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David Claassen, MD, PhD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics - Hematology/Oncology

Current Positions

  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics - Hematology/Oncology

Education

  • MD in Medicine, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, United States
  • Resident in Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern/Children's Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
  • PhD in Cancer Research Graduate Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States
  • Fellow in Pediatrics, Hematology/Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
  • BA in Biology, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, United States
  • Fellow in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Licenses & Certifications

  • American Board of Pediatrics, Board Certification
  • Board Certification, Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics

Selected Publications

  • Claassen, D. A., Desler, M. M. & Rizzino, A. (2009). ROCK inhibition enhances the recovery and growth of cryopreserved human embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells. Molecular reproduction and development 76 (8) 722-32. DOI: 10.1002/mrd.21021. PMID: 19235204. PMCID: PMC3257892.
  • Boer, B., Cox, J. L., Claassen, D., Mallanna, S. K., Desler, M. & Rizzino, A. (2009). Regulation of the Nanog gene by both positive and negative cis-regulatory elements in embryonal carcinoma cells and embryonic stem cells. Molecular reproduction and development 76 (2) 173-82. DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20943. PMID: 18537119. PMCID: PMC2614456.
  • Claassen, D. A. & Lahue, R. S. (2007). Expansions of CAG.CTG repeats in immortalized human astrocytes. Human molecular genetics 16 (24) 3088-96. DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddm270. PMID: 17881653.
  • Griffin, A. E., Cobb, B. R., Anderson, P. D., Claassen, D. A., Helip-Wooley, A., Huizing, M. & Gahl, W. A. (2005). Detection of hemizygosity in Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome by quantitative real-time PCR. Clinical genetics 68 (1) 23-30. DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2005.00461.x. PMID: 15952982.
  • Huizing, M., Hess, R., Dorward, H., Claassen, D. A., Helip-Wooley, A., Kleta, R., Kaiser-Kupfer, M. I., White, J. G. & Gahl, W. A. (2004). Cellular, molecular and clinical characterization of patients with Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type 5. Traffic (Copenhagen, Denmark) 5 (9) 711-22. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2004.00208.x. PMID: 15296495.
  • Anderson, P. D., Huizing, M., Claassen, D. A., White, J. & Gahl, W. A. (2003). Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type 4 (HPS-4): clinical and molecular characteristics. Human genetics 113 (1) 10-17. DOI: 10.1007/s00439-003-0933-5. PMID: 12664304.
  • Griffin, A., Anderson, P., Claassen, D. A., Gahl, W. A. & Huizing, M. (2004). Hemizygosity at 10q23 in a family with Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type 1. (Vols. 81). (3), pp. 171. Molecular genetics and metabolism.
  • Helip-Wooley, A., Huizing, M., Dorward, H., Claassen, D. A., Hess, R. & Gahl, W. A. (2004). Abnormal vesicle formation and trafficking in Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome cells. (Vols. 81). (3), pp. 172. Molecular genetics and metabolism.
  • Hess, R. A., Claassen, D. A., White, J., Gahl, W. A. & Huizing, M. (2003). Huizing M. Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type 5 and type 6: Four new patients. (Vols. 73). (Supplement), pp. 1676. American journal of human genetics.
  • Huizing, M., Helip-Wooley, A., Dorward, H., Claassen, D. A., Hess, R. & Gahl, W. A. (2003). Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome: a model for abnormal vesicle formation and trafficking. (Vols. 16). (5), pp. 584. Pigment cell research.