Annet Kirabo


 

 

Advanced Concentration  

Physiology & Pharmacology

 

Mentor

 

Peter P. Sayeski, Ph.D.

Department

 

Physiology & Functional Genomics

Enrolled 

  August 2007

Lab Room

  M5- 535

 

Lab Phone  

(352) 846-2081

 

E-mail

 

akirabo@ufl.edu

 

 

Education 

B.Med., Veterinary Medicine, Makerere University, Uganda, Africa
M.S., St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota
Dissertation Research

Publications

Kiss R, Polgár T, Kirabo A, Sayyah J, Figueroa NC, List AF, Sokol L, Zuckerman KS, Gali M, Bisht KS, Sayeski PP, Keserű GM. Identification of a novel inhibitor of JAK2 tyrosine kinase by structure-based virtual screening. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2009 May 5. abstract

McDoom I, Ma X, Kirabo A, Lee KY, Ostrov DA, and Sayeski PP. Identification of Tyrosine 972 as a Novel Site of Jak2 Tyrosine Kinase Phosphorylation and its Role in Jak2 Activation. Biochemistry 2008 Aug 12;47(32):8326-34. abstract

Abstracts Presented at Meetings

G6, a novel small molecule inhibitor that supresses JAK2-dependent erythroleukemia” - Graduate Student Council Spring Forum - Interdisplinary Research Conference, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 2009

"G6, A Novel Small Molecule That Has Therapeutic Efficacy in a Jak2-Dependent Human Erythroleukemia Murine Model". 2009 Medical Guild Research Day – University of Florida, Gainesville Florida, 2009

Honors & Awards
UF Medical Guild Research Incentive Award, 2009

Travel Award - American Physiological Society, Professional Skills Training workshop, Orlando, Florida, 2009


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