Maria Fadri-Moskwik, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Associate
Science Background:
Cell Biology, Cancer Biology, Molecular Biology, Biophysics

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Education

Ph.D., Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, 2007
Advisor: Jeannette Kunz, PhD
B.S., Chemistry, Rice University, 2001

Work Experience

Postdoctoral Associate, BCM-IRACDA Fellow, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2008 to present
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of South Carolina Cancer Center, 2007 to 2008

Selected Honors and Awards

Postdoctoral Fellowship, NIH REACH IRACDA Grant, 2009 to present
NSF Graduate K-12 Teaching Fellowship, 2003 to 2005

Selected Research Publications

Wong BM, Fadri M, and Raman S. (2008) Thermodynamic calculations for molecules with asymmetric internal rotors. II. Application to the 1,2-dihaloethanes.
J Comput Chem. 29(3):481-487.
Daquinag A*, Fadri M*, and Kunz J. (2007) The Yeast PH Domain Proteins Slm1 and Slm2 are novel targets of sphingolipid signaling during heat stress.
Mol Cell Biol. 27(2):633-650. (* co-first authors)
Fadri M*, Daquinag A*, Wang S, Xue T and Kunz J. (2005) The PH Domain Proteins Slm1 and Slm2 Are Required for Actin Cytoskeleton Organization in Yeast and Bind PtdIns(4,5)P2 and TORC2.
Mol Biol Cell. 16(4):1883-1900. (*co-first authors)

Selected Teaching Experience

Cell Biology Lectures, Prairie View A&M University, 2011
Discovery Lab, Baylor College of Medicine, 2004 - 2006
National Science Foundation GK-12 Program: Eastwood Academy High School (2004 - 2005) and Furr High School (2003 - 2005)

Selected Service Activities

Planning committee for National IRACDA Conference, 2010 - 2011
Planning committee for Baylor College of Medicine REACH IRACDA Conference, 2009 - 2010
Graduate Student Council, Baylor College of Medicine, 2003 - 2004

Summary Biosketch

Dr. Fadri-Moskwik is an NIH IRACDA Postdoctoral Fellow working for Dr. Li-Yuan Yu-Lee in the Department of Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine. Her research uses cell biological and proteomic approaches to study the post-translational modifications that regulate mitosis in Prostate Cancer (PCa) cells. The significance of this project is the elucidation of the targets and pathways by which dynamic protein acetylation regulates mitosis. She received a Ph.D. in Molecular Physiology and Biophysics from Baylor College of Medicine in May 2007, and completed a short postdoc on post-transcriptional mechanisms of mRNA decay at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Fadri-Moskwik’s future goal is to establish a program of teaching and research at a small undergraduate university. Participating in the IRACDA Postdoctoral program allowed her to develop her active, empathetic teaching style and introduce a new generation of students to research in biophysics and molecular biology.

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last updated 23-Dec-2011