Wells' Lab - Jareer Kassis
Department of PathologyUAB
Birmingham, AL 35294-0007
Presently at:
709 Scaife
Department of Pathology
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
412-634-9366
jareerk@uab.edu
jkassis+@pitt.edu
Education
| Institution | Degree | Conferred | Field of study |
| Earlham College | BA | 1995 | Biology & Chemistry |
| Univ Alabama at Birmingham | PhD | anticipated 2001 | Pathology |
Pre-Graduate Research Experience
| Date | Description | Advisor |
| Mar-Jun, 1993 | Studies of Mercury in Fish in the Environment of Richmond, Indiana |
Wilmer Stratton, Ph.D. Department of Chemistry, Earlham College |
| Aug-Dec, 1993 | Kinetics of Water Loss in Embryos of Drosophila melanogaster |
Paul Schreuders, Ph.D., and Peter Mazur,
Ph.D Cryobiology Group, Biology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
Graduate Laboratory Rotations
| Date | Description | Advisor |
| Sep-Dec, 1995 | Methods in Constructing a cDNA Library for Adipocytes |
Robert Hardy, Ph.D Department of Pathology, UAB |
| Jan-Apr, 1996 | Role of TNFa in the Proliferation of Human Bladder and Prostate Cells | Ada
Elgavish, Ph.D Department of Comparative Medicine, UAB |
Publications
1. PD Schreuders, J Kassis, KW Cole, U Schneider, AP Mahowald, and P Mazur. 1996. Kinetics of Embryo Drying in Drosophila melanogaster as a Function of the Steps of Permeabilization: Experimental. Journal of Insect Physiology. 42: 501-5162. PD Schreuders, J Kassis, and P Mazur. 1996. Kinetics of Embryo Drying in Drosophila melanogaster as a Function of the Steps of Permeabilization: Theoretical. Journal of Insect Physiology. 42: 603-615
3. T Turner, M Van Epps-Fung, J Kassis, A Wells 1997. Molecular inhibition of PLCg signaling abrogates DU-145 prostate tumor cell invasion. Clinical Cancer Research. 3: 2275-2282
4. H Kim, T Turner, J Kassis, A Wells. 1999. EGF receptor signaling in prostate development. Histology and Histopathology. 14: 1175-1182
5. J Kassis, J Moellinger, H Lo, N Greenberg, H Kim, A Wells. 1999. A role for PLCg-mediated signaling in tumor cell invasion. Clinical Cancer Research. 5: 2251-2260
6. J Kassis, DA Lauffenburger, T Turner, A Wells. 2001. Tumor invasion as dysregulated cell motility. Seminars in Cancer Biology, 11: 105-117
7. E Manos, M Kim, J Kassis, P Chang, A Wells, D Jones. 2001 Dolichol-phosphate-mannose-3 (DPM3)/prostin-1 is a novel phospholipase C-g regulated gene negatively associated with prostate tumor invasion. Oncogene, 20: 2781-2790
8. J Kassis, R Radinsky, A Wells. 2001. Invasiveness of a bladder cancer cell line requires induced migration. International Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Submitted.
9. J Kassis, A Maeda, N Teramoto, K Takada, G Klein, A Wells. 2001. EBV-expressing AGS gastric carcinoma cell sublines present increased motility and invasiveness. In preparation.
10. J Kassis, S Kloecker, E Manos, D Jones, A Wells. Prostate Cancer progression correlates with uPAR upregulation. In preparation.
Abstracts
1. J Kassis, J Moellinger, H Lo, H Kim, N Greenberg, A Wells. A Role for PLCg-mediated signaling in tumor cell invasion. Proceedings, American Association for Cancer Research 90th annual meeting, #692. April, 1999 (Oral Presentation)2. J Kassis, J Moellinger, H Lo, H Kim, A Wells. PLCg signaling is critical for tumor cell invasion. Academy of Clinical Laboratory Scientists annual meeting, #3-3. June, 1999. (Oral Presentation)
3. J Kassis, D Jones, A Wells. Prostate cancer progression correlates with uPAR upregulation. Proceedings, American Association for Cancer Research 91st annual meeting, #125. April, 2000.4. J Kassis, R Radinsky, A Wells. Invasiveness of a bladder cancer cell line requires induced migration. Proceedings, American Association for Cancer Research 92nd annual meeting, #298. March, 2001.