Research Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology and Epigenomics Program 2300 Children's Plaza Box 222 Room C.473 Chicago, IL 60614 Phone: (773) 755-6327 Fax: (773) 755-6594

Year		Degree		Institution
2002		Ph.D.		Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Univesity of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1998		B.S. Microbiology		Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Year	Title
2002	Molecular Dissection of Melanoma Tumor Cell Vasculogenic Mimicry

Period		Description		Organization
2004 - 2005		Research Scientist		Children's Memoral Research Center, Chicago, IL
2002 - 2004		Postdoctral Fellow		The Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Hess, A.R, Seftor, E.A, Gruman, L.M, Kinch M.S, Seftor, R.E.B, and Hendrix, M.J.C. (2006). Ve-cadherin regulates EphA2 in aggressive melanoma cells through a novel signaling pathway: implications for vasculogenic mimicry. Cancer Biology and Therapy: 224-233.

Hess, A.R, and Hendrix, M.J.C. (2006). Focal Adhesion Kinase signaling and the aggressive melanoma phenotype. Cell Cycle: 478-480.

Hess, A.R, Postovit, L.M, Seftor, E.A, Margaryan, N.V, Schneider, G.B, Seftor, R.E.B, and Hendrix, M.J.C. (2005). Focal Adhesion kinase promotes an aggressive melanoma phenotype. Cancer Research: 9851-9860.

Hess, A.R, Seftor, E.A, Seftor, R.E.B, Seftor, and Hendrix, M.J.C. (2003). Phosphoinositide 3-kinase regulates MT1-MMP and MMP-2 activity during melanoma vasculogenic mimicry. Cancer Research: 4757-4762.

Hendrix, M.J.C, Seftor, E.A, Hess, A.R, and Seftor, R.E.B. (2003). Vasculogenic Mimicry and tumour-cell plasticity: lessons from melanoma. Nature Cancer Reviews: 411-421.

Hess, A.R, Seftor, E.A, Gardner, L.M.G, Carles-Kinch, K, Schneider, G.B, Kinch, M.S, Seftor, R.E.B, and Hendrix M.J.C. (2001). Molecular regulation of tumor cell vasculogenic mimicry by tyrosine phosphorylation: role of epithelial cell kinase. Cancer Research: 3250-3255.

Maniotis, A.J, Folberg, R, Hess, A.R, Seftor, E.A, Gardner, L.M.G, Pe'er, J, Trent, J.M, Meltzer, P.S, and Hendrix, M.J.C. (1999). Vascular channel formation by human melanoma cells in vivo and in vitro: vasculogenic mimicry. American Journal of Pathology: 739-752.

2003 - Finalist for UMI Dissertation Award sponsored by the National Council of Graduate Schools

2003 - Received the D.C. Spriestersbach Dissertation Prize for Biological and Life Sciences, U. of Iowa

2002 - Received Travel Award from American Assoictiation of Anatomist to attend EB meeting

2001 - Selected to attend AACR special workshop; "Pathobiology of Cancer"

2000 - Received Tung-Yang Wing award for superior acheivement in Anatomy Graduate Education, U. of Iowa

1999 - Electron Microscopy Techniques presentation award, U. of Iowa

1997 - Recipient of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research Award; Pennsylvania State University

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