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Katie Perschbacher, PhD

Address: 2-300 BSB
Phone: (319) 335-5803
Email: katherine-perschbacher@uiowa.edu

Mentor: Justin L. Grobe, PhD

PhD Institution: University of Iowa, 2018

Research Description

Role of regulators of G-protein signaling in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia

Awards

  • American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship, 2018-present
  • Ranbir K. Bhatnagar Scholar Award, Department of Pharmacology, University of Iowa, 2018
  • There Minute Thesis Honorable Mention Award, 2017
  • Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Research Award, 2017

Publications

  1. Perschbacher KJ, Deng G, Fisher RA, Gibson-Corley KN, Santillan MK and Grobe JL.: Regulators of G protein signaling in cardiovascular function during pregnancy. Physiol Genomics. 50(8):590-604, 2018. PMCID: PMC6139632
  2. Sandgren JA, Deng G, Linggonegoro DW, Scroggins SM, Perschbacher KJ, Nair AR, Nishimura TE, Zhang SY, Agbor LN, Wu J, Keen HL, Naber MC, Pearson NA, Zimmerman KA, Weiss RM, Bowdler NC, Usachev YM, Santillan DA, Potthoff MJ, Pierce GL, Gibson-Corley KN, Sigmund CD, Santillan MK and Grobe JL.: Arginine vasopressin infusion is sufficient to model clinical features of preeclampsia in mice. JCI Insight. 3(19). pii: 99403, 2018.  PMCID: PMC6237463
  3. Lennemann NJ, Herbert AS, Brouillette R, Rhein B, Bakken RA, Perschbacher KJ, Cooney AL, Miller-Hunt CL, Ten Eyck P, Biggins J, Olinger G, Dye JM and Maury W.:  Vesicular stomatitis virus pseudotyped with Ebola virus glycoprotein serves as a protective, non-infectious vaccine against Ebola virus challenge in mice. J Virol. 2017 Jun 14. pii: JVI.00479-17. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00479-17. [Epub ahead of print]  PMID: 28615211
  4. Perschbacher K, Smestad JA, Peters JP, Standiford MM, Denic A, Wootla B, Warrington AE, Rodriguez M and Maher LJ 3rd.: Quantitative PCR analysis of DNA aptamer pharmacokinetics in mice. Nucleic Acid Ther. 25(1):11-19, 2015.  PMCID: PMC25536292