Ms Phoebe Sarkar
Position:
- PhD Student, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation
Credentials:
- PhD Candidate at QUT
Biography:
After completing her BSc in biochemistry and health sciences at Simon Fraser University, Canada, Phoebe Sarkar joined the Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre – Queensland in 2012.
She is currently working toward her PhD thesis and is the recipient of a QUT Postgraduate Research Award.
Her research investigates the molecular mechanisms driving insulin-induced migration and invasion in prostate cancer cells, particularly in the context of androgen deprivation.
Best publications:
1. Sarkar PL, Salvante K G, Nepomnaschy PA, A comparison between first morning urinary cortisol levels and circadian salivary cortisol profiles, 2012, American Journal of Human Biology, 24(2): p 242-242
2. Sarkar PL, Zeng L, Chen Y, Salvante KG, Nepomnaschy PA, A longitudinal evaluation of the relationship between first morning urinary and salivary cortisol, 2013, in press, American Journal of Human Biology, DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22376
3. Gunter JH, Sarkar PL, Lubik AA, Nelson CC, New players for advanced prostate cancer and the rationalization of insulin-sensitising medication, 2013, in press, International Journal of Human Biology, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/834684
4. Sarkar PL, Gunter JH, Lubik AA, Sylianou N, Hollier B, Nelson CC, Insulin increases migration and invasion in androgen deprived prostate cancer cells, manuscript in preparation
Insulin, cell signalling, metastasis, prostate cancer, CRPC, EMT, cell migration and invasion.
