Amy Romesberg | Faculty & Staff Directory

Education

PhD, Molecular Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.
BS, Biology, Bethany College, Bethany, W.Va.

Nadkarni, A., Furda, A., Rajesh, C., McInnes, C., Ruch, RJ, Pittman, DL, “Functional Characterization of the RAD51D E233G Genetic Variant,” Pharmacogenet Genomics, 2009 Burns, JT, Scurti, PJ, Furda, A., “Darwin, Earthworms & Circadian Rhythms: A Fertile Field for Science Fair Experiments,” American Biology Teacher, 2009
Simsek, D., Furda, A., Gao, Y., Artus, J., Brunet, E., Hadjantonakis, AK, Van Houten, B., Shuman, S., McKinnon, PJ, Jasin, M., “Crucial role for DNA ligase III in mitochondria but not in Xrcc1-dependent repair,” Nature, 2011
Furda, A., Santos, JH, Meyer, JN, Van Houten, B., “Quantitative PCR-based measurement of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA damage and repair in mammalian cells,” Methods of Molecular. Biology, 2014
Furda, A., Bess, AS, Meyer, JN, Van Houten, B., “Analysis of DNA damage and repair in nuclear and mitochondrial DNA of animal cells using quantitative PCR,” Methods of Molecular. Biology, 2012
Furda, A., Marrangoni, AM, Lokshin, A., Van Houten, B., “Oxidants and not alkylating agents induce rapid mtDNA loss and mitochondrial dysfunction,” DNA Repair, 2012
Romesberg, A. and Van Houten, B. “Targeting Mitochondrial Function with Chemoptogenetics,” Biomedicines, 2022

Presentation of doctoral research at Translational Research in Mitochondria, Aging and Disease Symposia, 2011
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, 2010-2011
Departmental Fellowship, Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, 2008-2009
NIH Predoctoral Training Grant in Pharmacological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 2007-2008
Selected to give a poster presentation entitled “Using the blarg to assess student understanding of basic neurophysiology” at the Neuroscience Teaching conference, NC 2022