Currently a resident in dermatology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, MA
Elena was sponsored by an NIH National Research Service Award Predoctoral Fellowship
Education and Training:
Undergraduate:
B.S., Computer Science and Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 1997-2001
Graduate
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, Program in Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology, Pittsburgh, PA, Dr. Gerard Apodaca mentor, 2003-2007
M.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 2008
Publications while in laboratory:
Wang EC, Lee JM, Ruiz WG, Balestreire EM, von Bodungen M, Barrick S, Cockayne DA, Birder LA, Apodaca G. ATP and purinergic receptor-dependent membrane traffic in bladder umbrella cells. J Clin Invest. 2005 Sep;115(9):2412-22. Epub 2005 Aug 18. PubMed PMID: 16110327; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1187935.
Balestreire EM, Apodaca G. Apical epidermal growth factor receptor signaling: regulation of stretch-dependent exocytosis in bladder umbrella cells. Mol Biol Cell. 2007 Apr;18(4):1312-23. Epub 2007 Feb 7. PubMed PMID: 17287395; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1838979.
Khandelwal P, Ruiz WG, Balestreire-Hawryluk E, Weisz OA, Goldenring JR, Apodaca G. Rab11a-dependent exocytosis of discoidal/fusiform vesicles in bladder umbrella cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Oct 14;105(41):15773-8. Epub 2008 Oct 8. PubMed PMID: 18843107; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2572972.
Apodaca G, Balestreire E, Birder LA. The uroepithelial-associated sensory web. Kidney Int. 2007 Nov;72(9):1057-64. Epub 2007 Aug 1. Review. PubMed PMID: 17667988.