Christine Hegedus

 

 

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Tel: (530) 752-5109

Fax: (530) 752-1537

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Education

Ph.D., Molecular Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley

B.A., Molecular & Cell Biology (Immunology emphasis), University of California, Berkeley

Research

 

Awards

Environmental Mutagen Society Student and New Investigator Travel Award. 37th Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, September 2006.

Publications

Hegedus CM, Skibola CF, Bracci P, Holly EA, Smith MT. Screening the human serum proteome for genotype-phenotype associations: An analysis of the IL-6 -174G>C polymorphism. Proteomics, Vol. 7(4), 548-57, Feb 2007.

Birkner MD, Hubbard AE, van der Laan MJ, Skibola CF, Hegedus CM, Smith MT. Issues of processing and multiple testing of SELDI-TOF MS proteomic data. Statistical applications in genetics and molecular biology, Vol. 5:Article11. Epub 2006 Apr 21.

Hegedus CM, Gunn L, Skibola CF, Zhang L, Shiao R, Fu S, Dalmasso EA, Metayer C, Dahl GV, Buffler PA, and Smith MT. Proteomic analysis of childhood leukemia. Leukemia, Vol. 19(10), 1713-8, October 2005.

Skibola CF, Holly EA, Forrest MS, Hubbard A, Bracci PM, Skibola DR, Hegedus C, Smith MT. Body mass index, leptin and leptin receptor polymorphisms, and non-hodgkin lymphoma. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention Vol. 13, 779-786, May 2004.

Presentations

SELDI-TOF MS Applications in Molecular Epidemiology. Protein Arrays Conference, Cambridge Health Institute - Pep Talk Week. San Diego, California, January 2007. (Invited Presentation).

Applications in Proteomics. Advances in –Omics Workshop. 37th Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, September 2006. (Invited Presentation).

Proteomics: A Tool for Biomarker Discovery. UC Berkeley Superfund Basic Research Project Annual Meeting. May 2006.

Using Proteomics to Study Protein Expression and Understand Leukemia. Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. December 2005.

Abstarcts

Hegedus CM, Skibola DR, Vermeulen R, Rothman N, Steinmaus C, Smith AH, Moore LE, Smith MT, Skibola CF. Optimization of Urine for Proteomic Analysis. Superfund Basic Research Project Annual Meeting. La Jolla, California, December 2006.

Hegedus CM, Skibola CF, Warner M, Skibola D, Pfeiffer RM, Clark M, Steinmaus C, Smith AH, Smith MT, Moore LE. Association of Arsenic Exposure with Defensin Levels in the Urinary Proteome. Environmental Mutagen Society. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, September 2006.

Hegedus CM, Skibola CF, Smith MT, Bracci PM, Holly EA. The IL-6 G-174C polymorphism is associated with differences in the human serum proteome. American Association for Cancer Research. Washington D.C., April 2006.

Moore LE, Skibola CF, Hegedus CM, Skibola DR, Pfeiffer RM, Warner M, Clark M, Steinmaus C, Alguacil J, Rothman N, Smith MT, Smith AH. Identification of Biomarkers of Arsenic Exposure and Metabolism in Urine using SELDI Technology. American Association for Cancer Research. Washington D.C., April 2006.

Hegedus C, Gunn L, Shiao R, Skibola CF, Zhang L, Metayer C, Buffler PA, and Smith MT. Proteomic Analysis of Childhood Leukemia. American Association for Cancer Research. Anaheim, CA, March 2005.

Gunn L, Shiao R, Hegedus C, Skibola CF, and Smith MT. Proteomic Analysis of Childhood Leukemia Cell Lines. American Association for Cancer Research. Orlando, FL, March 2004.

Skibola CF, Holly EA, Forrest MS, Hubbard A, Bracci PM, Skibola DR, Coats A, Hegedus C, and Smith MT. Body Mass Index and Polymorphisms in the Leptin and Leptin Receptor Genes are Associated With Risk of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology of Cancer Meeting. Waikoloa, HI, 2003.