Sarita G. Menon
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- School: University of Houston Downtown
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- Department: Biology
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201 Girard Street
Houston, TX - 77002 - Dates at University of Houston Downtown: December 2013 - August 2014
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Biography
University of Houston Downtown - Biology
Founder and CEO, Smore Magazine | STEM Educator| Science Communicator.
Publishing
Dr. Sarita
Menon
Katy, Texas
Dr. Sarita Menon is the founder of Smore, a publication that inspires young children especially girls to dream big and embrace their own brilliance. Dr. Menon holds a Bachelors in Chemistry, a Masters in Biotechnology and a Ph.D. in Cancer Biology. With more than 17 years of combined experience as a scientific researcher and educator, she launched a children's science enrichment company in 2015. Driven by a mission to see a better representation of women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), she went on to launch the international publication Smore in 2017. Dr. Menon is aiming to shine the spotlight on all the brilliant yet invisible women in science and technology thus providing our younger generation with much needed visible role models. Today Dr. Menon's purpose and passion lie in building scientific literacy skills in our children and preparing them for a future of seen and unseen challenges.
She and her husband live in Houston, TX and are raising two curious little nature-loving scientists. They may not be able to deny their daughters request for a pet cat or their son’s for a “pet snake” much longer.
Dr. Menon is available to inspire young children, STEM educators, and female entrepreneurs through workshops or speaking engagements.
Experience
University at Buffalo
Postdoctoral Fellow
Studying the role of post-translational protein arginine methylation in Trypanosome gene regulation
Smore Magazine
Founder - Smore Magazine
Smore is a science magazine to know more and be more. Smore was created for curious girls who are looking for ways to embrace their creative passion for thinking and innovating. Smore wants to open new doors that will push the boundaries of how you think about science. In each issue, we feature truly remarkable women who have invented, discovered, and built everything from robots to business empires. They have challenged gender stereotypes and established themselves as experts in fields where no woman had gone before. A magazine created for girls and recommended for all.
Nutty Scientists Fort Bend
Owner
Nutty Scientists® Fort Bend provides a unique, interactive way for children 3 to 12 years of age to learn key scientific concepts. Our programs are designed to spark the imagination, stimulating an interest in science and the environment at a young age. When children can clearly make a connection with the world around them, they develop a solid foundation for future learning
University of Houston-Downtown
Adjunct Faculty
Manage course syllabus, facilitate classroom instruction through lectures and discussions in accordance with course learning objectives and evaluate student performance.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Postdoctoral Researcher
Investigating the role of neuroepithelioma transforming gene 1 (NET1) in cell cycle progression specifically mitotic progression using molecular biology tools, cell cycle analysis and high resolution imaging techniques .
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Research Fellow
Defining the role of neuroepithlioma transforming gene (NET1) during mitotic progression of cells and understanding the cause and consequence of deregulated expression of NET1 in breast cancer cells.
Education
University at Buffalo
Postdoctorate
Microbiology and Immunology
My research area was in the field of molecular parasitology. The model system used was the parasitic protozoan Trypanosoma brucei in which gene regulation is predominantly at the posttranscriptional level namely RNA editing, splicing and turnover. My research focus was to determine the role of arginine methylation on two RNA binding proteins. To characterize these enzymes I used molecular biology and biochemical tools including recombinant protein expression, immunofluorescence, immunoblotting, and biochemical enzymatic assays like RNA unwinding and ATP hydrolysis assays.University at Buffalo
Postdoctoral Fellow
Studying the role of post-translational protein arginine methylation in Trypanosome gene regulationUniversity of Iowa
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Free Radical and Radiation Biology/ Cancer Biology
My Ph.D dissertation work was to elucidate the role of intracellular redox on cell cycle progression in mammalian cells. The study involved the manipulation of intracellular redox state using thiol antioxidant N-acetyl-L-cysteine and determining the downstream signaling mechanisms that regulated mammalian cell cycle progression (G0/G1 to S phase) and cell cycle regulatory proteins, specifically cyclin D1. I also investigated the differential redox environment of normal versus cancer cells to better understand the role of intracellular redox in tumorigenesis.
Publications
A redox cycle within the cell cycle: ring in the old with the new
Oncogene (NPG)
A redox cycle within the cell cycle: ring in the old with the new
Oncogene (NPG)
A Type III protein arginine methyltransferase from the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei
J Biol Chem
A redox cycle within the cell cycle: ring in the old with the new
Oncogene (NPG)
A Type III protein arginine methyltransferase from the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei
J Biol Chem
Differential Susceptibility of Nonmalignant Human Breast Epithelial Cells and Breast Cancer Cells to Thiol Antioxidant-Induced G1-delay
Antioxidant Redox Signalling
A redox cycle within the cell cycle: ring in the old with the new
Oncogene (NPG)
A Type III protein arginine methyltransferase from the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei
J Biol Chem
Differential Susceptibility of Nonmalignant Human Breast Epithelial Cells and Breast Cancer Cells to Thiol Antioxidant-Induced G1-delay
Antioxidant Redox Signalling
Rho-GTPase independent regulation of mitotic progression by the RhoGEF Net1
Molecular Biology of the Cell
A redox cycle within the cell cycle: ring in the old with the new
Oncogene (NPG)
A Type III protein arginine methyltransferase from the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei
J Biol Chem
Differential Susceptibility of Nonmalignant Human Breast Epithelial Cells and Breast Cancer Cells to Thiol Antioxidant-Induced G1-delay
Antioxidant Redox Signalling
Rho-GTPase independent regulation of mitotic progression by the RhoGEF Net1
Molecular Biology of the Cell
Superoxide signaling mediates N-acetyl-L-cysteine induced G1 arrest: Regulatory role of cyclin D1 and manganese superoxide dismutase
Cancer Research
