Prior Academic Affiliation: Bennington College
Thesis Mentor: Jeremy Stark, PhD
Thesis Title: Investigating the etiology of chromosomal deletion rearrangements mediated by repetitive DNA elements in mammalian cells
Fellowships, honors, awards etc.: Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship (2017-2020) by The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publications:
Mendez-Dorantes C, Bhargava R & Stark JM (2018) Repeat-mediated deletions can be induced by a chromosomal break far from a repeat, but multiple pathways suppress such rearrangements. Genes & Development. Vol 32. Issue 7-8. PMCID: PMC5959236
Kudze, T, Mendez-Dorantes, C, Jalloh, CS & McClellan, A (2018) Evidence for interaction between Hsp90 and the ER membrane complex. Cell Stress and Chaperones. Vol 23. Issue 5. PMCID: PMC6111080
Tran TQ, Lowman XH, Reid MA, Mendez-Dorantes C, Pan M, Yang Y, Kong M (2016)
Tumor-associated mutant p53 promotes cancer cell survival upon glutamine deprivation through p21 induction. Oncogene. Vol 36. Issue 14. PMCID: PMC5383530
Kai M, Kanaya N, Wu S, Mendez C, Nguyen D, Luu T, & Chen S (2015) Targeting breast cancer stem cells in triple negative breast cancer using a combination of LBH589 and salinomycin. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. Vol 151. Issue 2. PMCID: PMC4587767
Pham P, Landolph A, Mendez C, Li N & Goodman MF (2013) A biochemical analysis linking APOBEC3A to disparate HIV-1 restriction and skin cancer. Journal of Biological Chemistry. Vol 288. No. 41. PMCID: PMC3795231