Cathryn Kubera, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biology
Monmouth University
147B Edison Hall
ckubera at monmouth dot edu
Education
University of Pennsylvania, PhD 2008
Cornell University, BS 2002
Experience
Adjunct Professor, County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ
Spring 2014
Taught Anatomy & Physiology II. Topics included Circulatory, Respiratory, Digestive, Reproductive, Lymphatic, and Endocrine Systems.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
Jan - Dec 2013
Developed and taught Cells & Signaling of the Nervous System upper level seminar, and Neurobiology with Lab.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2008 - 2012
Working in the lab of Dr. Angelique Bordey, tested the role of the mTOR pathway and GABA, kainate and metabotropic glutamate receptor activation on cell proliferation, migration and survival in progenitor cells of the external granule cell layer of the cerebellum. Funded by a National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award
Publications
Gipson KE, Rosinski DJ, Schonberger RB, Kubera C, Mathew ES, Nichols F, Dyckman W, Courtin F, Sherburne B, Bordey AF, Gross JB. Elimination of gaseous microemboli from cardiopulmonary bypass using hypobaric oxygenation. Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2013 Nov 6. pii: S0003-4975(13)02118-8.
Feliciano DM, Lin T, Hartman N, Lafourcade C, Bartley C, Kubera C, Hsieh L, Bordey A. A circuitry and biochemical basis for Tuberous Sclerosis symptoms: from epilepsy to neurocognitive deficits. Int. J. Dev. Neurosci. In press. Online 2013 Feb 26.
Lacar B, Herman P, Platel JC, Kubera C, Hyder F, Bordey A. Neural progenitor cells regulate capillary blood flow in the postnatal subventricular zone. J Neurosci. 2012 Nov 14;32(46):16435-48.
Young SZ, Taylor MM, Wu S, Ikeda-Matsuo Y, Kubera C, Bordey A. NKCC1 knockdown decreases neuron production through GABAA-regulated neural progenitor proliferation and delays dendrite development. J. Neurosci. 2012 Sep 26;32(39):13630-8.
Kubera C, Hernandez A, Heng V, Bordey A. Transient mGlu5 receptor inhibition enhances the survival of granule cell precursors in the neonatal cerebellum. Neuroscience. 2012 Sep 6;219:271-9.
Pascual O, Casper KB, Kubera C, Zhang J, Revilla-Sanchez R, Sul JY, Takano H, Moss SJ, McCarthy K, Haydon PG. (2005). Astrocytic purinergic signaling coordinates synaptic networks. Science. 2005 Oct 7;310(5745):113-6.
Gavin IM, Glesne D, Zhao Y, Kubera C, Huberman E. (2004). Spermine acts as a negative regulator of macrophage differentiation in human myeloid leukemia cells. Cancer Res. 2004 Oct 15;64(20):7432-8.
Kubera C, Gavin I, Huberman E. (2002) Isolation of two unknown genes potentially involved in differentiation of the hematopoietic pathway, and studies of spermidine/spermine acetyltransferase regulation. U.S. Dept. of Energy J. Undergrad. Res. 2002 (2):34-39.
2010 - present
2010 - present