Erin E. Sparks, B.S.
Graduate Student
Phone: 615-936-7391Fax: 615-322-6645
Email: erin.e.sparks@vanderbilt.edu
Affiliations
Cell and Developmental BiologyProgram in Developmental Biology
Erin E. Sparks is a graduate student in Dr. Huppert’s lab. Erin graduated from Northwestern University in 2004 with a degree in Biomedical Engineering specializing in Transport Processes and Tissue Engineering. As an undergraduate she received awards for her senior design project to design a bone clamp for use in orthopedic surgery, which is in the process of being patented. She also worked in Dr. H. William Schnaper’s lab in Pediatric Nephrology and stayed on as a research technologist for 2 years after graduation. In Dr. Schnaper’s lab she investigated the crosstalk between TGF-Beta and cytoskeletal signaling in human kidney mesangial cells as it pertains to glomerulosclerosis. In the fall of 2007, Erin matriculated in the IGP program at Vanderbilt and subsequently joined the Huppert lab. Currently Erin is working to elucidate mechanisms of liver biliary development and signaling pathways that contribute to bile duct epithelial cell specification.
Publications
| PubMedID | Citation |
|---|---|
| 20069650 | Sparks EE, Huppert KA, Brown MA, Washington MK, Huppert SS. Notch signaling regulates formation of the three-dimensional architecture of intrahepatic bile ducts in mice. () Hepatology 51: 1391-400 |
| 19726546 | Hubchak SC, Sparks EE, Hayashida T, Schnaper HW. Rac1 promotes TGF-beta-stimulated mesangial cell type I collagen expression through a PI3K/Akt-dependent mechanism. (2009) Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 297: F1316-23 |
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