Sarah Spinette

Fogarty Life Science 233 (401) 456-8010 (401) 456-8907 sspinette@ric.edu

Academic Background

Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University

Courses Taught

Biol 108

Activities

Biology Department Honors Committee

Research Interests

Molecular mechanisms of tissue differentiation, including the role of protein degradation and apoptosis in the development of skeletal and cardiac muscle and neuronal tissues.

Publications

The MPAC domain is a novel mitotically regulated domain,
removed by apoptotic protease cleavage during cell death.,
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2006 347(4):1103-12.

Ufd2, a novel autoantigen in scleroderma, regulates sister
chromatid separation. Cell Cycle. 2004 Dec;3(12):1638-44.