Norma J. Nowak PhD
Norma J. Nowak
PhD
Professor
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Specialty/Research Focus
Bioinformatics; Genomics and proteomics; Molecular genetics
Education and Training:
- Fellowship, Postdoctoral Fellow Human Genetics, RPCCC (1989)
- PhD, Experimental Pathology, RPCCC/UB (1986)
- MA, Natural Sciences, RPCCC/UB (1980)
- BA, Biology, Canisius College (1979)
Employment:
- Associate Professor, Biochemistry, University at Buffalo
- Cancer Research Scientist II, Human Genetics, RPCCC
- Cancer Research Scientist IV, Human Genetics, RPCCC
- Director, Genomics and Bioinformatics Core, Office of Business and Entrepreneur Partnerships, UB
- Director, UB Biorepository, Office of Business and Entrepreneur Partnershipship, UB
- Full Professor with tenure, Biochemistry, University at Buffalo
- Senior Advisor, Life Sciences, Office of Business and Entrepreneur Partnershipsship, UB
- Cancer Research Scientist I, Human Genetics, RPCCC
Awards and Honors:
- Buffalo Business First Power 200 Women (2025)
Research Centers:
- Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences
UB 2020 Strategic Strengths:
- Molecular Recognition in Biological Systems and Bioinformatics
Grants and Sponsored Research:
- September 2023–September 2028
Human miRNA Sequencing
VA
Role: Principal Investigator
$183,213 - January 2018–December 2026
CRSC: ThermoFisher-GBC project
ThermoFisher Scientific
Role: Principal Investigator - January 2018–December 2026
CRSC: ThermoFisher GBC project
ThermoFisher Scientific
Role: Principal Investigator
$40,455 - June 2020–April 2026
The Metagenomics Education Partnership
NIH/NIGMS
Role: Co-Investigator
$1,288,542 - October 2021–June 2025
Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Western New York
NYSDOH
Role: Co-Investigator
$2,000,000 - December 2023–December 2024
Personalizing Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC)
Community Foundation of Greater Buffalo
Role: Principal Investigator
$22,380
Journal Articles:
- Zhu L, Baker SS, Liu W, Tao MH, Patel R, Nowak NJ, Baker RD. (2011) Lipid in the livers of adolescents with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: combined effects of pathways on steatosis. Metabolism (Jul), 60(7): 1001-1011.
- Bard JE, Jiang N, Emerson J, Bartz M, Lamb NA, Marzullo BJ, Pohlman A, Boccolucci A, Nowak NJ, Yergeau DA, Crooks AT, Surtees JA. (2024) Genomic profiling and spatial SEIR modeling of COVID-19 transmission in Western New York. Front Microbiol. 2024 Sep 27;15:14 (Sep), 15(Sept. 2024)
- Oyelakin A, Sosa J, Nayak KB, Glathar A, Gluck C, Sethi I, Tsompana M, Nowak N, Buck M, Romano RA, Sinha S. NAR Cancer. 2023 Jul 24;5(3):zcad038. doi: 10.1093/narcan/zcad038. PMID: 37492374; PMCID: PMC10365026. (2023) An integrated genomic approach identifies follistatin as a target of the p63-epidermal growth factor receptor oncogenic network in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Nucleic Acids Research Cancer (Sep), 5(3) doi:10.1093/narcan/zcad038
- Segelhurst E, Bard J, Pillsbury A, Mahbubul Md, Lamb N, Zhu C, Pohlman A, Boccolucci A, Emerson J , Marzullo B, Yergeau D, Nowak N, Bradley I, Surtees J, Ye Y. (2023) Robust performance of SARS-CoV-2 Whole-Genome Sequencing from Wastewater with a Nonselective Virus Concentration Method. ACS ES &T Water (Feb) doi:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.2c00456
- Bard J, Nowak NJ, Buck M, and Sinha S. (2022) Multimodal Dimension Reduction and Subtype Classification of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Tumors. Frontiers of Oncology (Jul), 12 doi:doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.892207
- Tsompana M, Gluck C, Sethi I, Joshi I, Bard J, Nowak NJ, Sinha S, Buck MJ, Buck M. (2020) Reactivation of super-enhancers by KLF4 in human Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Oncogene (Jan), 39(2): 262-277.
- Gluck C, Tsompana M, Nowak N, Garrett-Sinha L, Buck M and Sinha S. (2019) Molecular Dissection of the Oncogenic Role of ETS1 in the Mesenchymal Subtypes of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. (Jul), 15 doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1008250
- Shen H, Yang N, Truskinovsky A, Chen Y, Mussell AL, Nowak NJ, Kobzik L, Frangou C, Zhang J. (2019) Targeting TAZ-Driven Human Breast Cancer by Inhibiting a SKP2-p27 Signaling Axis. Mol Cancer Res (Jan), 17(1): 250-262.
- Isackson PJ, Wang J, Zia M, Spurgeon P, Levesque A, Bard J, James S, Nowak N, Lee TK, Vladutiu GD. (2018) RYR1 and CACNA1S genetic variants identified with statin-associated muscle symptoms. Pharmacogenomics (Oct) doi:doi: 10.2217/pgs-2018-0106
- Osei J, Kelly W, Toffolo K, Donahue K, Levy B, Bard J, Wang J, Levy E, Nowak N, Poulsen D. (2018) miRNA profile following severe traumatic brain injury in the rat lateral fluid percussion injury model. Expert Opin Biol Ther. (Jul), 18: 159-164. doi:10.1080/14712598.2018.148410
- Seldeen KL, Pang M, Leiker MM, Bard JE, Rodriguez-Gonzalez M, Hernandez M, Sheridan Z, Nowak NJ, Troen BR. (2018) Chronic vitamin D insufficiency impairs physical performance in C57BL/6J mice. Aging (Jun), 10: 1338-1355.
- Sun Y, Yao J, Yang L, Chen R, Nowak NJ, Goodison S. (2017) Computational approach for deriving cancer progression roadmaps from static sample data. Nucleic Acids Res (May), 45(9): 69-69.
- Tsompana M, Valiyaparambil S, Bard J, Marzullo B, Nowak N, Buck MJ. (2015) An automated method for efficient, accurate and reproducible construction of RNA-seq libraries. BMC Res Notes (Apr), 8: 124. doi:10.1186/s13104-015-1089-9
- Frangou C, Li, YW, Shen H, Yang N, Wilson KE, Blijlevens M, Guo J, Nowak NJ, Zhang J. (2014) Molecular profiling and computational network analysis of TAZ-mediated mammary tumorigenesis identifies actionable therapeutic targets. Oncotarget (Dec)12166-76..
- Buck MJ, Raaijmakers LM, Ramakrishnan S, Wang D, Valiyaparambil S, Liu S, Nowak NJ, Pili R. (2014) Alterations in chromatin accessibility and DNA methylation in clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Oncogene (Oct), 33(41): 4961-4965.
- Sun, Y., Yao, J. Nowak NJ, Goodison S. (2014) Cancer progression modeling using static sample data. Genome Biol. (Aug), 15
- Singhal R, Bard JE, Nowak NJ, Buck MJ, Kandel ES, Buck M. (2013) FOXO1 regulates expression of a microRNA cluster on X chromosome. Aging (Albany NY) (May), 5(5): 347-356.
- Chitta KS, Paulus A, Ailawadhi S, Foster BA, Moser MT, Starostik P, Masood A, Sher T, Miller KC, Iancu DM, Conroy J, Nowak NJ, Sait SN, Personett DA, Coleman M, Furman RR, Martin P, Ansell SM, Lee K, Chanan-Khan AA. (2013) Development and characterization of a novel human Waldenström macroglobulinemia cell line: RPCI-WM1, Roswell Park Cancer Institute - Waldenström Macroglobulinemia 1. Leuk Lymphoma (Feb), 54(2): 387-396.
- Liao S, Desouki MM, Gaile DP, Shepherd L, Nowak NJ, Conroy J, Barry WT, Geradts J. (2012) Differential copy number aberrations in novel candidate genes associated with progression from in situ to invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast. Genes Chromosomes Cancer (Dec), 51(12): 1067-1078.
- Liu C, Morishima M, Yu T, Matsui S, Zhang L, Fu D, Pao A, Costa AC, Gardiner KJ, Cowell JK, Nowak NJ, Nowak NJ, Parmacek MS, Liang P, Baldini A, Yu YE. (2011) Genetic analysis of Down syndrome-associated heart defects in mice. Hum Genet (Nov), 130(5): 623-632.
- de Gaetano M, Quacquaruccio G, Di Castelnuovo A, Nowak N, Dorn J, Donati MB, Freudenheim JL, Trevisan M, Iacoviello L. (2011) Haplotypes and haplotype-pairs of IL-1 beta and IL-6 genes and risk of non fatal myocardial infarction in the Western New York Acute MI Study. Thromb Haemost (Nov), 106(6): 1231-1233.
- Miecznikowski JC, Gaile DP, Liu S, Shepherd L, Nowak N. (2011) A New Normalizing Algorithm for BAC CGH Arrays with Quality Control Metrics. J Biomed Biotechnol (Nov)
- Wetzler M, Andrews C, Ford LA, Tighe S, Barcos M, Sait SN, Block AW, Nowak NJ, Baer MR, Wang ES, Baumann H. (2011) Phase 1 study of arsenic trioxide, high-dose cytarabine, and idarubicin to down-regulate constitutive signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 activity in patients aged <60 years with acute myeloid leukemia. Cancer (Nov), 117(21): 4861-4868.
- Yao S, Sucheston LE, Smiley SL, Davis W, Conroy JM, Nowak NJ, Ambrosone CB, McCarthy PL, Hahn T. (2011) Common genetic variants are associated with accelerated bone mineral density loss after hematopoietic cell transplantation. PLoS One (Oct), 6(10): 25940-25940.
- Liu W, Baker SS, Baker RD, Nowak NJ, Zhu L. (2011) Upregulation of hemoglobin expression by oxidative stress in hepatocytes and its implication in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. PLoS One (Sep), 6(9)
- Slovak ML, Bedell V, Hsu YH, Estrine DB, Nowak NJ, Delioukina ML, Weiss LM, Smith DD, Forman SJ. (2011) Molecular karyotypes of Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg cells at disease onset reveal distinct copy number alterations in chemosensitive versus refractory Hodgkin lymphoma. Clin Cancer Res (May), 17(10): 3443-3454.
- Desouki MM, Liao S, Conroy J, Nowak NJ, Shepherd L, Gaile DP, Geradts J. (2011) The genomic relationship between primary breast carcinomas and their nodal metastases. Cancer Invest (May), 29(4): 300-307.
- Desouki MM, Liao S, Huang H, Conroy J, Nowak NJ, Shepherd L, Gaile DP, Geradts J. (2011) Identification of metastasis-associated breast cancer genes using a high-resolution whole genome profiling approach. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol (May), 137(5): 795-809.
- Liu W, Baker SS, Baker RD, Nowak NJ, Zhu L. (2011) Upregulation of hemoglobin expression by oxidative stress in hepatocytes and its implication in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. PLoS ONE (Jan), 6(9): 24363-24363.
- Khoury T, Kanehira K, Wang D, Ademuyiwa F, Mojica W, Cheney R, Morrison C, Conroy J, Nowak N, Liu S. (2010) Breast carcinoma with amplified HER2: a gene expression signature specific for trastuzumab resistance and poor prognosis. Modern Pathology (Nov), 23: 1364-1378.
- Wang ES, Sait SN, Gold D, Mashtare T, Starostik P, Ford LA, Wetzler M, Nowak NJ, Deeb G, Wang E. (2010) Genomic, immunophenotypic, and NPM1/FLT3 mutational studies on 17 patients with normal karyotype acute myeloid leukemia (AML) followed by aberrant karyotype AML at relapse. Cancer Genet Cytogenet (Oct), 202(2): 101-107.
- Morrison C, Miecznikowski J, Darcy KM, Dolce JM, Kandel E, Erwin DO, Liu S, Shepherd L, Cohn D, McMeekin DS, Block AW, Nowak NJ, Maxwell L. (2010) A GOG 210 aCGH study of gain at 1q23 in endometrioid endometrial cancer in the context of racial disparity and outcome. Genes Chromosomes Cancer (Sep), 49(9): 791-802.
- Yu T, Li Z, Jia Z, Clapcote SJ, Liu C, Li S, Asrar S, Pao A, Chen R, Fan N, Carattini-Rivera S, Bechard AR, Spring S, Henkelman RM, Stoica G, Matsui S, Nowak NJ, Roder JC, Chen C, Bradley A, Yu YE. (2010) A mouse model of Down syndrome trisomic for all human chromosome 21 syntenic regions. Hum Mol Genet (Jul), 19(14): 2780-2791.
- Nowak NJ, Sait SN, Zeidan A, Deeb G, Gaile D, Liu S, Ford L, Wallace PK, Wang ES, Wetzler M. (2010) Recurrent deletion of 9q34 in adult normal karyotype precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer Genet Cytogenet (May), 199(1): 15-20.
- Pavone P, Ruggieri M, Lombardo I, Sudi J, Biancheri R, Castellano-Chiodo D, Rossi A, Incorpora G, Nowak NJ, Christian SL, Pavone L, Dobyns WB. (2010) Microcephaly, sensorineural deafness and Currarino triad with duplication-deletion of distal 7q. Eur J Pediatr (Apr), 169(4): 475-481.
- Baker SS, Baker RD, Liu W, Nowak NJ, Zhu L. (2010) Role of alcohol metabolism in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. PLoS ONE (Mar), 5(3): e9570-e9570.
- Kumar RA, Sudi J, Babatz TD, Brune CW, Oswald D, Yen M, Nowak NJ, Cook EH, Christian SL, Dobyns WB. (2010) A de novo 1p34.2 microdeletion identifies the synaptic vesicle gene RIMS3 as a novel candidate for autism. J Med Genet (Feb), 47(2): 81-90.
- Nemajerova A, Palacios G, Nowak NJ, Matsui S, Petrenko O. (2009) Targeted deletion of p73 in mice reveals its role in T cell development and lymphomagenesis. PLoS One (Nov), 4(11): 7784-7784.
- Hester SD, Reid L, Nowak N, Jones WD, Parker JS, Knudtson K, Ward W, Tiesman J, Denslow ND. (2009) Comparison of comparative genomic hybridization technologies across microarray platforms. J Biomol Tech. (Nov), 20: 135-151.
- Roohi J, Montagna C, Tegay DH, Palmer, LE, Pomeroy JC, Christian SL, Nowak NJ, Hatchwell E. (2009) Alu Y- mediated unequal recombination interrupts CNTN4 in 3 subjects with Autism spectrum disorder. J Med Genet (Nov), 43: 176-182.
- Williams SR, Girirajan S, Tegay D, Nowak NJ, Hatchwell E, Elsea SH. (2009) Array comparative genomic hybridization of 52 subjects with a Smith-Magenis-like phenotype: identification of dosage-sensitive loci also associated with schizophrenia, autism, and developmental delay. J Med Genet (Sep).
- Bruce HA, Sachs N, Rudnicki DD, Lin SG, Willour VL, Cowell JK, Conroy J, McQuaid DE, Rossi M, Gaile DP, Nowak NJ, Holmes SE, Sklar P, Ross CA, Delisi LE, Margolis RL. (2009) Long tandem repeats as a form of genomic copy number variation: structure and length polymorphism of a chromosome 5p repeat in control and schizophrenia populations. Psychiatr Genet (Apr), 19(2): 64-71.
- Horst B, Gruvberger-Saal SK, Hopkins BD, Bordone L, Yang Y, Chernoff KA, Uzoma I, Schwipper V, Liebau J, Nowak NJ, Brunner G, Owens D, Rimm DL, Parsons R, Celebi JT. (2009) Gab2-mediated signaling promotes melanoma metastasis. Am J Pathol (Apr), 174(4): 1524-1533.
- Darbary HK, Dutt SS, Sait SJ, Nowak NJ, Heinaman RE, Stoler DL, Anderson GR. (2009) Uniparentalism in sporadic colorectal cancer is independent of imprint status, and coordinate for chromosomes 14 and 18. Cancer Genet Cytogenet (Mar), 189(2): 77-86.
- Mhawech – Fauceglia P, Odunsi K, Dim D, Nowak NJ, Lele S, Cheney RT, Pejovic T. (2008) Array comparative genomic hybridization analysis of primary endometrial and ovarian high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma associated with adenocarcinoma: mystery resolved?. Int J Gynecol Pathol (Nov), 4: 539-546.
- Mhawech-Fauceglia P, Rai H, Nowak N, Cheney RT, Roadabaugh K, Lele S, Odunsi K. (2008) The use of Array-Comparative Genomic Hybridization (a-CGH) to distinguish metastatic from primary synchronous carcinomas of the ovary and the uterus. Histopathology (Nov), 53: 490-495.
- Mojica WD, Sykes DE, Conroy J, Gaile D, Fang X, Nowak N. (2008) A comparative analysis of two tissue procurement approaches for the genomic profiling of clinical colorectal cancer samples. Int J Colorectal Dis (Nov), 23: 1089-1098.
- Yi Y, Nowak NJ, Pacchia AL, Morrison C. (2008) Chromosome 11 genomic changes in parathyroid adenoma and hyperplasia: array CGH, FISH, and tissue microarrays. Genes Chromosomes Cancer (Aug), 47(8): 639-648.
- Xiang B, Li A, Valentin D, Nowak NJ, Zhao H, Li P. (2008) Analytical and clinical validity of whole-genome oligonucleotide array comparative genomic hybridization for pediatric patients with mental retardation and developmental delay. Am J Med Genet A (Aug), 146A(15): 1942-1954.
- Christian SL, Brune CW, Sudi J, Kumar RA, Liu S, Karamohamed S, Badner JA, Matsui S, Conroy J, McQuaid D, Gergel J, Hatchwell E, Gilliam TC, Gershon ES, Nowak NJ, Dobyns WB, Cook EH. (2008) Novel submicroscopic chromosomal abnormalities detected in autism spectrum disorder. Biol Psychiatry (Jun), 63(12): 1111-1117.
- Kumar RA, KaraMohamed S, Sudi J, Conrad DF, Brune C, Badner JA, Gilliam TC, Nowak NJ, Cook EH, Dobyns WB, Christian SL. (2008) Recurrent 16p11.2 microdeletions in autism. Hum Mol Genet (Feb), 17(4): 628-638.
- Gaile DP, Schifano ED, Miecznikowski JC, Java JJ, Conroy JM, Nowak NJ. (2007) Estimating the arm-wise false discovery rate in array comparative genomic hybridization experiments. Stat Appl Genet Mol Biol (Nov), 6: 32-32.
- Girirajan S, Williams SR, Garbern JY, Nowak N, Hatchwell E, Elsea SH. (2007) 17p11.2p12 triplication and del(17)q11.2q12 in a severely affected child with dup(17)p11.2p12 syndrome. Clin Genet (Nov), 72: 47-58.
- Gaile D, Hutson A, Java J, Conroy J, McQuaid D, Rossi M, Nowak N. (2007) Errors in Centering of array data can induce biases in correlation estimates. J Stat Plan Inference Stat Appl Genet Mol Biol (Nov)
- Miliaras D, Conroy J, Pervana S, Meditskou S, McQuaid D, Nowak N. (2007) Karyotypic changes detected by comparative genomic hybridization in a stillborn infant with chorioangioma and liver hemangioma. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol (Nov), 79: 236-241.
- Sait SN, Claydon MA, Conroy JM, Nowak NJ, Barcos M, Baer MR. (2007) Translocation (4;11)(p12;q23) with rearrangement of FRYL and MLL in therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia. Cancer Genet Cytogenet (Sep), 177(2): 143-146.
- Nowak NJ, Miecznikowski J, Moore SR, Gaile D, Bobadilla D, Smith DD, Kernstine K, Forman SJ, Mhawech-Fauceglia P, Reid M, Stoler D, Loree T, Rigual N, Sullivan M, Weiss LM, Hicks D, Slovak ML. (2007) Challenges in array comparative genomic hybridization for the analysis of cancer samples. Genet Med (Sep), 9(9): 585-595.
- Ronan A, Fagan K, Christie L, Conroy J, Nowak NJ, Turner G. (2007) Familial 4.3 Mb duplication of 21q22 sheds new light on the Down syndrome critical region. J Med Genet (Jul), 44(7): 448-451.
- Stoler DL, Nowak NJ, Matsui S, Wiseman SM, Chen N, Dutt SS, Bartos JD, Loree TR, Rigual NR, Hicks WL, Sait SN, Anderson GR. (2007) Comparative genomic instabilities of thyroid and colon cancers. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg (May), 133(5): 457-463.
- Girirajan S, Mendoza-Londono R, Vlangos CN, Dupuis L, Nowak NJ, Bunyan DJ, Hatchwell E, Elsea SH. (2007) Smith-Magenis syndrome and Moyamoya disease in a patient with del(17)(p11.2p13.1). Am J Med Genet A (May), 143A(9): 999-1008.
- Auer H, Newsom DL, Nowak NJ, McHugh KM, Singh S, Yu CY, Yang Y, Wenger GD, Gastier-Foster JM, Kornacker K. (2007) Gene-resolution analysis of DNA copy number variation using oligonucleotide expression microarrays. BMC Genomics (Apr), 8: 111-111.
- Chung I, Karpf AR, Muindi JR, Conroy JM, Nowak NJ, Johnson CS, Trump DL. (2007) Epigenetic silencing of CYP24 in tumor-derived endothelial cells contributes to selective growth inhibition by calcitriol. J Biol Chem (Mar), 282(12): 8704-8714.
- Bartos JD, Gaile DP, McQuaid DE, Conroy JM, Darbary H, Nowak NJ, Block A, Petrelli NJ, Mittelman A, Stoler DL, Anderson GR. (2007) aCGH local copy number aberrations associated with overall copy number genomic instability in colorectal cancer: coordinate involvement of the regions including BCR and ABL. Mutat Res (Feb), 615(1-2): 1-11.
- Hicks DG, Yoder BJ, Short S, Tarr S, Prescott N, Crowe JP, Dawson, AE, Budd GT, Sizemore S, Cicek M, Choueiri T, Tubbs RR, Gaile D, Nowak N, Accavitti-Loper MA, Frost AR, Welch, D R, Casey G. (2006) Loss of BRMS1 protein expression predicts reduced disease-free survival in hormone receptor negative and HER2 positive subsets of breast cancer. Clin Cancer Res (Nov), 12: 6702-6708.
- Goidts V, Cooper DN, Armengol L, Schempp W, Conroy J, Estivill X, Nowak N, Hameister H, Kehrer-Sawatzki, H. (2006) Complex patterns of copy number variation at sites of segmental duplications: an important category of structural variation in the human genome. Hum Genet (Nov), 120: 270-284.
- Smith LT, Mayerson J, Nowak NJ, Suster D, Mohammed N, Long S, Auer H, Jones S, McKeegan C, Young G, Bos G, Plass C, Morrison C. (2006) 20q11.1 amplification in giant-cell tumor of bone: Array CGH, FISH, and association with outcome. Genes Chromosomes Cancer (Oct), 45(10): 957-966.
- Alrawi SJ, Carroll RE, Hill HC, Gibbs JF, Tan D, Brenner BM, Nowak NJ, Swede H, Stoler DL, Anderson GR. (2006) Genomic instability of human aberrant crypt foci measured by inter-(simple sequence repeat) PCR and array-CGH. Mutat Res (Oct), 601(1-2): 30-38.
- Swede H, Bartos JD, Chen N, Shaukat A, Dutt SS, McQuaid DA, Natarajan N, Rodriguez-Bigas MA, Nowak NJ, Wiseman SM, Alrawi S, Brenner BM, Petrelli NJ, Cummings KM, Stoler DL, Anderson GR. (2006) Genomic profiles of colorectal cancers differ based on patient smoking status. Cancer Genet Cytogenet (Jul), 168(2): 98-104.
- Rossi MR, Conroy J, McQuaid D, Nowak NJ, Rutka JT, Cowell JK. (2006) Array CGH analysis of pediatric medulloblastomas. Genes Chromosomes Cancer (Mar), 45(3): 290-303.
- Goidts V, Armengol L, Schempp W, Conroy J, Nowak N, Muller S, Cooper DN, Estivill X, Enard W, Szamalek JM, Hameister H, Kehrer-Sawatzki H. (2006) Identification of large-scale human-specific copy number differences by inter-species array comparative genomic hybridization. Hum Genet (Mar), 119: 185-198.
- Shankar G, Rossi MR, McQuaid DE, Conroy JM, Gaile DG, Cowell JK, Nowak NJ, Liang P. (2006) aCGHViewer: A Generic Visualization Tool For aCGH data. Cancer Inform (Jan), 2: 36-43.
- Deeb G, Baer MR, Gaile DP, Sait SN, Barcos M, Wetzler M, Conroy JM, Nowak NJ, Cowell JK, Cheney RT. (2005) Genomic profiling of myeloid sarcoma by array comparative genomic hybridization. Genes Chromosomes Cancer (Dec), 44(4): 373-383.
- Rossi MR, La Duca J, Matsui S, Nowak NJ, Hawthorn L, Cowell JK. (2005) Novel amplicons on the short arm of chromosome 7 identified using high resolution array CGH contain over expressed genes in addition to EGFR in glioblastoma multiforme. Genes Chromosomes Cancer (Dec), 44(4): 392-404.
- Lassman AB, Rossi MR, Raizer JJ, Razier JR, Abrey LE, Lieberman FS, Grefe CN, Lamborn K, Pao W, Shih AH, Kuhn JG, Wilson R, Nowak NJ, Cowell JK, DeAngelis LM, Wen P, Gilbert MR, Chang S, Yung WA, Prados M, Holland EC. (2005) Molecular study of malignant gliomas treated with epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors: tissue analysis from North American Brain Tumor Consortium Trials 01-03 and 00-01. Clin Cancer Res (Nov), 11(21): 7841-7850.
- Nowak NJ, Gaile D, Conroy JM, McQuaid D, Cowell J, Carter R, Goggins MG, Hruban RH, Maitra A. (2005) Genome wide aberrations in pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Cancer Genet Cytogenet (Nov), 161: 36-50.
- Varma G, Varma R, Huang H, Pryshchepava A, Groth J, Fleming D, Nowak NJ, McQuaid D, Conroy J, Mahoney M, Moysich K, Falkner KL, Geradts J. (2005) Array comparative genomic hybridisation (aCGH) analysis of premenopausal breast cancers from a nuclear fallout area and matched cases from Western New York. Br J Can (Nov), 93: 699-708.
- Miliaras D, Grimbizis G, Conroy J, Psarra N, Miliaras S, Nowak N, Bontis J. (2005) Novel karyotypic changes detected by comparative genomic hybridization in a case of congenital cervical immature teratoma. ,. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol (Nov), 73: 572-576.
- Cowell JK, LaDuca J, Rossi MR, Burkhardt T, Nowak NJ, Matsui, S-I. (2005) Molecular characterization of the t(3;9) translocation associated with immortalization in the MCF10A cell line. Cancer Genet Cytogenet (Nov), 163: 223-229.
- Zhang H, Dong Y, Zhao H, Brooks JD, Hawthorn L, Nowak N, Marshall JR, Gao AC, Ip C. (2005) Microarray data mining for potential selenium targets in chemoprevention of prostate cancer. Cancer Genomics Proteomic (Nov), 2: 97-114.
- Cowell JK, LaDuca J, Rossi MR, Burkhardt T, Nowak NJ, Matsui S. (2005) Molecular characterization of the t(3;9) associated with immortalization in the MCF10A cell line. Cancer Genet Cytogenet (Nov), 163(1): 23-29.
- Matsui SI, LaDuca J, Rossi MR, Nowak NJ, Cowell JK. (2005) Molecular characterization of a consistent 4.5 megabase deletion in 4q28 in prostate cancer cells. Cancer Genet Cytogenet (Nov), 159: 18-26.
- Rossi MR, Gaile D, Laduca J, Matsui S, Conroy J, McQuaid D, Chervinsky D, Eddy R, Chen HS, Barnett GH, Nowak NJ, Cowell JK. (2005) Identification of consistent novel submegabase deletions in low-grade oligodendrogliomas using array-based comparative genomic hybridization. Genes Chromosomes Cancer (Sep), 44(1): 85-96.
- Varma G, Varma R, Huang H, Pryshchepava A, Groth J, Fleming D, Nowak NJ, McQuaid D, Conroy J, Mahoney M, Moysich K, Falkner KL, Geradts J. (2005) Array comparative genomic hybridisation (aCGH) analysis of premenopausal breast cancers from a nuclear fallout area and matched cases from Western New York. Br J Cancer (Sep), 93(6): 699-708.
- Nowak NJ, Gaile D, Conroy JM, McQuaid D, Cowell J, Carter R, Goggins MG, Hruban RH, Maitra A. (2005) Genome-wide aberrations in pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Cancer Genet Cytogenet (Aug), 161(1): 36-50.
- Nowak NJ, Snijders AM, Conroy JM, Albertson DG. (2005) The BAC resource: tools for array CGH and FISH. Curr Protoc Hum Genet (Aug), Chapt: 4 13-4 13.
- Minderman H, Conroy JM, O'Loughlin KL, McQuaid D, Quinn P, Li S, Pendyala L, Nowak NJ, Baer MR. (2005) In vitro and in vivo irinotecan-induced changes in expression profiles of cell cycle and apoptosis-associated genes in acute myeloid leukemia cells. Mol Cancer Ther (Jun), 4(6): 885-900.
- Matsui S, LaDuca J, Rossi MR, Nowak NJ, Cowell JK. (2005) Molecular characterization of a consistent 4.5-megabase deletion at 4q28 in prostate cancer cells. Cancer Genet Cytogenet (May), 159(1): 18-26.
- Kimura MT, Mori T, Conroy J, Nowak NJ, Satomi S, Tamai K, Nagase H. (2005) Two functional coding single nucleotide polymorphisms in STK15 (Aurora-A) coordinately increase esophageal cancer risk. Cancer Res (May), 65(9): 3548-3554.
- Drazinic CM, Ercan-Sencicek AG, Gault LM, Hisama FM, Qumsiyeh MB, Nowak NJ, Cubells JF, State MW. (2005) Rapid array-based genomic characterization of a subtle structural abnormality: a patient with psychosis and der(18)t(5;18)(p14.1;p11.23). Am J Med Genet A (Apr), 134(3): 282-289.
- Snijders AM, Nowak NJ, Huey B, Fridlyand J, Law S, Conroy J, Tokuyasu T, Demir K, Chiu R, Mao JH, Jain AN, Jones SJ, Balmain A, Pinkel D, Albertson DG. (2005) Mapping segmental and sequence variations among laboratory mice using BAC array CGH. Genome Res (Feb), 15(2): 302-311.
- Ionov Y, Nowak N, Perucho M, Markowitz S, Cowell JK. (2004) Manipulation of nonsense mediated decay identifies gene mutations in colon cancer cells with microsatellite instability. Oncogene (Nov), 23: 639-645.
- Collins Y, Tan DF, Pejovic T, Mor G, Qian F, Rutherford T, Varma R, McQuaid D, Driscoll D, Jiang M, Deeb G, Lele S, Nowak N, Odunsi K. (2004) : Identification of differentially expressed genes in clinically distinct groups of serous ovarian carcinomas using cDNA microarray. Int J Mol Med (Nov), 14: 43-53.
- Cowell JK, Matsui S, Wang YD, LaDuca J, Conroy J, McQuaid D, Nowak NJ. (2004) Application of bacterial artificial chromosome array-based comparative genomic hybridization and spectral karyotyping to the analysis of glioblastoma multiforme. Cancer Genet Cytogenet (May), 151(1): 36-51.
- Cowell JK, Barnett GH, Nowak NJ. (2004) Characterization of the 1p/19q chromosomal loss in oligodendrogliomas using comparative genomic hybridization arrays (CGHa). J Neuropathol Exp Neurol (Feb), 63(2): 151-158.
- Cowell JK, Wang YD, Head K, Conroy J, McQuaid D, Nowak NJ. (2004) Identification and characterisation of constitutional chromosome abnormalities using arrays of bacterial artificial chromosomes. Br J Cancer (Feb), 90(4): 860-865.
- Sossey-Alaoui K, Head K, Nowak N, Cowell JK. (2003) Genomic organization and expression profile of the human and mouse WAVE gene family. Mamm Genome (Nov), 14: 314-322.
- Ramos-Nino ME, Heintz N, Scapoli L, Martinelli M. LS. Nowak N, Haegens A, Manning B, Manning N. (2003) Gene profiling and kinase screening in asbestos-exposed epithelial cells and lungs. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol (Nov), 29: S51-S58.
- Gong S, Zheng C, Doughty ML, Losos K, Didkovsky N, Schambra UB, Nowak NJ, Joyner A, Leblanc G, Hatten ME, Heintz N. (2003) A gene expression atlas of the central nervous system based on bacterial artificial chromosomes. Nature (Oct), 425(6961): 917-925.
- Hackett CS, Hodgson JG, Law ME, Fridlyand J, Osoegawa K, de Jong PJ, Nowak NJ, Pinkel D, Albertson DG, Jain A, Jenkins R, Gray JW, Weiss WA. (2003) Genome-wide array CGH analysis of murine neuroblastoma reveals distinct genomic aberrations which parallel those in human tumors. Cancer Res (Sep), 63(17): 5266-5273.
- Bruce CK, Howard P, Nowak NJ, Hoban PR. (2003) Molecular analysis of region t(5;6)(q21;q21) in Wilms tumor. Cancer Genet Cytogenet (Mar), 141(2): 106-113.
- Cowell JK, Nowak NJ. (2003) High-resolution analysis of genetic events in cancer cells using bacterial artificial chromosome arrays and comparative genome hybridization. Adv Cancer Res (Jan), 90: 91-125.
- Matsui S, Sait S, Jones CA, Nowak NJ, Gross KW. (2002) Rapid localization of transgenes in mouse chromosomes using a combined spectral karyotyping/FISH technique. Mammalian Genome (Nov), 13: 680-685.
- Sait SN, Qadir MU, Conroy JM, Matsui S, Nowak NJ, Baer MR. (2002) Double minute chromosomes in acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome: identification of new amplification regions by fluorescence in situ hybridization and spectral karyotyping. Genes Chromosomes Cancer (May), 34(1): 42-47.
- Anderson GR, Brenner BM, Swede H, Chen N, Henry WM, Conroy JM, Karpenko MJ, Issa JP, Bartos JD, Brunelle JK, Jahreis GP, Kahlenberg MS, Basik M, Sait S, Rodriguez-Bigas MA, Nowak NJ, Petrelli NJ, Shows TB, Stoler DL. (2001) Intrachromosomal genomic instability in human sporadic colorectal cancer measured by genome-wide allelotyping and inter-(simple sequence repeat) PCR. Cancer Res (Nov), 61(22): 8274-8283.
- Hodgson G, Hager JH, Volik S, Hariono S, Wernick M, Moore D, Nowak N, Albertson AG, Pinkel D., Collins, C., Hanahan, D., Gray, J.W. (2001) Genome scanning with array CGH delineates regional alterations in murine islet carcinomas. Nat Genet (Nov), 29: 459-464.
- Snijders, A., Nowak, N., Seagraves, R., Blackwood, S., Brown, N., Conroy, J., Hamilton, G., Hindle, A, Huey B, Kimura K, Law S, Myambo K, Palmer J, Ylstra B, Yue J, Gray J, Jain A, Pinkel D, Albertson D. (2001) Assembly of microarrays for genome-wide measurement of DNA copy number by CGH. Nat Genet (Nov), 29: 263-264. doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/ng754
- Cheung V,*Nowak N,*, Kirsch L, Wonhee J, Kim U-J, Conroy J, Massa H, Raluca DY, Thoreen C, Carter N Chen XN, Collins S, Friedman C, Gray J, Korenberg J, Kuo WL, Lee J, McPherson J, Pinkel D, Olivier Sorotkin K, Ried T, Shen G, Strausberg B, Zhao S, Albertson D, Morton C, Schuler G, de Jong P, Trask B. (2001) Integration of the cytogenetic landmarks into the draft sequence of the human genome. Nature 409 (Jan), 409: 953-958.
- The International Human Genome Mapping Consortium. (2001) A physical map of the human genome suitable for systematic sequencing. Nature (Jan), 409: 934-941.
- The International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium. (2001) Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome. (Jan), 409: 860-921.
- Zhang J, Qin S, Sait SN, Haley LL, Henry WM, Higgins MJ, Nowak NJ, Shows TB, Gerhard DS. (2001) The pericentromeric region of human chromosome 11: evidence for a chromosome-specific duplication. Cytogenet Cell Genet (Jan), 94(3-4): 137-141.
- van Schie RC, Marras SA, Conroy JM, Nowak NJ, Catanese JJ, de Jong PJ. (2000) Semiautomated clone verification by real-time PCR using molecular beacons. Biotechniques (Dec), 29(6): 1296-1300.
- Rodriguez LM, Penetrante RB, Nowak NJ, Rodriguez-Bigas M, Driscoll DL, Hoover E, Petrelli NJ, Shows TB. (2000) p16 (cdkN2/MTS1/INK4A) expression in sporadic colorectal carcinomas. Curr Surg (Nov), 57: 638.
- Zhao XF, Nowak NJ, Shows TB, Aplan PD. (2000) MAGOH interacts with a novel RNA-binding protein. Genomics (Jan), 63(1): 145-148.
- Caldwell GM, Kakuk LE, Griesinger IB, Simpson SA, Nowak NJ, Small KW, Maumenee IH, Rosenfeld PJ, Sieving PA, Shows TB, Ayyagari R. (1999) Bestrophin gene mutations in patients with Best vitelliform macular dystrophy. Genomics (May), 58(1): 98-101.
- Weber TK, Conroy J, Keitz B, Rodriguez-Bigas M, Petrelli NJ, Stoler DL, Anderson GR, Shows TB, Nowak NJ. (1999) Genome-wide allelotyping indicates increased loss of heterozygosity on 9p and 14q in early age of onset colorectal cancer. Cytogenet Cell Genet (Jan), 86(2): 142-147.
- O'Keefe DS, Su SL, Bacich DJ, Horiguchi Y, Luo Y, Powell CT, Zandvliet D, Russell PJ, Molloy PL, Nowak NJ, Shows TB, Mullins C, Vonder Haar RA, Fair WR, Heston WD. (1998) Mapping, genomic organization and promoter analysis of the human prostate-specific membrane antigen gene. Biochim Biophys Acta (Nov), 1443(1-2): 113-127.
- Varon R, Vissinga C, Platzer M, Cerosaletti KM, Chrzanowska KH, Saar K, Beckmann G, Seemanová E, Cooper PR, Nowak NJ, Stumm M, Weemaes CM, Gatti RA, Wilson RK, Digweed M, Rosenthal A, Sperling K, Concannon P, Reis A. (1998) Nibrin, a novel DNA double-strand break repair protein, is mutated in Nijmegen breakage syndrome. Cell (May), 93(3): 467-476.
- Cooper PR, Nowak NJ, Higgins MJ, Church DM, Shows TB. (1998) Transcript mapping of the human chromosome 11q12-q13.1 gene-rich region identifies several newly described conserved genes. Genomics (May), 49(3): 419-429.
- Cooper PR, Smilinich NJ, Day CD, Nowak NJ, Reid LH, Pearsall RS, Reece M, Prawitt D, Landers J, Housman DE, Winterpacht A, Zabel BU, Pelletier J, Weissman BE, Shows TB, Higgins MJ. (1998) Divergently transcribed overlapping genes expressed in liver and kidney and located in the 11p15.5 imprinted domain. Genomics (Apr), 49(1): 38-51.
- Cheung VG, Gregg JP, Gogolin-Ewens KJ, Bandong J, Stanley CA, Baker L, Higgins MJ, Nowak NJ, Shows TB, Ewens WJ, Nelson SF, Spielman RS. (1998) Linkage-disequilibrium mapping without genotyping. Nat Genet (Mar), 18(3): 225-230.
- Higgins MJ, Day CD, Smilinich NJ, Ni L, Cooper PR, Nowak NJ, Davies C, de Jong PJ, Hejtmancik F, Evans GA, Smith RJ, Shows TB. (1998) Contig maps and genomic sequencing identify candidate genes in the usher 1C locus. Genome Res (Jan), 8(1): 57-68.
- Stöhr H, Marquardt A, Rivera A, Cooper PR, Nowak NJ, Shows TB, Gerhard DS, Weber BH. (1998) A gene map of the Best's vitelliform macular dystrophy region in chromosome 11q12-q13.1. Genome Res (Jan), 8(1): 48-56.
- Zhao XF, Colaizzo-Anas T, Nowak NJ, Shows TB, Elliott RW, Aplan PD. (1998) The mammalian homologue of mago nashi encodes a serum-inducible protein. Genomics (Jan), 47(2): 319-322.
- Crider-Miller SJ, Reid LH, Higgins MJ, Nowak NJ, Shows TB, Futreal PA, Weissman BE. (1997) Novel transcribed sequences within the BWS/WT2 region in 11p15.5: tissue-specific expression correlates with cancer type. Genomics (Dec), 46(3): 355-363.
- Shankar V, Pichan P, Eddy RL, Tonk V, Nowak N, Sait SNJ, Shows TB, Schultz RE, Gotway G, Elkins RC, Gilmore MS, Sachdev GP. (1997) Chromosomal localization of a human mucin gene (MUC8) and cloning of the cDNA corresponding to the carboxy terminus. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol (Nov), 16: 232-241.
- Rodriguez P, Munroe D, Prawitt D, Chu LL, Bric E, Kim J, Reid LH, Davis C, Nakagama H, Loebbert R, Winterpacht A, Petruzzi MJ, Higgins MJ, Nowak N, Evans G, Shows T, Weissman BE, Zabel B, Housman DE, Pelletier J. (1997) Functional characterization of human nucleosome assembly protein-2 (NAP1L4) suggests a role as a histone chaperone. Genomics (Nov), 44
- Watson B, Nowak NJ, Myracle AD, Shows TB, Warnock DG. (1997) The human angiotensinase C gene (HUMPCP) maps to 11q14 within 700 kb of D11S901: a candidate gene for essential hypertension. Genomics (Sep), 44(3): 365-367.
- Reid LH, Davies C, Cooper PR, Crider-Miller SJ, Sait SN, Nowak NJ, Evans G, Stanbridge EJ, deJong P, Shows TB, Weissman BE, Higgins MJ. (1997) A 1-Mb physical map and PAC contig of the imprinted domain in 11p15.5 that contains TAPA1 and the BWSCR1/WT2 region. Genomics (Aug), 43(3): 366-375.
- Smith CM, Ma NS, Nowak NJ, Shows TB, Gerhard DS. (1997) A 3-Mb contig from D11S987 to MLK3, a gene-rich region in 11q13. Genome Res (Aug), 7(8): 835-842.
- Guru SC, Olufemi SE, Manickam P, Cummings C, Gieser LM, Pike BL, Bittner ML, Jiang Y, Chinault AC, Nowak NJ, Brzozowska A, Crabtree JS, Wang Y, Roe BA, Weisemann JM, Boguski MS, Agarwal SK, Burns AL, Spiegel AM, Marx SJ, Flejter WL, de Jong PJ, Collins FS, Chandrasekharappa SC. (1997) A 2.8-Mb clone contig of the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) region at 11q13. Genomics (Jun), 42(3): 436-445.
- Cooper PR, Nowak NJ, Higgins MJ, Simpson SA, Marquardt A, Stoehr H, Weber BH, Gerhard DS, de Jong PJ, Shows TB. (1997) A sequence-ready high-resolution physical map of the best macular dystrophy gene region in 11q12-q13. Genomics (Apr), 41(2): 185-192.
- Merscher S, Bekri S, de Leeuw B, Pedeutour F, Grosgeorge J, Shows TB, Müllenbach R, Le Paslier D, Nowak NJ, Gaudray P. (1997) A 5.5-Mb high-resolution integrated map of distal 11q13. Genomics (Feb), 39(3): 340-347.
- Courseaux A, Szepetowski P, Fernandes M, Serizet C, Kawaguchi Y, Grosgeorge J, Perucca-Lostanlen D, Shows TB, Todd JA, Nowak NJ, Gaudray P. (1997) Framework YAC contig anchored into a 3.2-Mb high-resolution physical map in proximal 11q13. Genomics (Feb), 40(1): 13-23.
- Bowen MA, Whitney GS, Neubauer M, Starling GC, Palmer D, Zhang J, Nowak NJ, Shows TB, Aruffo A. (1997) Structure and chromosomal location of the human CD6 gene: detection of five human CD6 isoforms. J Immunol (Feb), 158(3): 1149-1156.
- Van Hul W, Hong G, Wauters J, Van Hul E, Nowak N, Shows TB, Willems PJ, Merregaert J. (1996) Assignment of the human integral transmembrane protein 1 gene (1TM1) to human chromosome band 11q23.3 by in situ hybridization and YAC mapping. Cytogenet Cell Genet (Nov), 74: 218-219.
- Shows TB, Alders M, Bennett S, Burbee D, Cartwright P, Chandrasekharappa S, Cooper P, Courseaux A, Davies C, Devignes M-D, Devilee P, Elliott R, Evans G, Fantes J, Garner H, Gaudray P, Gerhard DS, Gessler M, Higgins M, Hummerich H, James M, Lagercrantz J, Litt M, Little P, Mannens M, Munroe D, Nowak N, O'Brien S, Parker N, Perlin M, Reid L, Richard C, Sawicki M, Swallow D, Thakker R, van Heyningen V, van Schothorst E, Vorechovsky I, Wadelius C, Weber B, Zabel B. (1996) Report of the fifth international workshop on human chromosome 11 mapping. 74:, 1996. PMID:. Cytogenet Cell Genet (Nov), 74: 1-56.
- Wuyts W, Van Hul W, Wauters J, Nemtsova M, Reyniers E, Van Hul EV, De Boulle K, de Vries BB, Hendrickx J, Herrygers I, Bossuyt P, Balemans W, Fransen E, Vits L, Coucke P, Nowak NJ, Shows TB, Mallet L, van den Ouweland AM, McGaughran J, Halley DJ, Willems PJ. (1996) Positional cloning of a gene involved in hereditary multiple exostoses. Hum Mol Genet (Oct), 5(10): 1547-1557.
- Qin S, Nowak NJ, Zhang J, Sait SN, Mayers PG, Higgins MJ, Cheng Y, Li L, Munroe DJ, Gerhard DS, Weber BH, Bric E, Housman DE, Evans GA, Shows TB. (1996) A high-resolution physical map of human chromosome 11. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (Apr), 93(7): 3149-3154.
- Quackenbush J, Davies C, Bailis JM, Khristich JV, Diggle K, Marchuck Y, Tobin J, Clark SP, Rodkins A, Marcano S, Churukian AC, Hutchinson JS, Probst S, Romberg L, Wei YH, Nowak NJ, Garner HR, Smith MW, Selleri L, Evans GA. (1995) An STS content map of human chromosome 11 - localization of 910 YAC clones and 109 islands. Genomics (Nov), 29: 512-525.
- Chervinsky DS, Sait SN, Nowak NJ, Shows TB, Aplan PD. (1995) Complex MLL rearrangement in a patient with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Genes Chromosomes Cancer (Sep), 14(1): 76-84.
- Perlin MW, Duggan DJ, Davis K, Farr JE, Findler RB, Higgins MJ, Nowak NJ, Evans GA, Qin S, Zhang J. (1995) Rapid construction of integrated maps using inner product mapping: YAC coverage of human chromosome 11. Genomics (Jul), 28(2): 315-327.
- Nowak NJ, Shows TB. (1995) Genetics of chromosome 11: loci for pediatric and adult malignancies, developmental disorders, and other diseases. Cancer Invest (Jan), 13(6): 646-659.
- Polakiewicz RD, Munroe DJ, Sait SN, Tycowski KT, Nowak NJ, Shows TB, Housman DE, Page DC. (1995) Mapping of ribosomal protein S3 and internally nested snoRNA U15A gene to human chromosome 11q13.3-q13.5. Genomics (Jan), 25(2): 577-580.
- Rotman G, Savitsky K, Ziv Y, Cole CG, Higgins MJ, Bar-Am I, Dunham I, Bar-Shira A, Vanagaite L, Qin S, Zhang J, Nowak NJ, Chandrasekharappa SC, Lehrach H, Avivi L, Shows TB, Collins FS, Bentley DR, Shiloh Y. (1994) A YAC contig spanning the ataxia-telangiectasia locus (groups A and C) at 11q22-q23. Genomics (Nov), 24(2): 234-242.
- Bardeesy N, Falkoff D, Petruzzi MJ, Nowak N, Zabel B, Adam M, Aguiar MC, Grundy P, Shows T, Pelletier J. (1994) Anaplastic Wilms’ tumor, a subtype displaying poor prognosis, harbours p53 gene mutations. Nat Genet (Nov), 7: 91-97.
- Varanasi R, Bardeesy N, Ghahremani M, Petruzzi MJ, Nowak N, Adam MA, Grundy P, Shows T, Pelletier J. (1994) Fine structure Analysis of the WT1 gene in sporadic Wilms' tumors. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (Nov), 91: 3554-3558.
- Higgins MJ, Smilinich NJ, Sait S, Koenig A, Pongratz J, Gessler M, Richard CW III, James MR, Sanford JP, Kim B-W, Cattelane J, Nowak NJ, Winterpacht A, Zabel BU, Munroe DJ, Bric E, Housman DE, Jones C, Nakamura Y, Gerhard DS, Shows TB. (1994) An ordered NotI fragment map of human chromosome band 11p15. Genomics (Nov), 23: 211-222.
- Sait SN, Nowak NJ, Singh-Kahlon P, Weksberg R, Squire J, Shows TB, Higgins MJ. (1994) Localization of Beckwith-Wiedemann and rhabdoid tumor chromosome rearrangements to a defined interval in chromosome band 11p15.5. Genes Chromosomes Cancer (Oct), 11(2): 97-105.
- Qin S, Zhang J, Isaacs CM, Nagafuchi S, Jani Sait SN, Abel KJ, Higgins MJ, Nowak NJ, Shows TB. (1993) A chromosome 11 YAC library. Genomics (Jun), 16(3): 580-585.
- Sanford JP, Sait SN, Pan L, Nowak NJ, Gill HJ, Le Beau MM, Diaz MO, Zabel B, Shows TB. (1993) Characterization of two 11q23.3-11q24 deletions and mapping of associated anonymous DNA markers. Genes Chromosomes Cancer (Jun), 7(2): 67-73.
- Sanford J, Kim BW, Deaven LL, Jones C, Higgins MJ, Nowak NJ, Shows TB. (1993) A human chromosome 11 NotI end clone library. Genomics (Mar), 15(3): 653-658.
- Nakai H, Byers MG, Nowak NJ, Shows TB. (1991) Assignment of beta-hexosaminidase A alpha-subunit to human chromosomal region 15q23----q24. Cytogenet Cell Genet (Jan), 56(3-4): 164-164.
- Fan YS, Eddy RL, Byers MG, Haley LL, Henry WM, Nowak NJ, Shows TB. (1989) The human mineralocorticoid receptor gene (MLR) is located on chromosome 4 at q31.2. Cytogenet Cell Genet (Jan), 52(1-2): 83-84.
- Davis LM, Byers MG, Fukushima Y, Qin SZ, Nowak NJ, Scoggin C, Shows TB. (1988) Four new DNA markers are assigned to the WAGR region of 11p13: isolation and regional assignment of 112 chromosome 11 anonymous DNA segments. Genomics (Oct), 3(3): 264-271.
- Davis LM, Stallard R, Thomas GH, Couillin P, Junien C, Nowak NJ, Shows TB. (1988) Two anonymous DNA segments distinguish the Wilms' tumor and aniridia loci. Science (Aug), 241(4867): 840-842.
- Shows TB, Davis LM, Qin S, Nowak NJ. (1986) The chromosome 11 gene map: genes for growth and development, Wilms' tumor deletions, and cancer chromosome breakpoints. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol (Jan), 51 Pt: 867-877.
- Tan MH, Nowak NJ, Loor R, Ochi H, Sandberg AA, Lopez C, Pickren JW, Berjian R, Douglass HO, Chu TM. (1986) Characterization of a new primary human pancreatic tumor line. Cancer Invest (Jan), 4(1): 15-23.
- Pavelic ZP, Nowak NJ, Slocum HK, Rustum YM. (1983) Correlation of tumor-cell growth in four semisolid systems. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol (Jan), 105(1): 94-97.
- Loor R, Nowak NJ, Manzo ML, Douglass HO, Chu TM. (1982) Use of pancreas-specific antigen in immunodiagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Clin Lab Med (Sep), 2(3): 567-578.
- Slocum HK, Pavelic ZP, Kanter PM, Nowak NJ, Rustum YM. (1981) The soft agar clonogenicity and characterization of cells obtained from human solid tumors by mechanical and enzymatic means. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol (Jan), 6(3): 219-225.
- Pavelic ZP, Slocum HK, Rustum YM, Creaven PJ, Nowak NJ, Karakousis C, Takita H, Mittelman A. (1980) Growth of cell colonies in soft agar from biopsies of different human solid tumors. Cancer Res (Nov), 40(11): 4151-4158.
Professional Memberships:
- American Society of Human Genetics and Genomics; Member
Presentations:
- "Spatial Biology: The Final Frontier" Broadoak Capital Annual Investor meeting (2025)
- "From Lab to Market: How UB is advancing treatments for major disease" From Lab to Market: How UB is advancing treatments for major disease (2024)
- "The Genomics and Bioinformatics and Biorepository Cores at UB" RPCCC and UB Symposium on Research Resources (2024)
- "Testimony to NYS Assembly Committee on Economic Development and Smal Business" Testimony to NYS Assembly Committee on Economic Development on diversity, equity and inclusion (2024)
- "Frontiers of FISH Probes: Driving Genomic Discovery" American Cytogenomics Conference (2024)
- "Making what once seemed impossible possible; one exciting twist after another" NIH Science Education Partnership Capstone Keynote (2024)
- "Women in STEM" SUNY Women in STEM Panel Webinar (2024)
Service Activities:
- The medical school faculty council is the governing body of the medical. The full council meets on the last Wednesday of the month from August-June. the Faculty Council Steering Committee meets on the 3rd Wednesday of every month from August -June.; President of the JSMBS Faculty Council (2025–2026)
- The committee reviews tenure and promotion dossiers and advances qualified candidates to the Dean and VPHS office.; Promotions and Tenure Commmittee member (2023–2026)
- Life Sciences NY (fka Med Tech Association); Board Member (2021–2025)
- The Biotechnology program trains the next generation of undergraduate molecular biology laboratory technicians. The Advisory Board for the UB Biotechnology Undergraduate Program serves to advise the Program Director on the portfolio of technological expertise that will build the the biotechnology workforce both. in academia and industry.; Board members advise the Program Director on the biotechnology undergraduate program including identifying internship opportunities for program students (2021–present)
- As a Board member I support the 43North mission to grow and support the entrepreneurial ecosystem in WNY. This organization holds a business competition resulting in $1mil for the top 5 companies. These young companies in addition to the funds are incubated at Seneca One and must take up residency in western NY for at least 1 year. Companies meeting milestones may receive additional follow on funding. Past winners include life science companies focused on democratizing clinical trials in communities outside of large academic medical centers as well as enrolling individuals from non white populations. The portfolio companies include founders of color, women and as an organization 43North strongly supports inclusive companies that will leverage the talent across our community for their growth.; 43North Board Member Treasurer and Chairman of the Compensation Committee (2014–present)
- As a Co-Directors of GEM Jennifer Surtees and I work together to continue to advance GEM's goals.; Co Director of GEM (Genome, Environment, Microenvironment)
- Advises the Director of the CTSI on the activities of the CTSI; CTSI Board Member
- The CTSI Steering Committee enables the members of the Buffalo Translational Consortium in their translational research programs goals as part of the mission funded by the CTSA. The CTSA provides experts in team science, funding for pilot projects, cores (ie. BNAC Imaging Core, Informatics), community engagement and outreach and training for the next generation of translational scientists with an emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion.; CTSI Steering Committee
- As Director of the Genomics and Bioinformatics Core I lead the scientific direction of the core focusing on leading edge genomic technologies (ie. Next Generation Sequencing platforms) as well as the bioinformatic tools and experts required to fully leverage these datasets.; Director of the Genomics and Bioinformatics Core
- As the Executive Director of the UB Biorepository I oversee its operations and programmatic direction. The biorepository was established to create an enterprise wide collection of human and model system biomaterial for biomedical research. The biorepository is a regulatory compliant, automated, and technology forward infrastructure that meets all of the demands for government, academic and commercial projects.; Executive Director of the UB Biorepository
- RPCCC Translational Genomics and Epigenomics Symposium Advisory Board The advisory board is composed of distinguished representatives from centers at University of Buffalo, Rochester, Cleveland Clinic, University of Toronto and University of Pittsburg – to help shape and refine our scientific content and provide critical feedback for the annual symposium as well as forge new collaborations.; RPCCC Translational Genomics and Epigenomics Symposium Advisory Board member
- As the Senior Advisor, Life Sciences for the NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences and Business and Entrepreneur Partnerships I advise on the direction for the CBLS in its mission to enable scientific discoveries and their commercialization. I also advocate for the UB COEs and CAT with the NYS legislature and Governor's Office for funds relating to innovative, commercializable discoveries. This includes providing testimony to the legislature on the value of our programs and the ROI that results for the citizens of NYS.; Senior Advisor Life Sciences, New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences