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Curriculum Vitae

MICHAEL CAMMER, M.A.T., M.F.A.

Address:

Analytical Imaging Facility
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jack & Pearl Resnick Campus
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Bronx, NY  10461
phone:  718-430-2890
fax:  718-430-8996
Email:  cammer@aecom.yu.edu
URL:  http://www.aecom.yu.edu/aif/
           

Education:

1992  Master of Fine Arts of Painting and Printmaking, Columbia University, New York, NY

1989  Master of Arts of Teaching, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

1988  Bachelor of Arts, Honors in Studio Art and cum laude, Brown University, Providence, RI
 

Positions:

2008 - present
 
Senior Light Microscopist, Analytical Imaging Facility, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
2005 - present
 
     Senior Associate, Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1995 - 2008 
 
Director of Light Microscopy and Image Analysis, Analytical Imaging Facility, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
   
1998 - 2005
 
Principal Associate, Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
   
1992 - 1995
 
Training Director, Image Analysis Facility, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
   
1992 - 1998
 
Associate, Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
   
1992
 
Teaching Assistant for Graduate Colloquium on Contemporary Art Criticism, Columbia University, New York, NY
   
1989 - 1991
 
Darkroom and Confocal Microscopy Technician, Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
   
1989 Instructor, Mixed Media, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

 

Recent Publications (most recent first): 
    

[NCBI PubMed search of "M. Cammer"]
    

  1. van Rheenen J, Song X, van Roosmalen W, Cammer M, Chen X, Desmarais V, Yip SC, Backer JM, Eddy RJ, Condeelis JS.  EGF-induced PIP2 hydrolysis releases and activates cofilin locally in carcinoma cells. J Cell Biol. 2007 Dec 17;179(6):1247-59. PMID: 18086920
  2. Chaskes S, Frases S, Cammer M, Gerfen G, Casadevall A.  Growth and Pigment Production by Cryptococcus gattii, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Candida albicans from D-Tryptophan. J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Nov 7; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17989195
  3. El-Sibai M, Nalbant P, Pang H, Flinn RJ, Sarmiento C, Macaluso F, Cammer M, Condeelis JS, Hahn KM, Backer JM.  Cdc42 is required for EGF-stimulated protrusion and motility in MTLn3 carcinoma cells. J Cell Sci. 2007 Oct 1;120(Pt 19):3465-74. Epub 2007 Sep 12. PMID: 17855387
  4. Azios NG, Krishnamoorthy L, Harris M, Cubano LA, Cammer M, Dharmawardhane SF.    Estrogen and resveratrol regulate Rac and Cdc42 signaling to the actin cytoskeleton of metastatic breast cancer cells. Neoplasia. 2007 Feb;9(2):147-58. PMID: 17356711
  5. Goswami, S., Sahai, E., Wyckoff, J., Cammer, M., Cox, D., Pixley, F., Stanley, E.R., Segall, J. and Condeelis, J. (2005) Macrophages promote the invasion of breast carcinoma cells via a CSF-1/EGF paracrine loop. Cancer Research, 65(12):5278-83 PMID: 15958574
  6. Zhang X, Schwartz JC, Guo X, Bhatia S, Cao E, Lorenz, M, Cammer, M, Chen L, Zhang ZY, Edidin MA, Nathenson SG, Almo SC. (2004) Structural and functional analysis of the costimulatory receptor programmed death-1. Immunity. 20(3):337-47.
  7. Chen JG, Yang CP, Cammer M, Horwitz SB. (2003) Gene expression and mitotic exit induced by microtubule-stabilizing drugs. Cancer Res. 63(22):7891-9.
  8. Bonuccelli G, Sotgia F, Schubert W, Park DS, Frank PG, Woodman SE, Insabato L, Cammer M, Minetti C, Lisanti MP. (2003) Proteasome Inhibitor (MG-132) Treatment of mdx Mice Rescues the Expression and Membrane Localization of Dystrophin and Dystrophin-Associated Proteins.  Am J Pathol. 163(4):1663-75.
  9. Neumeister P, Pixley FJ, Xiong Y, Xie H, Wu K, Ashton A, Cammer M, Chan A, Symons M, Stanley ER, Pestell RG.  (2003)  Cyclin d1 governs adhesion and motility of macrophages.  Mol Biol Cell.  (5):2005-15.
  10. Shankar, S.L., O'Guin, K., Cammer, M., McMorris, F.A., Stitt, T.N., Basch, R.S., Varnum, B. and Shafit-Zagardo, B.  (2003)  The Growth Arrest-Specific Gene Product Gas6 Promotes the Survival of Human Oligodendrocytes via a Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase-Dependent Pathway.  J Neurosci 23(10):4208-18.
  11. Cox, D., Berg, J. S., Cammer, M., Chinegwundoh, J. O., Cheney, R. E., and S. Greenberg. (2002) Myosin-X as a downstream effector of PI 3-kinase during phagocytosis.   Nature Cell Biology, 4(7):469-477.   [Reviewed in News and Views [PDF]]
  12. Yeh, R.H., Yan, X., Cammer, M., Bresnick, A.R. and Lawrence DS.  (2002) Real time visualization of protein kinase activity in living cells.   J Biol Chem  277: 11527-11532. 
  13. Rodriguez-Gabin, A.G., Cammer, M., Almazan, G., Charron, M., and Larocca, J.N. (2001)  Role of rRAB22b, an oligodenrocyte protein, in regulation of transport of vesicles from trans Golgi to endocytic compartments.  J Neuro Res   66:1149-1160. 
  14. Bailly, M., Wyckoff, J., Bouzahzah, B., Hammerman, R., Sylvestre, V., Cammer, M., Pestell, R., and Segall, J.E.  (2000)  Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Distribution during Chemotactic Responses.   Mol Biol Cell 11(11):3873-3883.
  15. Teitelbaum, R., M. Cammer, M., Maitland, M.L., Freitag, N.E., Condeelis, J., and Bloom, B.R. (1999) Mycobacterial infection of macrophages results in membrane-permeable phagosomes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 96(26):15190-15195.
  16. Bailly, M., Macaluso, F., Cammer, M., Chan, A., Segall, J.E. and Condeelis, J.S. (1999) Relationships between Arp2/3 complex and the barbed ends of actin filaments at the leading edge of carcinoma cells after EGF-stimulation. J. Cell Biol., 145(2):331-345.
  17. Wadler, S., Zhang, H., Cammer, M. and Hu, X.P. (1999) Quantification of Ribonucleotide Reductase Expression in Wild-Type and Hydroxyurea-Resistant Cell Lines Employing in Situ Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction and a Computerized Image Analysis System. Anal Biochem 267(1):24-29.
  18. Rivera, J., Feldmesser, M., Cammer, M. and Casadevall, A. (1998) Organ-dependent variation of capsule thickness in Cryptococcal neoformans during experimental murine infection. Infection and Immunity. 66(10):5027-5030.
  19. Cammer, M., Wyckoff, J. and Segall, J.E. (1997) Computer-assisted analysis of single-cell behavior in Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol. 75: Basic Cell Culture Protocols, second edition (Pollard, J.W. and Walker, J.M., eds.) Humana Press, NJ, pp. 459-470.
  20. Satir, P., Novikoff, P.M., Cammer, M. and Wolkoff, A. (1997) Regulation of vesicular transport during receptor-mediated endocytosis in hepatocytes by cytoplasmic dynein. In Recent Advances in Microscopy of Cells, Tissues and Organs. Pp. 381-388.
  21. Novikoff, P.M., Cammer, M., Tao, L., Oda, H., Stockert, R.J., Wolkoff, A.W. and Satir, P. (1996) Three-dimensional organization of rat hepatocyte cytoskeleton: relation to the asialoglycoprotein endocytosis pathway. J. Cell Science, 109:21-32.
  22. Staecker, H., Cammer, M., Rubinstein, R. and Van De Water, T.R. (1994) A procedure for RT-PCR amplification of mRNAs on histological specimens. BioTechniques, 16:76-80.
  23. Cammer, W., Zhang, H. and Cammer, M. (1993) Glial Cell Abnormalities in the CNS of the Carbonic Anhydrase II Deficient Mouse. J Neurolog. Sci. 118:1-9.
  

  

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