Christine Bieszczad
Christine Bieszczad

Associate Professor
School of Arts & Sciences
cbieszczad@colby-sawyer.edu
603.526.3061

Christine Bieszczad

Joined the faculty in 2008. Received Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology from Dartmouth Medical School in 1999. Areas of expertise include pharmacology, toxicology, microbiology, cancer biology and anatomy & physiology.

Areas of Expertise

  • Anatomy & Physiology
  • Cancer Biology
  • Microbiology
  • Pharmacology
  • Toxicology

Recent Presentations / Publications

  • Bieszczad, C.K. et al. Tips and Tools for Carbohydrate Fermentation Protocol; http://www.microbelibrary.org/library/laboratory-test/3779-carbohydrate-fermentation-protocol (American Society for Microbiology website) (tips contributor), 2012
  • Bieszczad, C.K. The Use of Contemporary Novels as a Tool for Engaged Learning in the Undergraduate Microbiology Classroom, Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education. 12 (1): 111, 2011
  • Bieszczad, C.K. et al. Tips and Tools for Motility Test Medium Protocol; http://www.microbelibrary.org/library/laboratory-test/3658-motility-test-medium-protocol (American Society for Microbiology website) (tips contributor), 2011

  • De Biasio, A., Vrana, J.A., Zhou, P., Qian, L., Bieszczad, C.K., Braley, K.E., Domina, A.M., Weintraub, S.J., Neveu, J.M., Lane, W.S., Craig, R.W. N-Terminal Truncation of Antiapoptotic MCL1, But Not G2/M-Induced Phosphorylation, Is Associated With Stabilization and Abundant Expression in Tumor Cells, J. Biol. Chem. 282(33): 23919-36, 2007.

  • Vrana, J.A., Bieszczad, C.K., Cleaveland, E.S., Ma Y., Park, J.P., Mohandas, T.K., Craig, R.W. An MCL1-Overexpressing Burkitt Lymphoma Subline Exhibits Enhanced Survival on Exposure to Serum Deprivation, Topoisomerase Inhibitors, or Staurosporine But Remains Sensitive to 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine, Cancer Research. Feb 1;62(3):892-900, 2002.

  • Townsend, K.J., Zhou, P, Bieszczad, C.K., Lowrey, C. and Craig, R.W. Regulation of MCL1 by Serum Response Factor / Elk-1-Mediated Mechanism Links Expression of a Viability-promoting Member of the BCL2 Family to Proliferation/Differentiation, J. Biol. Chem., 274(3):1801-13, 1999.

  • Zhou, P., Qian, L., Bieszczad, C.K., Noll, W.W., Noelle, R., Binder, M., Levy, N.B. and Craig, R.W. Mcl-1 in Transgenic Mice Promotes Survival in a Spectrum of Hematopoietic Cell Types, Allowing for Immortalization in the Myeloid Lineage, Blood, 92(9):3226-39, 1998.

  • Zhan, Q., Bieszczad, C.K., Bae, I., Fornace, A. Jr. and Craig, R.W. Induction of Bcl-2 Family Member Mcl-1 as an Early Response to DNA Damage, Oncogene 14(9), 1031-1039, 1997.

Education

  • Ph.D., Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dartmouth Medical School
  • B.S., Biology with minors in Chemistry and Special Education, Saint Joseph College
  • State of Connecticut Board Certified Teacher, Secondary Education, Biology