CURRICULUM VITAE for Andrew. M. Pickering.
Full Name: Andrew. Michael. Pickering. Ph.D candidate. B.A. Oxon.
Position: Ph.D Candidate in the Program of Molecular & Computational Biology, The University of Southern California., Research Assistant for Dr Kelvin. J.A. Davies.
Work Address: The Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California,
3715 McClintock Avenue, Room 314, Los Angeles, California 90089-0191, U.S.A.
Work Telephone: (213)821-6687 Fax: (213)740-6462 e.mail:
Citizenship: Great Britain and Northern Ireland. (Presently holding an F-1 visa in USA)
Education:
University of Southern California Ph.D (in Progress) Molecular Biology.
University of Southern California Ph.D candidate 2009 Molecular Biology.
Oxford University (Pembroke College) B.A. 2007 Biological Sciences.
Publications.
Pickering., A. M., Davies, K. J. A. (2012). NRF2 DEPENDENT INDUCTION OF PROTEASOME AND PA28ΑΒ; REGULATOR IS REQUIRED FOR OXIDATIVE STRESS ADAPTATION. JBC (In Press)Pickering., A. M., Davies, K. J. A. (2012). A SIMPLE FLUORESCENT LABELING METHOD FOR STUDIES OF PROTEIN OXIDATION, PROTEIN MODIFICATION, AND PROTEOLYSIS. Free Radical Biology & Medicine. Vol. 52 (2), pp. 239-46
Grune, T., Catalgol, B., Licht, A., Ermak, G., Pickering., A. M., Ngo, J. K., Davies, K. J. A. (2011). HSP70 MEDIATES DISSOCIATION AND REASSOCIATION OF THE 26S PROTEASOME DURING ADAPTATION TO OXIDATIVE STRESS. Journal of Free Radical Biology & Medicine. Vol. 51 (7), pp. 1355-64.
Pickering., A. M., Koop., A. L., Teoh., C. Y., Ermak., G., Grune., T., Davies., K. J. A.(2010). The immunoproteasome, the 20S proteasome, and the PA28aß proteasome regulator are oxidative stress-adaptive proteolytic complexes. Biochemical Journal.
Nuzhdin, S. V., Brisson, J. A., Pickering, A. M., Wayne, M. L., Harshman, L. G., McIntyre, L. M. (2009). Natural genetic variation in transcriptome reflects network structure inferred with major effect mutations: insulin/TOR and associated phenotypes in Drosophila melanogaster. BMC Genomics. Vol. 10, pp. 124.
Abstract,
Pickering., A. M., Koop, A. L., Teoh, C. E., Ermak, G., Grune, T., Davies, K. J. (2010). THE IMMUNOPROTEASOME, THE 20S PROTEASOME, AND THE PA28{alpha}ß PROTEASOME REGULATOR ARE OXIDATIVE STRESS-ADAPTIVE PROTEOLYTIC COMPLEXES. Faseb Journal. Faseb Journal
Book Chapter,
Pickering., A. M., Davies, K. J. (2012). Degradation of Damaged Proteins - The Main Function of the 20S Proteasome. Elsevier Inc.
Research Experience.
Research Assistant; Davies Lab 2010-Present (USC)
Graduate Student; Davies Lab 2008-2009 (USC)
Rotation Student; Davies Lab Summer 2008 (USC)
Rotation Student; Arbeitman Lab Spring 2008 (USC)
Rotation Student; Nuzhdin Lab Winter 2007 (USC)
Rotation Student; Finch Lab Autumn 2007 (USC)
Undergraduate Student; Ligoxygakis Lab 2006 (Oxford University)
Pre-Undergraduate Student; Hide Lab Summer 2003 (Salford University)
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant; Bisc-121, Honors Organismal Biology and Evolution, Autumn 2009.
Teaching Assistant; Bisc-221, Honors Cell Biology and Physiology, Spring 2009.
Teaching Assistant; Bisc-121, Honors Organismal Biology and Evolution, Autumn 2008.
Conference Presentations
MCB Retreat 2011
Moving Targets: Oxidative Stress and Aging, 8/2011
American Aging Association 2011
Whats Hot in Aging at USC 2011
Gordon Conference on Oxidative Stress 2011
MCB Retreat 2010
Whats Hot in Aging at USC 2010
Experimental Biology 2010
MCB Retreat 2009
Societies
Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford University, 2007 -
President of the Oxford University Space and Astronomical Society, 2006 - 2007
Secretary of the Oxford University Space and Astronomical Society, 2005 - 2006
Member of the Oxford University Space and Astronomical Society, 2004 -
Member of the Oxford University Science Society, 2004 -
Member of the Oxford University Biological Society, 2004 -
Member of the British Sub Aqua Community 2000 - 2003
Member of the World Scouting Association 1995 – 2003