Geurts Lab
Aron Geurts, PhD
Principal Investigator
Professor, Department of Physiology
ageurts@mcw.edu
Dr. Geurts is a professor in the department of physiology, Cardiovascular Research Center and Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine. He leads an NIH-funded research team focused on innovating novel approaches to genetic engineering and creating animal and cell models of complex genetic human diseases. He is a recipient of a prestigious New Innovator award from the Office of the Director of the NIH.
Michael Grzybowski
Laboratory Supervisor
mgrzybowski@mcw.edu
My role in Dr. Aron Geurts' lab is to help facilitate the creation of genetically modified models. I design nuclease reagents that are then created and validated in the Geurts lab that will be used to create these modifications. I am also responsible for the day to day operations in the lab. My research interests are mainly molecular biology and technology and how to create and develop animal models.
Akiko Takizawa
Research Scientist II
atakizawa@mcw.edu
My research interests are related to reproductive biology in rats. I am especially interested in assisted reproductive technology such as cryopreservation of gametes and zygotes, re-derivation and embryo manipulation. These technologies are reliable methods to preserve strains which were generated using new gene modification technologies such as Zinc Finger Nucleases (ZFNs) and TAL Effector Nucleases (TALENs), to avoid breeding problems. I am also interested in the development of more effective sperm cryopreservation and nuclear transfer technology.
Jason Klotz
Research Technologist III
jklotz@mcw.edu
Under Dr. Geurts I help coordinate the business conducted in the Rat Transgenic Service Center. I also perform micro-injections and sperm cryopreservation for the Service Center.
Recent Publications
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A revamped rat reference genome improves the discovery of genetic diversity in laboratory rats.
(de Jong TV, Pan Y, Rastas P, Munro D, Tutaj M, Akil H, Benner C, Chen D, Chitre AS, Chow W, Colonna V, Dalgard CL, Demos WM, Doris PA, Garrison E, Geurts AM, Gunturkun HM, Guryev V, Hourlier T, Howe K, Huang J, Kalbfleisch T, Kim P, Li L, Mahaffey S, Martin FJ, Mohammadi P, Ozel AB, Polesskaya O, Pravenec M, Prins P, Sebat J, Smith JR, Solberg Woods LC, Tabakoff B, Tracey A, Uliano-Silva M, Villani F, Wang H, Sharp BM, Telese F, Jiang Z, Saba L, Wang X, Murphy TD, Palmer AA, Kwitek AE, Dwinell MR, Williams RW, Li JZ, Chen H.) Cell Genom. 2024 Apr 10;4(4):100527 PMID: 38537634 PMCID: PMC11019364 03/28/2024
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(Ritter ML, Wagner VA, Balapattabi K, Opichka MA, Lu KT, Wackman KK, Reho JJ, Keen HL, Kwitek AE, Morselli LL, Geurts AM, Sigmund CD, Grobe JL.) Physiol Genomics. 2024 Mar 01;56(3):265-275 PMID: 38145289 PMCID: PMC10866620 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85185200180 12/25/2023
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Histone Modifications and Their Contributions to Hypertension.
(Ray A, Stelloh C, Liu Y, Meyer A, Geurts AM, Cowley AW Jr, Greene AS, Liang M, Rao S.) Hypertension. 2024 Feb;81(2):229-239 PMID: 38031837 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85182776843 11/30/2023
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(Ye C, Clements SA, Gu W, Geurts AM, Mathews CE, Serreze DV, Chen YG, Driver JP.) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Dec 05;120(49):e2312039120 PMID: 38015847 PMCID: PMC10710095 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85178500431 11/28/2023
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Protease-Activated Receptor 1-Mediated Damage of Podocytes in Diabetic Nephropathy.
(Bohovyk R, Khedr S, Levchenko V, Stefanenko M, Semenikhina M, Kravtsova O, Isaeva E, Geurts AM, Klemens CA, Palygin O, Staruschenko A.) Diabetes. 2023 Dec 01;72(12):1795-1808 PMID: 37722138 PMCID: PMC10658073 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85176576178 09/18/2023
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Knockout of Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 Opposes Hypertension- and Diabetes-induced Nephropathy.
(Hirata T, Fan F, Fan L, Amin G, White T, Geurts AM, Kojima N, Takahashi T, Miyata N, Williams J, Roman RJ.) J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 2023 Dec 01;82(6):445-457 PMID: 37643020 PMCID: PMC10691661 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85179008494 08/29/2023
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(Szalanczy AM, Giorgio G, Goff E, Seshie O, Grzybowski M, Klotz J, Geurts AM, Redei EE, Solberg Woods LC.) Physiol Genomics. 2023 Oct 01;55(10):452-467 PMID: 37458463 PMCID: PMC10642928 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85170295262 07/17/2023
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(Slick RA, Tinklenberg JA, Sutton J, Zhang L, Meng H, Beatka MJ, Vanden Avond M, Prom MJ, Ott E, Montanaro F, Heisner J, Toro R, Granzier H, Geurts AM, Stowe DF, Hill RB, Lawlor MW.) Am J Pathol. 2023 Oct;193(10):1528-1547 PMID: 37422147 PMCID: PMC10548278 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85171390420 07/09/2023
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(Tinklenberg JA, Slick RA, Sutton J, Zhang L, Meng H, Beatka MJ, Vanden Avond M, Prom MJ, Ott E, Montanaro F, Heisner J, Toro R, Hardeman EC, Geurts AM, Stowe DF, Hill RB, Lawlor MW.) Am J Pathol. 2023 Oct;193(10):1548-1567 PMID: 37419385 PMCID: PMC10548277 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85171370030 07/08/2023
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Gamma secretase activating protein promotes end-organ dysfunction after bacterial pneumonia.
(Gwin MS, Alexeyev MF, Geurts AM, Lee JY, Zhou C, Yang XM, Cohen MV, Downey JM, Barrington RA, Spadafora D, Audia JP, Frank DW, Voth S, Pastukh VV, Bell J, Ayers L, Tambe DT, Nelson AR, Balczon R, Lin MT, Stevens T.) Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2023 Aug 01;325(2):L174-L189 PMID: 37366533 PMCID: PMC10396227 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85166442544 06/27/2023
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Robustness of single-cell RNA-seq for identifying differentially expressed genes.
(Liu Y, Huang J, Pandey R, Liu P, Therani B, Qiu Q, Rao S, Geurts AM, Cowley AW Jr, Greene AS, Liang M.) BMC Genomics. 2023 Jul 03;24(1):371 PMID: 37394518 PMCID: PMC10316566 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85163598768 07/03/2023
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(Szalanczy AM, Fitzpatrick M, Beeson A, Bui T, Dyson C, Eller S, Landry J, Scott C, Grzybowski M, Klotz J, Geurts AM, Weiner JL, Redei EE, Solberg Woods LC.) Front Genet. 2023;14:1247232 PMID: 38323241 PMCID: PMC10844407 02/07/2024