Pathology Graduate Training Program
Cellular and Molecular Pathology (CMP) -
Current Graduate Students

Name: Beth Oczypok
Email: eao14@pitt.edu
Lab Phone: 412-624-8888
Mentor Name: Tim Oury, MD, PhD

Undergraduate Education:
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Molecular Biology
Undergraduate Institution: University of Pittsburgh

Research Project Information

The Role of Extracellular Superoxide Dismutase in Acute Pulmonary Infections.

Publications / Achievements

Publications

Oczypok EA, Etheridge T, Freeman J, Stodieck L, Johnsen R, Baillie D, Szewczyk NJ. (2012). Remote automated multi-generational growth and observation of an animal in low Earth orbit. J R Soc Interface. 9(68):596-9. [PMID: 22130552]

Etheridge T*, Oczypok EA*, Lehmann S, Fields BD, Shephard F, Jacobson LA, Szewczyk NJ. (2012). Calpains mediate integrin attachment complex maintenance of adult muscle in Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS Genet. 8(1):e1002471. [PMID: 22253611] *shared first author

Abstracts:

Orions Quest Schools, Oczypok, E., Szewczyk, N., Drummond, T., Lawrie, P., Freeman, J., Stodieck, L., Johnsen, R., Baillie, D., and Othman, M. (2007). "Normal growth, development and behavior of Caenorhabditis elegans through ten generations of autonomous culturing onboard the International Space Station (ISS)." Mountain and Wilderness Medicine World Congress, Aviemore, Scotland

Oczypok, E. and Szewczyk, N. (2007). "An integrin-containing muscle adhesion complex opposes muscle protein degradation in C. elegans." The Biochemical Society Annual Symposium, Manchester, UK.

Oczypok, E., Jacobson, L., and Szewczyk, N. (2008). "Disruption of an integrin-containing muscle adhesion complex causes muscle protein degradation in C. elegans." European Space Agency "Life in Space for Life on Earth" International Conference, Angers, France.

Oczypok, E.A., Jacobson, L.A., and Szewczyk, N.J. (2008). "Disruption of an integrin-containing muscle adhesion complex causes muscle protein degradation in Caenorhabditis elegans." Proc. Physiol. Soc. 11, PC139. Physiology Society Meeting, Cambridge, UK

Presentations:

Awards:

  • Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium Undergraduate Research Award, 2007, 2008
  • Alison Bentley Kephart Award, for outstanding work as a first-year undergraduate in the biological sciences, 2007
  • European Space Agency Young Researcher Award, 2008
  • University Scholar, University of Pittsburgh, 2009
  • Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, 2009
  • Summa Cum Laude, University of Pittsburgh, 2010