Tharini Nagarkar and Connor Raine named Ideal Bonaventure Students for Class of 2024
May 12, 2024 | Tharini Nagarkar, a Health and Society major from Danville, California, and Connor Raine, a Sports Management major from Grand Island, New York, have been named the Ideal Bonaventure Students for the Class of 2024.
St. Bonaventure seniors present research findings on acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
Mar 14, 2024 | A research team from St. Bonaventure University presented their findings at the 26th annual meeting of the Translational Cancer Centers Consortium (TRCCC) in Seven Springs, Pennsylvania, on Feb. 22-23.
Aug 3, 2023 | Dr. Kaitlyn Dykstra, assistant professor of biology at St. Bonaventure University, has been named one of 52 educators to receive funding from a grant program through online learning platform Course Hero.
Dykstra's research published in Blood Advances medical journal
May 13, 2021 | Dr. Kaitlyn Dykstra, assistant professor of biology, has published a first-author research article in Blood Advances, a medical journal published by the American Society of Hematology.
Dziezgowski, M.*, Fox, C*, Wang, E.S., Nemeth, M., and Dykstra, K.M. HDAC11 inhibitors have increased efficacy in MLL-rearranged leukemias.
Poster presentation and short talk at the 26th Annual Translational Research Cancer Centers Consortium. Seven Springs, PA, February 2024.
Nagarkar, T.*, Esposito, M.*, Wang, E.S., Nemeth, M. and Dykstra, K.M. Role of Fez1 in Retinoic Acid Receptor-mediated transcription in MLL-r leukemias.
Poster presentation and short talk at the 26th Annual Translational Research Cancer Centers Consortium. Seven Springs, PA, February 2024.
Nagarkar was awarded the TRCCC Award for “Best Talk” in her session.
Haley, A.*, Morawski, F.*, and Dykstra, K.M. Exploring two potential components of synergistic AML cell targeting via autophagy inhibition and disruption of glutamine metabolism.
Poster presentation at the 25th Annual Translational Research Cancer Centers Consortium. Seven Springs, PA, February 2023.
Dykstra, K.M., Yang, N., Johnson, M.*, Portwood, S., Guzman, M.L. and Wang, E.S. Inhibiting autophagosome turnover targets therapy-resistant acute myeloid leukemia cells via metabolic disruption. Poster presentation at the Keystone Symposia Autophagy: From Model Systems to Therapeutic Opportunities. Santa Fe, NM, February 2019.
Dykstra, K.M., Hanekamp, D., Johnson, M.*, Guzman, M.L. and Wang, E.S. Inhibition of the late stages of autophagy overcomes hypoxia-induced chemoresistance and targets leukemic stem cells in acute myeloid leukemia.
Poster presentation at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, April 2018.
Dykstra, K.M., Johnson, M.*, and Wang E.S. Inhibition of the late stages of autophagy overcomes hypoxia induced chemoresistance in acute myeloid leukemia.
Oral and poster presentation at the 21st Annual Translational Research Cancer Centers Consortium. Seven Springs, PA, February 2018.
Dykstra, K.M. and Holstein, S.A. Effects of isoprenoid biosynthetic pathway inhibition on glucose uptake in myeloma cells.
Poster presentation at the American Society of Hematology 58th Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, December 2016.
Dykstra, K.M., Allen, C.L. and Holstein, S.A. Determination of Rab GTPase-mediated pathways critical for the anti-myeloma activity of Rab GGTase inhibitors.
Poster presentation at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA, April 2016.
Dykstra K.M. and Holstein, S.A. Evaluation of autophagy modulators and isoprenoid biosynthetic pathway inhibitors in multiple myeloma cells.
Oral and poster presentation at the 18th Annual Translational Research Cancer Centers Consortium. Seven Springs, PA, February 2015.
*Undergraduate researcher; Presenters are underlined
Dykstra, K.M., Fay, H.R.S., Massey, A.C., Yang, N., Johnson, M., Portwood, S., Guzman, M.L., and Wang, E.S. (2021). Inhibiting autophagy targets human leukemic stem cells and hypoxic AML blasts by disrupting mitochondrial homeostasis. Blood Advances, 5 (8): 2087–2100.
Haney, S., Allen, C.L., Varney, M., Dykstra, K.M., Falcone, E., Colligan, S., Hu, Q., Aldridge, A., Wright, D., Wiemer, A., and Holstein, S.A. (2017). Novel tropolone induce the unfolded protein response pathway and apoptosis in multiple myeloma cells. Oncotarget. 8(44): 76085-76098.
Dykstra, K.M., Allen, C.L., Born, E.J., and Holstein, S.A. (2015). Mechanisms for autophagy modulation by isoprenoid biosynthetic pathway inhibitors in multiple myeloma cells. Oncotarget. 6(39): 41535-41549.