Joseph E. Kumka

Resident; future Gastroenterology Fellow

Education

B.S., Biochemistry — University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Ph.D., Biochemistry —Indiana University, Bloomington

M.D. — University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Honors & Awards

2021-22

Arey Family Scholarship
Dr. W.A. and R. S. O'Brien Scholarhip
Peter Sheldrick Scholarship

2020-21

Presidents Scholarship Match-Variety Endowed Scholarship

2019-20

Bonnie Espeland Memorial Scholarship
Dr. Stuart Bloom Scholarship

2018-22

Shapiro-Bloom Scholarship

Research

TBD

Publications

Ke N, Kumka JE, Fang M, Weaver B, Burstyn JN, Bauer CE. Redox Brake Regulator RedB and FnrL Function as Yin-Yang Regulators of Anaerobic-Aerobic Metabolism in Rhodobacter capsulatus. Microbiol Spectr. 2022 Oct 26;10(5):e0235422. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02354-22. Epub 2022 Sep 15. PMID: 36106752; PMCID: PMC9603517.
Ke, N., Kumka, J., Fang, M., Weaver B., Burstyn, J., Bauer, C. 2022. RedB, A Member Of The CRP/Fnr Family, Functions As A Transcriptional Redox Brake. Microbiol. Spect. Oct 26;10(5):e0235322.
Oien B.D., Ray U., Pathoulas, C. L., Jin L., Thirusangu P., Jung D., Kumka J.E., Xiao Y., Sarkar S., Montoya D., Chien J., Shridhar V. 2021. Quinacrine Induces Nucleolar Stress in Treatment-Refractory Ovarian Cancer Cell Lines. Cancers (BASEL) 13(18): 4645.
Ke, N., Kumka, J., Fang, M., Weaver B., Burstyn, J., Bauer, C.. Redox Brake Regulator RedB And FnrL Function As Yin-Yang. 2022. Regulators Of Anaerobic Metabolism In Rhodobacter capsulatus. Microbiol. Spectr. Oct 26;10(5):e0235422.
Mariani, A., Wang, C., Oberg A., Riska, S., Torres M., Kumka, J.E., Multinu, F., Sagar, G., Roy, R., Jung, D., Zhang, Q., Grassi, T., Visscher, D., Patel, V.,Staub, L., Cliby, W. 2019. Genes associated with bowel metastases in ovarian cancer. Gynecol. Oncol. 154(3): 495-504.
Kumka, J.E., Schindel, H., Fang, M., Zappa, S., Bauer, C.E. 2017 .Transcriptomic analysis of aerobic respiratory and anaerobic photosynthetic states in Rhodobacter capsulatus and their modulation by global redox regulators RegA, FnrL and CrtJ. Microb. Genom. 3(9): 1-14.
Kumka, J.E., Bauer, C.E. 2015. Analysis of the FnrL regulon in Rhodobacter capsulatus reveals limited regulon overlap with orthologues from Rhodobacter sphaeroides and Escherichia coli. BMC Genomics. 16(1): 1-16.

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