{"id":2558,"date":"2012-08-31T17:13:09","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T21:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/?page_id=2558"},"modified":"2015-06-03T11:30:57","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T15:30:57","slug":"jacquelyn-sikora","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/home\/people_main\/jacquelyn-sikora\/","title":{"rendered":"JACQUELYN SIKORA HANSON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2009\/10\/Sikora.Jacjuelyn.ASBMB10a-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2517\" title=\"Sikora.Jacjuelyn.ASBMB10a (2)\" src=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2009\/10\/Sikora.Jacjuelyn.ASBMB10a-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Sikora.Jacjuelyn.ASBMB10a (2)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>EDUCATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sept 2011 \u2013 present: \u00a0 PhD\u00a0 Program, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston\u00a0University\u00a0\u00a0School\u00a0of Medicine,\u00a0Boston MA<\/li>\n<li>2011: \u00a0BS in Biochemistry, Northeastern University, Boston MA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>RESEARCH INTERESTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am currently investigating the effects of genetic variation on disease progression of wild-type transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRwt) in the Amyloid Treatment and Research Program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PUBLICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jaylene N. Ollivierre,\u00a0<b>Jacquelyn L. Sikora<\/b>, Penny J. Beuning. \u201cDimer exchange and cleavage specificity of the DNA damage response protein UmuD.\u201d Biochim Biophys Acta. 2013 Feb; 1834(2):611-20.\u00a0PMID: 23220418<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Jaylene N. Ollivierre,\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Jacquelyn L. Sikora<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">, Penny J. Beuning. \u201cThe dimeric SOS mutagenesis protein UmuD is active as a monomer.\u201d J Biol Chem. 2011 Feb 4; 286(5):3607-17.\u00a0PMID: 21118802.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>ORAL PRESENTATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Jacquelyn L. Sikora,\u00a0<\/b>Mark W. Logue, Gloria C. Chan, Brian H. Spencer, Tatiana B. Prokaeva, David C. Seldin, Lawreen H. Connors. \u201cNon-coding genetic variation of the transthyretin gene in senile systemic amyloidosis.\u201d\u00a0International Symposium on Amyloidosis, Indianapolis, IN. April 29, 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>POSTER PRESENTATIONS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Jacquelyn L. Sikora,\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Brian H. Spencer, Tatiana B. Prokaeva, Lawreen H. Connors. \u201cSingle nucleotide polymorphisms in the 3\u2019 and untranslated and near gene regions of transthyretin may play a role in senile systemic amyloidosis.\u201d\u00a0Boston University Medical School Henry I. Russek Day. Boston, MA. May 10, 2013.\u00a0ASIP, EB Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. April 20-24, 2013. Presented in the general scientific session.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Jacquelyn L. Sikora,<\/strong> Jaylene N. Ollivierre, Sarah M. Jensen, Tyler J. Cipriani, Penny J. Beuning. \u201cHeterodimer formation in the DNA damage response protein UmuD.\u201d ASBMB Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. April 9-13, 2011. Northeastern University Research and Scholarship Expo. Boston, MA. April 6, 2011. Northeastern University Board of Trustees Meeting. Boston, MA. May 14, 2011.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jacquelyn Sikora,<\/strong> Ziyong Sun, James Yu, Bo-Sheng Pan, Kallol Ray. \u201cPhosphorylation Status of Select Kinases and its Implications in Inhibitor Discovery.\u201d Merck Research Laboratories Internal Science Symposium. Boston, MA. September 17, 2010.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jacquelyn L. Sikora<\/strong>, Jaylene N. Ollivierre, David E. Budil, Penny J. Beuning. \u201cDNA damage response protein UmuD displays conformational dynamics.\u201d ASBMB Annual Meeting. Anaheim, CA. April 24-28, 2010. Northeastern University Honors Evening. Boston, MA. April 12, 2010.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jacquelyn Sikora<\/strong>, James Yu, Bo-Sheng Pan, Kallol Ray. \u201cPhosphorylation Status of Kinases and its Implications in Inhibitor Discovery.\u201d Merck Research Laboratories Internal Co-op Poster Symposium. Boston, MA. December 11, 2009. Northeastern University Research and Scholarship Expo. Boston, MA. March 24, 2010.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>AWARDS\/ACCOMPLISHMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amyloidosis Foundation Travel Grant, 2014<\/li>\n<li>Graduated magna cum laude from Northeastern University, 2011<\/li>\n<li>Honors Junior\/Senior Thesis, 2011<\/li>\n<li>Undergraduate Outstanding Student Research Award for Physical and Life Sciences, 2011<\/li>\n<li>Provost Undergraduate Research Awards, 2008-2011<\/li>\n<li>Honors Travel Grant Recipient, 2010<\/li>\n<li>Biochemistry Club President, 2008-2011<\/li>\n<li>Northeastern University Honors Program, 2008-2011<\/li>\n<li>Excellence Scholarship, 2007-2011<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>HOBBIES\/INTERESTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cooking<\/li>\n<li>Swimming<\/li>\n<li>Yoga<\/li>\n<li>Skiing, water and snow<\/li>\n<li>Scrapbooking<\/li>\n<li>Reading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EDUCATION Sept 2011 \u2013 present: \u00a0 PhD\u00a0 Program, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston\u00a0University\u00a0\u00a0School\u00a0of Medicine,\u00a0Boston MA 2011: \u00a0BS in Biochemistry, Northeastern University, Boston MA RESEARCH INTERESTS I am currently investigating the effects of genetic variation on disease progression of wild-type transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRwt) in the Amyloid Treatment and Research Program. 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