Address: 4332 PBDB
Phone: (319) 353-4257
Email: rachel-minerath@uiowa.edu

Mentor: Chad Grueter, PhD

Undergraduate Institution: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Graduate Program: Pharmacology

Year Entered Into Program: 2013

Research Description

CDK8 kinase-dependent regulation of transcriptional responses to pathological cardiac hypertrophy

Awards

• Graduate Student Senate Travel Award, 2018
• Best Trainee Poster, Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes REsearch Center Research Day, 2018
• Ranbir K. Bhatnagar Scholar Award, Department of Pharmacology, University of Iowa, 2018
• Best Trainee Poster, 51st Annual Research Day, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, 2017

Publications

1. Vongsa, R.A., Minerath, R.A., Busch, M.A., Tan, J. and Koenig, D.W.:  In vitro evaluation of nutrients that selectively confer a competitive advantage to lactobacilli. Benef Microbes. 7(2):299-304, 2016. PMID: 26689232
2. Schwan, W.R., Kolesar, J.M., Kabir, M.S., Elder, E.J. Jr., Williams, J.B., Minerath, R., Cook, J.M., Witzigmann, C.M., Monte, A. and Flaherty T.:  Pharmacokinetic/toxicity properties of the new anti-staphylococcal lead compound SK-03-92. Antibiotics (Basel). 4(4):617-626, 2015. PMCID: PMC4748848