Entry Year: 2002
Graduation Year: 2010
Email Address: skartiko@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Undergraduate: Truman State University, B.S. Biology
Laboratory: Dr. Richard Finnell
Research Interests: Embryonic development, Cardiac defects, Neural tube defects, Folate
Thesis: Folate and Birth Defects

Abstracts and Presentations:

• Kartiko, S., L.E. Mitchell, and R.F. Finnell. "Human FKBP8 SNPs analysis in relation to spina bifida." 21st Annual National M.D./Ph.D. Conference. Keystone, CO. 2006.
• Kartiko, S., H. Zhu, J. Gelineua-vanWaes, R.J. Schwartz, and R.H.Finnell. "Folbp-1 Murine Model to Study Folic Acid Involvement in Anterior Heart Field Development." 2007 Weinstein Cardiovascular Development Conference. Indianapolis, IN. 2007.
• Kartiko, S., H. Zhu, J. Gelineua-vanWaes, R.J. Schwartz, and R.H.Finnell. "Folbp-1 Murine Model to Study Folic Acid Involvement in Anterior Heart Field Development." 22nd Annual National M.D./Ph.D. Conference. Keystone, CO. 2007.
• Kartiko, S., R.L. Wong, and R.H. Finnell. "Characterization of the FKBP8 gt(neo) allele in a knockout mouse model of spina bifida." Fifth International Neural Tube Defects Conferenc. Asilomar, CA. 2007.

Publications:

• Wong, R.L., B.J. Wlodarczyk, K.S. Min, M.L. Scott, S. Kartiko, W. Yu, M.Y. Merriweather, P. Vogel, B.P. Zambrowicz, and R.H. Finnell. "Mouse Fkbp8 activity is required to inhibit cell death and establish dorso-ventral patterning in the posterior neural tube". Hum Mol Genet. 17(4):587-601, 2008.
• Zhu, H, S. Kartiko, and R.H. Finnell,. “Importance of gene-environment interactions in the etiology of selected birth defects.” Clinical Genetics. 2009. In press.
  

Awards: 

• Travel award for 22nd Annual M.D./Ph.D. student conference.
  Title: Folbp-1 murine model to study folic acid involvement in anterior heart field development.