Shawn Sharkas
Education
BS, University of California, Irvine
MS, Keck Graduate Institute & City of Hope
PhD Candidate, Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences, City of Hope
MSTM thesis mentor: John Rossi, PhD
MSTM thesis project: In Vitro Evaluation of TfR Aptamer-siRNA Conjugates for Targeted Cancer Therapy
Fellowships, honors, awards:
Chancellor's Excellence Scholarship - University of California, Irvine
Dean's Honor List - University of California, Irvine
Research/Professional Experiences:
Research Assistant - Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, University of California, Irvine
Undergraduate Research - Gillespie Neuroscience Research Facility, University of California, Irvine
Publication:
1. Chen Li, Vincent Nguyen, Kaitlyn N. Clark, Tara Zahed, Shawn Sharkas, Fabian V. Filipp, and Alexander D. Boiko. Down-regulation of FZD3 receptor suppresses growth and metastasis of human melanoma independently of canonical WNT signaling. PNAS March 5, 2019 116 (10) 4548-4557
2. Shawn Sharkas, Min-sun Song, Pritsana Chomchan, John Rossi. Chapter 14 - MicroRNAs and cancer,
MicroRNA. Academic Press, 2022, Pages 253-278