Joyce A. Schroeder, PhD

Professor with tenure, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Professor, BIO 5 Institute
Professor, Cancer Biology
Professor, Genetics
 
Additional Contact Info: 
Fax: (520) 626-3764
 
Education: 
  • University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 1992 (B.S., Microbiology)
  • University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 1998 (Ph.D., Microbiology and Immunology)
  • Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona. 2001 (Postdoctoral training, Molecular Biology)
Honors and Awards: 
  • University Distinguished Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award (2023)
  • Galileo Circle Fellow, College of Science, University of Arizona (2008)
  • Sydney E. Salmon Distinguished Junior Investigator, Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona (2006)
  • National Research Service Award, National Cancer Institute, Post-doctoral Fellowship (1999-2002)
  • United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Breast Cancer Research Program, Post-doctoral
  • Traineeship (1999)
  • National Research Service Award, Pre-doctoral Training Grant (1996-1998)
  • Dean’s List, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Arizona (1990, 1991)
Major Areas of Research Interest: 
  • Molecular mechanisms of breast cancer progression
Selected Publications: 
Maisel, S. and Schroeder, J.A. (invited) Wrong Place at the Wrong Time: How Retrograde Trafficking Drives Cancer Metastasis through Receptor Mislocalization. Journal of Cancer Metastasis and Treatment, 5:7, 2019.
 
Maisel, S., Broka, Atwell, B., D., Bunch, T., Kupp, R., Singh, S., Mehta, S. and Schroeder J., Stapled EGFR Peptide Reduces Inflammatory Breast Cancer and Inhibits additional HER-driven Models of Cancer. J Transl Med, 17:201. 2019. PMID: 31215437
 
Tsutsumi, E., Stricklin, J., Arnold, E., Schroeder, J.A., and Kim, S., Cxcl10 chemokine induces migration of ING4-deficient breast cancer cells via a novel crosstalk between CxCR3 and EGFR, Mol Cell Bio, 2021. PMID: 34871062
 
Frankman, Z., Jiang, L., Schroeder, J.A., and Zohar, Y. Application of Microfluidic Systems for Breast Cancer Research. Micromachines, 13(2) 152, 2022.
 
Atwell, B., Chen, C-Y, Christofferson, M., Montfort, W. and Schroeder, J. Sorting-Nexin Dependent Targeting of Oncogenic Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor., 2022 Oct 17, doi: 10.1038/s41417-022-00541-7 Cancer Gene Therapy, 2022. PMID: 36253541
 
Atwell, B., Chalasani, P. and Schroeder, J. Nuclear EGFR as a Therapeutic Target, Exploration of Targeted anti-Tumor Therapy, 2023 in press.
 
Patents: 
(University of Arizona) International Patent, published under the World Intellectual Property Organization (U.S. Utility Patent #PCT/US2006/014485): "Therapeutic peptides for the treatment of metastatic cancer", International publication date, October 26, 2006. WO 2006113667.
 
Sponsored Research Through MSRP: 
Abigail Camenisch (MSRP 2023), "Expression of Nuclear Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) in Metastatic Breast Cancer: Biomarkers and Mechanisms for Clinical Application"
 
NIH High School Student Research Program: 
Ana Casanova, Rincon High School, 2004
Paulino Valerio, South Mountain High School (Phoenix), 2006
Julieann (Julie) Madden, Window Rock High School, 2007
 
Tuesday, August 8, 2023