CURRICULUM VITAE of Juozas Vasiliauskas NAME AND PERSONAL DATA Name: Date of Birth: Citizenship: Residency: Juozas Vasiliauskas

October 20th, 1979 Lithuania United States of America (permanent resident/green card holder)

Laboratory Address: Department of Cancer and Cell Biology College of Medicine University of Cincinnati Vontz Center for Molecular Studies 3125 Eden Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA Phone: (513) 558-8260 Fax: (513) 558-4454 E-mail:vasilijs@mail.uc.edu

Present Position:

Graduate Student Department of Cancer and Cell Biology University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

EDUCATION

2008-present Doctorate Program in Cancer and Cell Biology University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH USA Ph.D. Thesis Advisor: Dr. Susan Waltz

2006-2008

Bachelors of Science degree in Biology, May 2008. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA USA Graduated Magna Cum Laude

2001-2004

Associate of Arts degree in Chemistry, May 2004 West Los Angeles College, Culver City, CA USA Graduated Summa Cum Laude

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2001-2006

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Tutor in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics

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West Los Angeles College, Culver City CA Tutored and directly supervised other tutors for the learning centre at West Los Angeles College, Culver City, CA 2004-2006 Private tutor in mathematics for high school students in SAT preparations

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE May 2009 Joined Dr. Susan Waltzs laboratory, University of Cincinnati, OH. Current thesis project involves RON receptor tyrosine kinase ligand, HGFL, and its implication in prostate cancer

October 2008-January 2009 Rotation in Dr. Kathryn Wikenheiser-Brokamps laboratory, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital, OH Studied the implications of p 16 in the lung cancer. Learned techniques of mice genotyping, HE staining, antigen retrieval; worked out immunohistochemistry antibody conditions. July 2008-October 2008 Rotation in Dr. Jinsong Zhangs laboratory, University of Cincinnati, OH Studied HDAC3 degradation process. Learned techniques of cell transfection, western blots, luciferase assay, bacterial transformation and DNA purification.

OTHER EXPERIENCE 2006-2008 Program Coordinator for TRiO Student Support Services West Los Angeles College, Culver City CA Managed federally funded program for disadvantaged/low-income/underrepresented students; coordinated learning workshops for a better college success; organized collegewide fieldtrips to public/private universities; provided guidance for students ready to transfer from 2-year to 4-year schools; initiated student contacts with mentors/counselors at target transfer institutions; prepared annual reports to the US Department of Education

OTHER SKILLS Fluent in Lithuanian, Russian and English languages

AWARDS AND HONORS 2009-Present NCI training grant "Regulation of Cellular growth and differentiation" 2011 Best in Fourth Year Cancer and Cell Biology graduate student symposium presentation University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH

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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS 1. Stuart WD, Kulkarni RM, Gray JK, Vasiliauskas J, Leonis M, Waltz SE. The Ron Receptor Regulates Kupffer Cell-Dependent Cytokine Production and Hepatocyte Survival Following Endotoxin Exposure in Mice. Hepatology. 2011 May 2. Wagh PK, Gray JK, Zinser GM, Vasiliauskas, J, James L, Monga SP, Waltz SE. -Catenin is Required for Ron induced Mammary Tumorigenesis. Oncogene. 2011 March 21 3. Huajun Zhao, Min-Shan Chen, Yuan-Hung Lo, Susan E. Waltz, Jiang Wang, Po-Chun Ho, Juozas Vasiliauskas, Rina Plattner, Yuan-Liang Wang, Shao-Chun Wang. The Ron receptor tyrosine kinase activates c-Abl to promote cell proliferation through tyrosine phosphorylation of PCNA in breast cancer. Manuscript in review.

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