About Obrizus Communications

Amy Sullivan, Ph.D. - Owner/Editor

I have over 15 years of experience writing and presenting work in academic science. I graduated with a B.A. from Whitman College in Biology-Chemistry and continued on to earn my Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from the University of California, San Diego. While pursuing my doctorate, I was awarded an American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship with the additional accolade of earning the highest score in the Western States Affiliate (Dorothy Penrose Stout Award). My specialties are molecular and cellular biology and I have performed extensive work in both immunology and neuroscience laboratories.

Publications

• Serum response factor utilizes distinct promoter- and enhancer-based mechanisms to regulate cytoskeletal gene expression in macrophages.
  Sullivan AL, Benner C, Heinz S, Huang W, Xie L, Miano JM, Glass CK. Mol Cell Biol. 2011 Feb;31(4):861-75. Epub 2010 Dec 6.


• A SUMOylation-dependent pathway mediates transrepression of inflammatory response genes by PPAR-gamma.
  Pascual G, Fong AL, Ogawa S, Gamliel A, Li AC, Perissi V, Rose DW, Willson TM, Rosenfeld MG, Glass CK. Nature. 2005 Sep 29;437(7059):759-63. Epub 2005 Aug 28.


• Mitogen- and stress-activated protein kinase 1 mediates cAMP response element-binding protein phosphorylation and activation by neurotrophins.
  Arthur JS, Fong AL, Dwyer JM, Davare M, Reese E, Obrietan K, Impey S. J Neurosci. 2004 May 5;24(18):4324-32.


• PE-1/METS, an antiproliferative Ets repressor factor, is induced by CREB-1/CREM-1 during macrophage differentiation.
  Sawka-Verhelle D, Escoubet-Lozach L, Fong AL, Hester KD, Herzig S, Lebrun P, Glass CK. J Biol Chem. 2004 Apr 23;279(17):17772-84. Epub 2004 Jan 30.


• Phosphorylation of CBP mediates transcriptional activation by neural activity and CaM kinase IV.
  Impey S, Fong AL, Wang Y, Cardinaux JR, Fass DM, Obrietan K, Wayman GA, Storm DR, Soderling TR, Goodman RH. Neuron. 2002 Apr 11;34(2):235-44.