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CURRICULUM VITAE

Updated May 2020

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February 2018 - present

Postdoctoral Researcher

RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), Kobe, Japan

“alpha-Catenin-dependent regulation of epithelial folding extent”

Supervisor: Dr. Yu-Chiun Wang

September 2012 - December 2017

Ph.D., Cell Biology

Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

“LINC complexes support crosstalk between the nucleus and cellular adhesions”

Supervisor: Dr. Megan C. King

September 2008 -
June 2012

B.S., Biology with concentration in biochemistry; Honors in Biology

Haverford College, Haverford, PA, USA

Research supervisor: Dr. James Shorter, University of Pennsylvania

PUBLICATIONS

Carley, E., Stewart, R. M., *Zieman, A., Lin, S., Zubek, A., Horsley, V., and King, M. C. The LINC complex transmits integrin-dependent tension to the nuclear lamina and represses epidermal differentiation. eLife; in review. Preprint DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.03.075085

*Co-first authors

Stewart, R. M., Rodriguez, E., and King, M. C. (2019) Ablation of SUN2-containing LINC complexes drives cardiac hypertrophy without interstitial fibrosis. Mol. Biol. Cell. 30(14):1664-1675. DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E18-07-0438

Stewart, R. M., Zubek, A. E., Rosowski, K. A., Schreiner, S. M., Horsley, V., and King, M. C. (2015) Nuclear-cytoskeletal linkages facilitate cross talk between the nucleus and intercellular adhesions. J. Cell Biol. 203(3):403-418. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201502024

Stewart, R. M., King, M. C., and Horsley, V. “Integration of biochemical and mechanical signals at the nuclear periphery: impacts on skin development and disease.” (2018) Epigenetic Regulation of Skin Development and Regeneration, Editors: Vladimir A. Botchkarev and Sarah E. Millar, Springer Publishing, pp. 263-292. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-16769-5_11

Jackrel, M. E., DeSantis, M. E., Martinez, B., Castellano, L. M., Stewart, R. M., Caldwell, K. A., Caldwell, G. A., and Shorter, J. (2014) Potentiated Hsp104 variants antagonize diverse proteotoxic misfolding events. Cell. 156(1-2):170-82. DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.11.047

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

April 2020

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Kakenhi Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (Award number: 20K15797)

March 2017

Yale University Conference Travel Fellowship

September 2016

European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) 2016 Meeting Travel Grant

January 2016

American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship (Award number: 16PRE27460000)

September 2012

Yale University Gruber Science Fellowship