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Helen Diller Family Compr Cancer Ctr
SCOTT A. OAKES, MD

Assistant Professor, Pathology, UCSF

CONTACT

scott.oakes@ucsf.edu
(415) 476-1777, 514-3165 (voice)

Box 0511, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0511

EDUCATION

Elmira College, Elmira, NY, B.A., 1993, Biochemistry
University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, M.D., 1998, Medicine

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1995-1996

Research Scholar, HHMI, Lymphocyte Cell Biology Section, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Advisor: John J. O'Shea, M.D.

1998-2000

Resident, Anatomic Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

1998-2002

Clinical Fellow in Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

2000-2005

Research Associate, Department of Cancer Immunology & AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA. Advisor: Stanley J. Korsmeyer, M.D.

2002-2005

Instructor in Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

2005-present

Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco

HONORS & AWARDS

1989

Salutatorian Scholarship

1990

Borden Highest Freshman GPA Prize

1991

Phi Beta Kappa Prize

1992

Phi Beta Kappa Prize

1992

Gorman Prize for Most Scholarly Work in Chemistry

1993

Outstanding Senior Chemistry Award

1993

Elmira College Valedictorian

1998

American Endocrine Society Award

1998

American Endocrine Society Award

2000-2003

NIH Pathology Training Grant Recipient

2003-2008

NIH Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (K08)

2006-2007

American Cancer Society Junior Investigator Award

2007-2009

HHMI Early Career Physician Scientist Award

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Johnston JA, Wang LM, Hanson EP, Sun XJ, White MF, Oakes SA, Pierce JH, O'Shea JJ. Interleukins 2, 4, 7, and 15 stimulate tyrosine phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrates 1 and 2 in T cells. Potential role of JAK kinases. J. Biol. Chem. 1995;270:28527-28530.

Candotti F, Oakes SA, Johnston JA, Notarangelo LD, O'Shea JJ, Blaese RM. In vitro correction of JAK3-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency by retroviral-mediated gene transduction. J. Exp. Med. 1996;183:2687-2692.

Oakes SA, Candotti F, Johnston JA, Chen YQ, Ryan JJ, Taylor N, Lui X, Hennighauser L, Notarangelo LD, Paul WE, Blaese RM, O'Shea JJ. Signaling via IL-2 and IL-4 in JAK3-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency lymphocytes: JAK3-dependent and -independent pathways. Immunity 1996;5:605-615.

Taylor N, Candott F, Smith S, Oakes SA, Jahn T, Isakov J, Puck JM, O'Shea JJ, Weinberg K, Johnston JA. Interluekin-4 signaling in B lymphocytes from patients with X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency. J. Biol. Chem. 1997;272:7314-7319.

Candotti F, Oakes SA, Johnston JA, Giliani S, Schumacher RF, Mella P, Fiorini M, Ugazio AG, Badolato R, Notarangelo LD, Bozzi F, Macchi P, Strina D, Vezzoni P, Blaese RM, O'Shea JJ, Villa A. Structural and functional basis for JAK3-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency. Blood 1997;90:3996-4003.

Scorrano L, Ashiya M, Buttle K, Weiler S, Oakes SA, Mannella CA, Korsmeyer SJ. Distinct pathways remodel mitochondrial cristae or release cytochrome c during apoptosis. Dev. Cell 2002;2:55-67.

Scorrano L*, Oakes SA*, Opferman JT, Cheng EH, Sorcinelli MD, Pozza T, Korsmeyer SJ. BAX and BAK regulation of endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+:a control point for apoptosis. Science 2003;300:135-139. *These authors contributed equally.

Bassik MC, Scorrano L, Oakes SA, Pozzan T, Korsmeyer SJ. Phosphorylation of BCL-2 regulates ER Ca2+ homeostasis and apoptosis. EMBO J. 2004;23:1207-1216.

Oakes SA, Scorrano L, Opferman JT, Bassik MC, Nishino M, Pozzan T, Korsmeyer SJ. Proapoptotic BAX and BAK regulate the type 1 inositol trisphosphate receptor and calcium leak from the endoplasmic reticulum. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2005;102:105-110.

12/11/06

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