Lisa Montoya Cockrell
Emory University
Rollins Research Center
1510 Clifton Road, Room 5154
Atlanta, GA 30322
(404) 727-1335 (lab)
Lmontoy@emory.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Candidate, Molecular and Systems Pharmacology
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322
Projected completion Summer, 2007
B.S., Biology
University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403
December 2001, Graduated With Departmental Honors
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Lecturer, “Sex Steroids & Contraception” for Introduction to Pharmacology, December 2006
Teaching Assistant, Frontiers in Molecular Pharmacology Class, Spring 2004
Teaching Assistant Training and Teaching Opportunity Program, Fall 2003
Tutor for undergraduate students in Biology, Chemistry, and Molecular Biology, 2000 – 2001
AWARDS
National Institutes of Heath Graduate Student Research Festival, 2006
National Institutes of Health Minority Predoctoral Fellowship, 2005 – 2008
FACES Minority Grant from the National Science Foundation, 2005 – 2008
Drug Development and Pharmacogenomics Academy, 2004 – 2005
National Institutes of Health Training Grant, 2002 – 2004
Gordon Research Conference Minority Travel Fellowship, 2004
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Travel Fellowship, 2003
AFFILIATIONS
National Association of Science Writers, 2006 – present
American Medical Writers Association, 2006 – present
Executive Committee for the Molecular and Systems Pharmacology Program, 2004 – 2006
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 2003 – present
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, 2001 – 2005
Cockrell, Lisa M.
PUBLICATIONS
Cockrell LM, Goldman EH, Fu H. ASK2 is a novel protein that suppresses apoptosis by inhibiting
ASK1 interaction with 14-3-3. In preparation.
Wu M, Coblitz B, Shikano S, Long S, Cockrell LM, Fu H, Li M. SWTY – A general peptide probe for
homogenous solution binding assay of 14-3-3 proteins. (2005) Anal Biochem 349(2):186-96.
Coblitz B, Shikano S, Wu M, Gabelli SB, Cockrell LM, Spieker M, Hanyu Y, Fu H, Amzel M, Li
M. Carboxyl-terminal recognition by 14-3-3 protein for surface expression of membrane receptors.
(2005) J Biol Chem 280(43): 36263-72.
Sorensen SD, Nicole O, Peavy RD, Montoya LM, Lee CJ, Murphy TJ, Traynelis SF, Hepler JR.
Common signaling pathways link activation of murine PAR-1, LPA, and S1P receptors to proliferation of
astrocytes. (2003) Mol Pharm 64(5):1199-1209.
ABSTRACTS
Cockrell LM, Goldman EH, Fu H. Suppression of Apoptosis Signal-Regulating Kinase 1 By a Novel
14-3-3/ASK2 Signaling Complex. Emory Winship Cancer Institute 4th Annual Scientific Research
Symposium, October 2006; Atlanta, GA.
Cockrell LM, Goldman EH, Fu H. Suppression of Apoptosis Signal-Regulating Kinase 1 By a Novel
14-3-3/ASK2 Signaling Complex. NIH National Graduate Student Research Festival, October
2006; Bethesda, MD.
Montoya Cockrell L, Goldman EH, Fu H. Characterizing the interaction of 14-3-3 with MAP3K6.
Gordon Research Conference on the Biology of 14-3-3 proteins, February 2004; Ventura, CA.
Park HR, Luhn PA, Zhang H, Montoya LM, Sun SY, Khuri FR, Fu H. Targeting 14-3-3/ligand
interactions in NSCLC. AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and
Cancer Therapeutics, November 2003; Boston, MA.
Montoya LM, Goldman EH, Fu H. Interaction of 14-3-3 with MAP3K6, a protein kinase with
homology to ASK1. Experimental Biology Meeting, April 2003; San Diego, CA.
Sorensen SD, Nicole O, Peavy RD, Montoya LM, Traynelis SF, Hepler JR. Signaling mechanisms
for PAR1 and lysophospholipid mediated proliferation in astrocytes. Experimental Biology Meeting,
April 2003; San Diego, CA.