Baylor College of Medicine

Kristen Engevik, Ph.D.

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Kristen Engevik, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Associate

Email

kengevik@bcm.edu

Positions

Postdoctoral Associate: Virol & Micro: Hyser
Baylor College of Medicine

Addresses

BCM-Jewish Institute for Research (Lab)
: Room: BCMD-824D
Houston, TX 77030
United States

Education

PhD from University of Cincinnati: 05/2019 - Cincinnati, Ohio United States; Systems Biology and Physiology

BS from Biola University: 05/2012 - La Mirada, California United States; Biology

Honors & Awards

Research Recognition Award: American Physiological Society Gastrointestinal and Liver Section (04/2020)

First Place Graduate Student Oral Presentation: Kentucky American Physiological Society Chapter (04/2019)

Early Career Investigator Award: American Gastroenterological Association (04/2018)

Student Abstract Award: American Gastroenterological Association (04/2018)

Research Recognition Award: American Physiological Society Gastrointestinal and Liver Section (04/2018)

Poster of Distinction: American Physiological Society Gastrointestinal and Liver Section (04/2017)

Graduate Student Ambassador: American Physiological Society (01/2017 - 04/2019)

Research Recognition Award: American Physiological Society Gastrointestinal and Liver Section (04/2016)

Distinguished Abstract Plenary Session: American Physiological Society Gastrointestinal and Liver Section (04/2016)

Image Contest Honorable Mention: Vector Laboratories (02/2020)

Top 20 StemCellfie Showcase: STEMCELL Technologies (08/2019)

Images in Basic Research First Place: University of Cincinnati (04/2019)

Graduate Student Fellowship: University of Cincinnati (03/2018 - 05/2019)

Selected Publications

"Cell injury triggers actin polymerization to initiate epithelial restitution.." 2018; Pubmed PMID: 30072444
"Epithelial Regeneration After Gastric Ulceration Causes Prolonged Cell-Type Alterations.." 2016; Pubmed PMID: 27766298
"Helicobacter pylori use TlpB receptor to sense sites of gastric injury.." 2019; Pubmed PMID: 31262979
"Human Clostridium difficile infection: altered mucus production and composition.." 2015; Pubmed PMID: 25552581

"Human Clostridium difficile infection: inhibition of NHE3 and microbiota profile.." 2015; Pubmed PMID: 25552580
"Organoids as a Model to Study Infectious Disease.." 2018; Pubmed PMID: 29288448
"The Development of Spasmolytic Polypeptide/TFF2-Expressing Metaplasia (SPEM) During Gastric Repair Is Absent in the Aged Stomach.." 2016; Pubmed PMID: 27990460
"Trefoil factor 2 activation of CXCR4 requires calcium mobilization to drive epithelial repair in gastric organoids.." 2019; Pubmed PMID: 30912855
"Trefoil Factor Peptides and Gastrointestinal Function.." 2017; Pubmed PMID: 27992733
"Deficient Active Transport Activity in Healing Mucosa After Mild Gastric Epithelial Damage.." 2019 Sep; Pubmed PMID: 31515722
"Microbial Metabolic Capacity for Intestinal Folate Production and Modulation of Host Folate Receptors." ; Pubmed PMID: 31649646
"Multiple calcium sources are required for intracellular calcium mobilization during gastric organoid epithelial repair.." ; Pubmed PMID: 32147965
"Human intestinal enteroids as a model of Clostridioides difficile-induced enteritis.." ; Pubmed PMID: 32223302

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Memberships

American Physiological Society: (06/2008)

Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine: (01/2017)

American Gastroenterological Association: (01/2017)

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: (01/2018)

Women in Biology: (10/2019)

American Society of Microbiology: (10/2019)

Funding

Elucidating the mechanism behind TFF2-mediated gastric restitution - #DK115126

Research Training in Pediatric Gastroenterology - #T32DK007664

Epithelial responses to to rotavirus induced purinergic signaling