1. ERIK GAVIN ROGERS
10456 ELaPalma Ave. #1 –GoldCanyon, AZ 85118| 480-559-3546| erikgavinrogers@gmail.com | egrogers@asu.edu
EDUCATION
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY – TEMPE, AZ 85287
M.S. Molecular and Cellular Biology
Project: The roleofMohawk in networksregulating acuteand chronicinflammation 05.09.2013
Comprehensiveexam project: “Hypoxia Driven InductionofM2 Tumor Associated Macrophages
and theirContributions to EMTandInvasiveness in Carcinoma Cells”
Degree GPA –3.63
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY – TEMPE, AZ 85287
B.S. Molecular Bioscienceand Biotechnology 05.13.2010
Minor –Philosophy
Degree GPA –3.5
Degree Honors –Magna Cum Laude
INTERNSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS
HeliosScholar’sSummer Internship, Translational GenomicsResearch Institute June 2010–August 2010
Integrated Cancer Genomics · AdrenocorticalCarcinoma Research Program
PI - Kimberly J. Bussey
HeliosScholar’sSummer Internship, Translational GenomicsResearch Institute June 2009–August 2009
Integrated Cancer Genomics · AdrenocorticalCarcinoma Research Program
PI - Kimberly J. Bussey
ArizonaState University, School ofLife SciencesUndergraduateResearch program 2008-2010
SOLUR Fellow August 2009 –May 2010
SOLUR Researcher August 2008 –May 2009
SOLUR Apprentice January 2008 –May 2008
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Arizona State University –School ofLifeSciences -Tempe, AZ 8528
Teaching Assistant –BIO453 –Animal Histology Spring 2014
Teaching Assistant –BIO352 -Lab in VertebrateDevelopmental Anatomy Fall 2013
Teaching Assistant –BIO352 -Lab in VertebrateDevelopmental Anatomy 2012-2013 academic year
Teaching Assistant –BIO453 –Animal Histology Spring 2012
Teaching Assistant –BIO340 –General Genetics Fall 2011
Teaching Assistant –BIO352 -Lab in Vertebrate Developmental Anatomy 2010-2011 academic year
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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR CONTACT INFORMATION
Dr. J. Alan Rawls
AssociateProfessor
Genomics, Evolution and Bioinformatics Faculty
ASU - School ofLife Sciences
Tel: (602) 727-6676
FAX:(602) 965-2519
AssociateViceProvostofClinical Partnerships
Office of ExecutiveVice PresidentandProvost
P.O. 877805
Tempe, AZ 85287-7805
Tel: (480) 727-5682
E-mail: Alan.Rawls@asu.edu
PUBLICATIONS
Numb playsa critical rolein satellite cellmediated muscle repair.
Rajani George,Brian JBeres, ErikRogers, JeramyBullis,AlanRawls,Jeanne Wilson-Rawls
School of Life Sciences, Arizona StateUniversity Tempe,AZ, USA.
DevelopmentalBiology(ImpactFactor: 3.87). 08/2010; 344(1):521-522. DOI:10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.05.460
Source: PubMed
Numb-deficientsatellitecellshave regeneration and proliferation defects.
Rajani MGeorge, Stefano Biressi, Brian J Beres,Erik Rogers, Amanda K Mulia, Ronald EAllen,Alan Rawls,Thomas ARando,JeanneWilson-Rawls
School of Life Sciences, Arizona StateUniversity, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501.
Proceedings oftheNationalAcademy ofSciences (Impact Factor: 9.74). 10/2013; DOI:10.1073/pnas.1311628110
Source: PubMed
POSTERS
Mkx isa critical regulator ofinflammation initiation inresponse to acute muscleinjury
Erik Rogers, etal., 2012
Arizona State University, School ofLife Sciences, Molecular and Cellular Biology graduate program
SIRT 1 Expression Level Possible Indicator ofPatient Response To Mitotane Treatent.
Erik Rogers, etal., 2010
TranslationalGenomics ResearchInstitute, ClinicalTranslational Research Division, AdrenocorticalCarcinoma ResearchProgram
SIRT 1 Expression LevelsAffect Drug ResponseIn Adrenocortical CarcinomaCell Lines.
Erik Rogers, etal., 2009
TranslationalGenomics ResearchInstitute, ClinicalTranslational Research Division, AdrenocorticalCarcinoma ResearchProgram
Numb and Numblike and Their RoleIn RegenerationAfter Induced Muscle Damage.
Erik Rogers, etal., 2009
Arizona State University, School ofLife Sciences Undergraduate Research program
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PRESENTATIONS
Rogers, E., Anderson,D., Ramos, P., Outlaw, S.,Cunnliffe, H., Jiang, R.,Wilson-Rawls, J., Rawls, A. , 2013Mkx is a criticalregulator of
inflammationinitiation in responseto acutemuscleinjury. Muscular Dystrophy Association ScientificConferenceWashington DC.(Apr 2013)
Alan Rawls, Erik Rogers, and JeanneWilson-Rawls Integration ofInflammation and Muscle Differentiation During Muscle Repair. Health Program
"Works In Progress",Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale. (Apr 2013)
Alan Rawls, Erik Rogers, and JeanneWilson-Rawls Integration ofInflammation and MuscleDifferentiation during Muscle Repair. Colleges@ASU
at Lake Havasu City,DepartmentalSeminar. (Oct 2013)
Rajani M. George, StefanoBiressi, Brian J.Beres, Erik Rogers, Amanda K.Mulia, Ronald E. Allenc, AlanRawls, Thomas A. Rando,and Jeanne
Wilson-Rawls Numb-deficient satellitecells haveregeneration and proliferationdefects.Minisymposium: TheBiologyofMuscle Growth and
Repair, Tucson.(Sep 2013)
Rogers, E., Anderson,D., Ramos, P., Outlaw, S.,Cunnliffe, H., Jiang, R.,Wilson-Rawls, J., Rawls, A. Mohawk is a Regulator ofInflammation in
Response toMuscle Damage. New Directions in Biology and Disease ofSkeletal Muscle. (Jul2012)
Rogers, E., Anderson,D., Ramos, P., Outlaw, S.,Cunnliffe, H., Jiang, R.,Wilson-Rawls, J., Rawls, A. Mohawk is a Regulator ofInflammation in
Response toMuscle Damage. Society for Muscle Biology:Development,Function andRepair oftheMuscleCell,New York City. (Jul2012)
Wilson-Rawls, J., R. George, E. Rogers, R.E. Allen and A. Rawls Therole ofNumb insatellitecellmediatedrepair.. EMBO Conference: The
Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms, Regulating SkeletalMuscle Development and Regeneration.Wiesbaden, Germany. (May 2011)
Rajani George,Brian JBeres, ErikRogers, JeramyBullis,AlanRawls,JeanneWilson-Rawls Numb plays a criticalrole insatellitecellmediated
muscle repair. Society for DevelBiol, 69th Annual Meeting Jointly with the Japanese Society ofDevelopment. Albuquerque, NM. (Aug 2010)
EXPERIENCE & SKILL SETS
I am very excited toenter theworld ofindustry after spending thelast several years pursuing myPh.D. at ASU. I recently madethedifficult
choice of withdrawing voluntarily fromtheMCB graduate program.It was nota decision I cameto easilybut it is onethatI ammorethanwilling
to discuss. In the7 years I attended ASU, I devoted a great deal oftimeto learning andutilizing lab research techniques, strategies and
processes that wouldmakeme an asset toany lab team. As an undergraduate, I worked inthelab ofDr. JeanneWilson-Rawls and acquired a
very thoroughunderstanding ofmany ofthefacets ofhistology as a researchtool. I harvested and inventoriedtissuesamples for the projects of
two graduatestudents. As part ofboth projects, I fixed,paraffin embeddedand sectionedmany tissue types.I alsohad the responsibility of
performing manyofthe downstream staining (i.e. H&E, Gomori’s tri-chrome, VanGieson’s, etc.) and histomorphometricanalyses. The
histomorphometriccomponents I conductedtaughtmea greatdealabout theimportanceofdetailedplanning and I becamevery familiar with
many aspects ofbrightfield andfluorescencemicroscopy.
As a graduatestudentin Dr. Alan Rawls’ lab,I built onthatfoundation and incorporated many new skills as theybecamenecessaryin the course
of my research projects. I immediatelylearned thatbeing a successfulgraduate student requireddelegating many tasks to undergraduates. I
now understandthatdifferent undergraduates have varying levels ofinterestin labworkandthereforerequired meto apply different
approaches in terms ofdepth and breadth ofhowmuch to teach and whatto expect. I losttwoofmy undergraduates to industry jobs, in
histologylabs over subsequent summerbreaks but was happy they werewalking their pathand thatI may havehelped by passing down things I
had learned. Both ofmy projects relied heavily onhistological comparisons betweenwild-typemice andthoseofthreeothertransgenic strains
so animalhusbandry was a task fundamental to my work. I startedwith pre-established Mkx nulllineand in my third year acquiredMdx null
mice from Jackson labs that I couldthen selectively breedto attain theother double nulllineI investigated. While paraffinembedded samples
were the primary source ofdownstreamdata collection,I also foundI neededto employ flash frozen samples for someofthe
immunohisto/immunofluorescence staining thatbecameanintegral partofthe projects. I gained a lotoftroubleshooting experience inthesix
years I workedin the labbut I attribute immunostaining frozen skeletalmusclewith learning how essentialpatience, persistenceand
stubbornness canbe inresearch. When I thought I had a goodhandle onthese qualities,I turnedto RT-PCR tocompareexpression levels ofkey
inflammatory markers andremind methat anynewtechniquehas inherentchallenges that providegreatjoy onceonefinally overcomes them. I
feel that RT-PCR is oneofthemost useful tools availableeven ifgenerating consistentlyrepeatableresults may encourageanyobsessive
tendencies onebrings to thebench. I also learnedhow toeffectively employ cell culturetechniques to answer fundamental biological questions.
I patiently becameproficient at many facets ofcellculture, from isolating andmaintaining primary cultures from tissueto transfections, co-
cultures, migrationassays and FACS analyses. Along withtheabovestaple techniques that werethefoundation ofmy research,I expanded my
familiarity with microscopy toincludevideo, plane polarized and confocal. For a host ofreasons, the timehas come for metoleaveacademia
and get back to the translational paradigms ofindustry.I am very gratefulfor thementoring ofboth Jeanne andAlanand enjoyedtheyears I
spent becoming thecaliber ofresearch scientistthat I am now –well preparedto consistently and reliably contributeto achieving theresearch
goals of your lab.
