Postdoc
kburkewi [at] hsph.harvard.edu
Fellowships:
- T32 CA 009382 (NCI)
- F32 AG 044944 (NIA)
Area of Interest/Research Focus:
(TBA)
Publications:
Synthetic Ligands of Cannabinoid Receptors Affect Dauer Formation in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.
Reis Rodrigues P, Kaul TK, Ho JH, Lucanic M, Burkewitz K, Mair WB, Held JM, Bohn LM, Gill MS. G3 (Bethesda). 2016 Jun 1;6(6):1695-705. doi: 10.1534/g3.116.026997.
Hepatic Bmal1 Regulates Rhythmic Mitochondrial Dynamics and Promotes Metabolic Fitness.
Jacobi D, Liu S, Burkewitz K, Kory N, Knudsen NH, Alexander RK, Unluturk U, Li X, Kong X, Hyde AL, Gangl MR, Mair WB, Lee CH. Cell Metab. 2015 Oct 6;22(4):709-20. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2015.08.006. Epub 2015 Sep 10.
Neuronal CRTC-1 governs systemic mitochondrial metabolism and lifespan via a catecholamine signal.
Burkewitz K, Morantte I, Weir HJ, Yeo R, Zhang Y, Huynh FK, Ilkayeva OR, Hirschey MD, Grant AR, Mair WB. Cell. 2015 Feb 26;160(5):842-55. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.02.004.
AMPK at the nexus of energetics and aging.
Burkewitz K, Zhang Y, Mair WB. Cell Metab. 2014 Jul 1;20(1):10-25. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2014.03.002. Epub 2014 Apr 10. Review.
Characterization of the proteostasis roles of glycerol accumulation, protein degradation and protein synthesis during osmotic stress in C. elegans.
Burkewitz K, Choe KP, Lee EC, Deonarine A, Strange K. PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e34153. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034153. Epub 2012 Mar 28.
Hypertonic stress induces rapid and widespread protein damage in C. elegans.
Burkewitz K, Choe K, Strange K. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2011 Sep;301(3):C566-76. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00030.2011. Epub 2011 May 25.
miR-8 microRNAs regulate the response to osmotic stress in zebrafish embryos.
Flynt AS, Thatcher EJ, Burkewitz K, Li N, Liu Y, Patton JG. J Cell Biol. 2009 Apr 6;185(1):115-27. doi: 10.1083/jcb.200807026. Epub 2009 Mar 30.
Sequence specificity of inter- and intramolecular G-quadruplex formation by human telomeric DNA.
Pedroso IM, Duarte LF, Yanez G, Burkewitz K, Fletcher TM. Biopolymers. 2007 Sep;87(1):74-84.
