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Pharmacology & Chemical Biology
Nicole Kaminski
Predoctoral Fellow
2.7 Hillman Cancer Center
nik68@pitt.edu
Education
BS Biochemistry Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Advisor
Roderick J. O'Sullivan, PhD
Research Summary
I am interested in the role of SUMOylation as a post-translational regulator of the alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) pathway present in cancer cells.
Research Details
Publications
Awards, Honors, and Sponsored Research
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O'Sullivan Lab
I am interested in the role of SUMOylation as a post-translational regulator of the alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) pathway present in cancer cells.
Journal Articles
Evgeniia Prokhorova, Thomas Agnew, Anne R Wondisford, Michael Tellier,
Nicole Kaminski
, Danique Beijer, James Holder, Josephine Groslambert, Marcin J Suskiewicz, Kang Zhu, Julia M Reber, Sarah C Krassnig, Luca Palazzo, Shona Murphy, Michael L Nielsen, Aswin Mangerich, Dragana Ahel, Jonathan Baets, Roderick J O'Sullivan, Ivan Ahel. Unrestrained poly-ADP-ribosylation provides insights into chromatin regulation and human disease. Molecular Cell.2021 Jun 17;81(12):2640-2655.e8.
doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2021.04.028. Epub 2021 May 20.
Hoang SM,
Kaminski N
, Bhargava R, Barroso-González J, Lynskey ML, García-Expósito L, Roncaioli JL, Wondisford AR, Wallace CT, Watkins SC, James DI, Waddell ID, Ogilvie D, Smith KM, da Veiga Leprevost F, Mellacharevu D, Nesvizhskii AI, Li J, Ray-Gallet D, Sobol RW, Almouzni G, O'Sullivan RJ. Regulation of ALT-associated homology-directed repair by polyADP-ribosylation. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2020 Dec;27(12):1152-1164. doi: 10.1038/s41594-020-0512-7. Epub 2020 Oct 12. PMID: 33046907 PMCID: PMC7809635
Kaminski, N.A.
and Wong, E.A. (2018) Differential mRNA expression of nutrient transporters in male and female chickens.
Poultry Science
, (97)1: 313–318, https://doi.org/10.3382/ps/pex262
Awards and Honors
Molecular Pharmacology Predoctoral Training in Pharmacological Sciences, T32 GM133332 September 1, 2018 to August 31, 2019
Molecular Pharmacology Predoctoral Training in Pharmacological Sciences, T32 GM133332 September 1, 2019 to August 31, 2020
NIH F31 A novel role for RAD51AP1 in regulation of TERRA lincRNA during ALT-mediated telomere extension (Funded August 2021-July 2024)
Sponsored Research
NIH T32 GM008424