ERIK GAVIN ROGERS

10456 E LaPalma Ave. #1 – Gold Canyon, AZ 85118 | 480-559-3546 | erikgavinrogers@gmail.com | egrogers@asu.edu

EDUCATION

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY – TEMPE, AZ 85287M.S. Molecular and Cellular BiologyProject: The role of Mohawk in networks regulating acute and chronic inflammation 05.09.2013Comprehensive exam project: “Hypoxia Driven Induction of M2 Tumor Associated Macrophages and their Contributions to EMT and Invasiveness in Carcinoma Cells” Degree GPA – 3.63

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY – TEMPE, AZ 85287B.S. Molecular Bioscience and Biotechnology 05.13.2010

Minor – Philosophy Degree GPA – 3.5 Degree Honors – Magna Cum Laude

INTERNSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPSHelios Scholar’s Summer Internship, Translational Genomics Research Institute June 2010 – August 2010

Integrated Cancer Genomics · Adrenocortical Carcinoma Research Program PI - Kimberly J. Bussey

Helios Scholar’s Summer Internship, Translational Genomics Research Institute June 2009 – August 2009 Integrated Cancer Genomics · Adrenocortical Carcinoma Research Program PI - Kimberly J. Bussey

Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences Undergraduate Research program 2008-2010SOLUR Fellow August 2009 – May 2010SOLUR Researcher August 2008 – May 2009SOLUR Apprentice January 2008 – May 2008

TEACHING EXPERIENCEArizona State University – School of Life Sciences - Tempe, AZ 8528

Teaching Assistant – BIO 453 – Animal Histology Spring 2014

Teaching Assistant – BIO 352 - Lab in Vertebrate Developmental Anatomy Fall 2013

Teaching Assistant – BIO 352 - Lab in Vertebrate Developmental Anatomy 2012-2013 academic year

Teaching Assistant – BIO 453 – Animal Histology Spring 2012

Teaching Assistant – BIO 340 – General Genetics Fall 2011

Teaching Assistant – BIO 352 - Lab in Vertebrate Developmental Anatomy 2010-2011 academic year

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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR CONTACT INFORMATIONDr. J. Alan RawlsAssociate Professor Genomics, Evolution and Bioinformatics Faculty ASU - School of Life Sciences

Tel: (602) 727-6676 FAX:(602) 965-2519

Associate Vice Provost of Clinical PartnershipsOffice of Executive Vice President and ProvostP.O. 877805Tempe, AZ 85287-7805Tel: (480) 727-5682E-mail: Alan.Rawls@asu.edu

PUBLICATIONSNumb plays a critical role in satellite cell mediated muscle repair.Rajani George, Brian J Beres, Erik Rogers, Jeramy Bullis, Alan Rawls,Jeanne Wilson-RawlsSchool of Life Sciences, Arizona State University Tempe, AZ, USA.Developmental Biology (Impact Factor: 3.87). 08/2010; 344(1):521-522. DOI:10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.05.460Source: PubMed

Numb-deficient satellite cells have regeneration and proliferation defects.Rajani M George, Stefano Biressi, Brian J Beres, Erik Rogers, Amanda K Mulia, Ronald E Allen, Alan Rawls, Thomas A Rando, Jeanne Wilson-RawlsSchool of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Impact Factor: 9.74). 10/2013; DOI:10.1073/pnas.1311628110Source: PubMed

POSTERSMkx is a critical regulator of inflammation initiation in response to acute muscle injuryErik Rogers, et al., 2012Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences, Molecular and Cellular Biology graduate program

SIRT 1 Expression Level Possible Indicator of Patient Response To Mitotane Treatent.Erik Rogers, et al., 2010Translational Genomics Research Institute, Clinical Translational Research Division, Adrenocortical Carcinoma Research Program

SIRT 1 Expression Levels Affect Drug Response In Adrenocortical Carcinoma Cell Lines.Erik Rogers, et al., 2009Translational Genomics Research Institute, Clinical Translational Research Division, Adrenocortical Carcinoma Research Program

Numb and Numblike and Their Role In Regeneration After Induced Muscle Damage.Erik Rogers, et al., 2009Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences Undergraduate Research program

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PRESENTATIONSRogers, E., Anderson, D., Ramos, P., Outlaw, S., Cunnliffe, H., Jiang, R., Wilson-Rawls, J., Rawls, A. , 2013 Mkx is a critical regulator of inflammation initiation in response to acute muscle injury. Muscular Dystrophy Association Scientific Conference Washington DC. (Apr 2013)

Alan Rawls, Erik Rogers, and Jeanne Wilson-Rawls Integration of Inflammation and Muscle Differentiation During Muscle Repair. Health Program "Works In Progress", Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale. (Apr 2013)

Alan Rawls, Erik Rogers, and Jeanne Wilson-Rawls Integration of Inflammation and Muscle Differentiation during Muscle Repair. Colleges@ASU at Lake Havasu City, Departmental Seminar. (Oct 2013)

Rajani M. George, Stefano Biressi, Brian J. Beres, Erik Rogers, Amanda K. Mulia, Ronald E. Allenc, Alan Rawls, Thomas A. Rando, and Jeanne Wilson-Rawls Numb-deficient satellite cells have regeneration and proliferation defects. Minisymposium: The Biology of Muscle 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 of Inflammation in Response to Muscle Damage. New Directions in Biology and Disease of Skeletal Muscle. (Jul 2012)

Rogers, E., Anderson, D., Ramos, P., Outlaw, S., Cunnliffe, H., Jiang, R., Wilson-Rawls, J., Rawls, A. Mohawk is a Regulator of Inflammation in Response to Muscle Damage. Society for Muscle Biology:Development, Function and Repair of the Muscle Cell, New York City. (Jul 2012)

Wilson-Rawls, J., R. George, E. Rogers, R.E. Allen and A. Rawls The role of Numb in satellite cell mediated repair.. EMBO Conference: The Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms, Regulating Skeletal Muscle Development and Regeneration. Wiesbaden, Germany. (May 2011)

Rajani George, Brian J Beres, Erik Rogers, Jeramy Bullis, Alan Rawls, Jeanne Wilson-Rawls Numb plays a critical role in satellite cell mediated muscle repair. Society for Devel Biol, 69th Annual Meeting Jointly with the Japanese Society of Development. Albuquerque, NM. (Aug 2010)

EXPERIENCE & SKILL SETSI am very excited to enter the world of industry after spending the last several years pursuing my Ph.D. at ASU. I recently made the difficult choice of withdrawing voluntarily from the MCB graduate program. It was not a decision I came to easily but it is one that I am more than willing to discuss. In the 7 years I attended ASU, I devoted a great deal of time to learning and utilizing lab research techniques, strategies and processes that would make me an asset to any lab team. As an undergraduate, I worked in the lab of Dr. Jeanne Wilson-Rawls and acquired a very thorough understanding of many of the facets of histology as a research tool. I harvested and inventoried tissue samples for the projects of two graduate students. As part of both projects, I fixed, paraffin embedded and sectioned many tissue types. I also had the responsibility of performing many of the downstream staining (i.e. H&E, Gomori’s tri-chrome, VanGieson’s, etc.) and histomorphometric analyses. The histomorphometric components I conducted taught me a great deal about the importance of detailed planning and I became very familiar with many aspects of brightfield and fluorescence microscopy. As a graduate student in Dr. Alan Rawls’ lab, I built on that foundation and incorporated many new skills as they became necessary in the course of my research projects. I immediately learned that being a successful graduate student required delegating many tasks to undergraduates. I now understand that different undergraduates have varying levels of interest in lab work and therefore required me to apply different approaches in terms of depth and breadth of how much to teach and what to expect. I lost two of my undergraduates to industry jobs, in histology labs over subsequent summer breaks but was happy they were walking their path and that I may have helped by passing down things I had learned. Both of my projects relied heavily on histological comparisons between wild-type mice and those of three other transgenic strains so animal husbandry was a task fundamental to my work. I started with pre-established Mkx null line and in my third year acquired Mdx null mice from Jackson labs that I could then selectively breed to attain the other double null line I investigated. While paraffin embedded samples were the primary source of downstream data collection, I also found I needed to employ flash frozen samples for some of the immunohisto/immunofluorescence staining that became an integral part of the projects. I gained a lot of troubleshooting experience in the six years I worked in the lab but I attribute immunostaining frozen skeletal muscle with learning how essential patience, persistence and stubbornness can be in research. When I thought I had a good handle on these qualities, I turned to RT-PCR to compare expression levels of key inflammatory markers and remind me that any new technique has inherent challenges that provide great joy once one finally overcomes them. I feel that RT-PCR is one of the most useful tools available even if generating consistently repeatable results may encourage any obsessive tendencies one brings to the bench. I also learned how to effectively employ cell culture techniques to answer fundamental biological questions. I patiently became proficient at many facets of cell culture, from isolating and maintaining primary cultures from tissue to transfections, co-cultures, migration assays and FACS analyses. Along with the above staple techniques that were the foundation of my research, I expanded my familiarity with microscopy to include video, plane polarized and confocal. For a host of reasons, the time has come for me to leave academia and get back to the translational paradigms of industry. I am very grateful for the mentoring of both Jeanne and Alan and enjoyed the years I spent becoming the caliber of research scientist that I am now – well prepared to consistently and reliably contribute to achieving the research goals of your lab.

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