia function. J. Cancer Sci. Therapy 1: 052-062. PMID: 20505783.

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