Ronald Wek
Indiana University School of Medicine
Lab News
Welcome new doctoral graduate student Ricardo Cordova!
Congratulations to Rebecca Miles for receiving an Honorable Mention for her poster entitled "The Integrated Stress Response and Cutaneous Wound Healing" at the 2018 Biochemistry Research Day
Student Presentations and Posters
Posters
Gordon Research Conference Contemporary Advances and Challenges in Drug Safety Assessment June 2018
-Parth Amin "Transcription Factors CHOP and NFkB regulate gene networks in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis"
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meeting on Translational Control Sept 2018:
- Kenny Carlson "Biochemical Characterization of the eIF2 kinase GCN2"
IU School of Medicine Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research Day Oct 2018:
-Rebecca Miles, Parth Amin, Jagannath Misra, Dan Spandau and Ronald Wek "The Integrated Stress Response Facilitates Cutaneous Wound Healing
Society for Investigate Dermatology (SID) Annual Meeting 2019:
- Rebecca Miles, Parth Amin, Jagannath Misra, Dan Spandau and Ronald Wek "The Intergrated Stress Response Facilitates Cutaneous Wound Healing"
Presentations
Grand Rounds, Eli Lilly Research Laboratories. August 24, 2016.
Jeff Willy “Role of the Unfolded Protein Response during the Pathogenesis of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis.”
Society for Investigate Dermatology (SID) Annual Meeting 2016
Annie Collier - Collier, A., Spandau, D., Wek, R. Concurrent Minisymposia on Epidermal Structure & Barrier Function, Scottsdale, AZ, May 12, 2016. “Preferential translation is required for proper keratinocyte differentiation.”
Gordon Research Seminar on Autophagy. March 20, 2016.
Jeff Willy “Identification of Novel UPR Member IBTKα: Linking Autophagosome Formation and Secretion to the Pathogenesis of Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis.”
Jeff Willy “How ER Stress Drives the Pathogensis of Liver Disease: Linking Cell Death to Autophagy and Inflammation.” Valparaiso University. February 5, 2016.
Graduate Students
Ricardo Cordova 2019-present
Parth Amin 2017-present
Kenneth Carlson 2017-present
Riaz Alam 2017-present
(LGRAD - Lilly Graduate Research Advance Degree) Eli Lilly
Rebecca Miles 2017-present
(LGRAD - Lilly Graduate Research Advance Degree) Eli Lilly
Dr Annie Collier PhD 2017, Stanford Postdoc (joint student - Dr Dan Spandau)
Dr Jeff Willy PhD 2016
(LGRAD - Lilly Graduate Research Advance Degree) Eli Lilly
Dr Mike Fusakio PhD 2016 , Beckman Coulter
Mohammed Alzahrani MS 2016
Dr Sara Young PhD 2016, NIH postdoc
Dr Tom Baird PhD 2015, NIH postdoc
Dr Brian Teske PhD 2012, Eli Lilly
Dr Souvik Dey PhD 2012, U Penn. postdoc
Dr Reddy Palam PhD 2012,
Dr Donghui Zhou PhD 2010,
Dr Kirk Staske PhD 2010, Eli Lilly
Dr Ke Zhan PhD 2003
Dr Kun Ma PhD 2002
Dr Ruchira Sood PhD 2000
Dr Ruojing Yang PhD 2000
Dr Shuhao Zhu PhD 1997
Weijin Qian MS 1996
Post doctoral Fellows
Dr Jagannath Misra 2017-present
Dr Leo Augusto 2016-present (joint with Dr. Bill Sullivan)
Dr Michael Holmes 2015-present (joint with Dr. Bill Sullivan)
Dr Imaan Benmerzouga 2013-2015 (joint with Dr. Bill Sullivan)
Dr Christian Konrad 2009-2013 (joint with Dr. Bill Sullivan)
Dr Hongzhen He 2008-2012 (joint with Dr. Millie Georgiadis)
Dr Brad Joyce 2007-2013 (joint with Dr. Bill Sullivan)
Dr Hao-Yuan Jiang 2002-2004
Dr Karen Gregson 2001
Dr Amy Porter 1998-1999
Dr Jana Narasimhan 1998-2006
Dr Krishna Vattem 1998-2004
Dr Alexander Sobolev 1992-1993