Ph.D. Student Profile
Kimberley (Kimmie) Sala-Hamrick
- Doctoral Candidate
- Cognate: Toxicology
Education
- BS Biology, Univeristy of Michigan (2017)
Research Interests & Projects
- Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
- piRNA
- Environmental Justice
Selected Publications
Perera, B., Morgan, R. K., Polemi, K. M., Sala-Hamrick, K. E., Svoboda, L. K., & Dolinoy, D. C. (2022). PIWI-Interacting RNA (piRNA) and Epigenetic Editing in Environmental Health Sciences. Current environmental health reports, 10.1007/s40572-022-00372-6. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40572-022-00372-6
Martin, C. E., Murray, A. S., Mackinder, J. R., Sala-Hamrick, K. E., Flynn, M. G., Lundgren, J. G., Varela, F. A., & List, K. (2022). TMPRSS13 zymogen activation, surface localization, and shedding is regulated by proteolytic cleavage within the non-catalytic stem region. Biological chemistry, 10.1515/hsz-2022-0129. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1515/hsz-2022-0129
Martin, C. E., Murray, A. S., Sala-Hamrick, K. E., Mackinder, J. R., Harrison, E. C., Lundgren, J. G., Varela, F. A., & List, K. (2021). Posttranslational modifications of serine protease TMPRSS13 regulate zymogen activation, proteolytic activity, and cell surface localization. The Journal of biological chemistry, 297(4), 101227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101227
Murray, A. S., Hyland, T. E., Sala-Hamrick, K. E., Mackinder, J. R., Martin, C. E., Tanabe, L. M., Varela, F. A., & List, K. (2020). The cell-surface anchored serine protease TMPRSS13 promotes breast cancer progression and resistance to chemotherapy. Oncogene, 39(41), 6421–6436. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41388-020-01436-3
Varela, F. A., Foust, V. L., Hyland, T. E., Sala-Hamrick, K. E., Mackinder, J. R., Martin, C. E., Murray, A. S., Todi, S. V., & List, K. (2020). TMPRSS13 promotes cell survival, invasion, and resistance to drug-induced apoptosis in colorectal cancer. Scientific reports, 10(1), 13896. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70636-4