Address: 2-200 BSB
Phone: (319) 335-6887
Email: karen-clark@uiowa.edu
Mentor: Anne Kwitek, PhD
Undergraduate Institution: University of Michigan
Graduate Program: Genetics
Year Entered Into Program: 2015
Research Description
Investigating Gene Pleiotropy in Hypertension and Metabolic Syndrome in the Lyon Hypertensive Rat
Awards
- Ranbir K. Bhatnagar Scholar Award, Department of Pharmacology, University of Iowa, 2017
- Abstract-Driven Invited Speaker, “Trainee Highlights in Physiological Genomics” section of The American Physiological Society, Experimental Biology, 2017
- Fellowship appointment on the Predoctoral Training Program in Genetics (NIH T32 GM008629), University of Iowa, 2016-present
- Inventor Award, The University of Iowa Research Foundation, 2015, 2016
Publications
- Kruspe, S., Dickey, D.D., Urak, K.T., Blanco, G.N., Miller, M.J., Clark, K.C., Burghardt, E., Gutierrez, W.R., Phadke, S.D., Kamboj, S., Ginader, T., Smith, B.J., Grimm, S.K., Schappet, J., Ozer, H., Thomas, A., McNamara, J.O. 2nd, Chan, C.H. and Giangrande, P.H.: Rapid and sensitive detection of breast cancer cells in patient blood with nuclease-activated probe technology. Mol Ther Nucleic Acids. 8:542-557, 2017. PMCID: PMC5577414
- Ma, M.C.J., Pettus, J.M., Jakoubek, J.A., Traxler, M.G., Clark, K.C., Mennie, A.K. and Kwitek, A.E.: Contribution of independent and pleiotropic genetic effects in the metabolic syndrome in a hypertensive rat. PLoS One. 12(8):e0182650, 2017. PMCID: PMC5549746
- Burghardt, E.L., Flenker, K.S., Clark, K.C., Miguel, J., Ince, D., Winokur, P., Ford, B. and McNamara, J.O. 2nd : Rapid, culture-free detection of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. PLoS One. 11(6):e0157234, 2016. PMCID: PMC4909304
- Tiet, P., Clark, K.C., McNamara, J.O. 2nd and Berlin, J.M.: Colorimetric detection of Staphylococcus aureus contaminated solutions without purification. Bioconjug Chem. 28(1):183-193, 2017. PMID: 28095683