Abstracts and Presentations:

• Rivera-Del Valle, N., S. Gao, C.P. Miller, J. Fulbright, C. Gonzales, M. Sirisawad, S. Steggerda, J. Wheler, S. Balasubramanian, J. Chandra. PCI-24781. A novel hydroxamic acid HDAC inhibitor, exerts cytotoxicity adn histone alterations via caspase-8 and FADD in leukemia cells. Int J Cell Biol. 2010.
• Gao, S., A. Mobley, C. Miller, J. Boklan, and J. Chandra. Potentiation of reactive oxygen species is a marker for synergistic cytotoxicity of MS-275 and 5-azacytidine in leukemic cells. Leukemia Research 32(5):771-780, 2008.
• Gao, S., X. Lu, M. Sirisawad, S. Steggerda, S. Balasubramanian, and J. Chandra. PCI-24781, a novel hydroxamic acid HDAC inhibitor, raises intracellular levels of reactive oxygen species and induces apoptosis in leukemia models. American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. 2008.
• Gao, S., A. Mobley, C. Miller, J. Boklan, and J. Chandra. Synergistic, Cytotoxic Effects of MS-275 and 5’-Azacytidine on Leukemia Cells. American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, CA. 2007.
• Gao, S., C. Stanworth, and J. Silberg. Interaction and characterization of iron-sulfur cluster proteins chaperone mtHsp70 and J-type co-chaperone human HscB in mammalian systems. Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, 2007.
• Long, J., T. Manchandia, K. Ban, S. Gao, C. Miller, and J. Chandra. Adaphostin cytoxicity in glioblastoma cells is ROS-dependent and is accompanied by upregulation of heme oxygenase-1. Cancer Chemother. Pharmacol. 59(4): 527-535, 2006.

Publications:

• Rivera-Del Valle, N., S. Gao, C.P. Miller, J. Fulbright, C. Gonzales, M. Sirisawad, S. Steggerda, J. Wheler, S. Balasubramanian, J. Chandra. PCI-24781. A novel hydroxamic acid HDAC inhibitor, exerts cytotoxicity adn histone alterations via caspase-8 and FADD in leukemia cells. Int J Cell Biol. 2010.
• Gao, S., A. Mobley, C. Miller, J. Boklan, and J. Chandra. Potentiation of reactive oxygen species is a marker for synergistic cytotoxicity of MS-275 and 5-azacytidine in leukemic cells. Leukemia Research 32(5):771-780, 2008.
• Long, J., T. Manchandia, K. Ban, S. Gao, C. Miller, and J. Chandra. Adaphostin cytoxicity in glioblastoma cells is ROS-dependent and is accompanied by upregulation of heme oxygenase-1. Cancer Chemother. Pharmacol. 59(4): 527-535, 2006.

Awards:

• AACR-Thomas J. Bardos Science Education Awardee (2007-2008)