Research Interests
Mitochondrial DNA Repair

Honors and Awards

• Katherina Siebert Award for Excellence in Oncologic Research, November 2010.
• Winner of UTMB MDPhD Student Abstract Competition, July 2009.
• 2nd Prize Poster Winner, UTMB Cancer Day, May 6, 2009.
• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral
• MD/PhD Fellows (F30), NIEHS, 02/2009-06/2013. Accepted.
• Environmental Toxicology Training Grant (T32), NIEHS Environmental Toxicology
• Training Program at UTMB, 2008-2009. Accepted.
• Multidisciplinary Training in Cancer Research Training Grant (T32), UTMB Cancer
• Center, 2008-2009. Declined.
• Toxicology Scholar Award, Sealy Center for Environmental Health and Medicine, 2007.
• CADAH Scholarship, Chinese American Doctors Association of Houston, 2007.
• Bodhi Scholarship, Texas Buddhist Association, 2006.
• University Endowed Presidential Scholarship, UT Austin, 2003-2004.
• Jodie and Mary Isenhower Endowed Presidential Scholarship, UT Austin, 2002-2003.
• Undergraduate Research Fellowship, UT Austin, 2002-2003.
  

Publications:

Tann, A. W., Boldogh, I., Meiss, G., Mitra, S., and Szczesny, B. Persistent single-strand breaks in the mitochondrial genome provide the primary signal for apoptosis. J. Biol. Chem. Submitted.

Szczesny, B., Tann, A. W., and Mitra, S. Age- and tissue-specific changes in mitochondrial and nuclear DNA base excision repair activity in mice: susceptibility of skeletal muscles to oxidative injury. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, 2010 Apr 1, Epub.

Szczesny, B., Tann, A. W., Longley, M. J., Copeland, W. C., and Mitra, S. Long patch base excision repair in mammalian mitochondrial genomes. J. Biol. Chem., 2008 Sep 26;283(39):26349-56.

Huang, S., Li, Y., Chen, Y., Podsypanina, K., Chamorro, M., Olshen, A. B., Desai, K. V., Tann, A., Petersen, D., Green, J. E., and Varmus, H. E. Changes in gene expression during the development of mammary tumors in mmtv-wnt-1 transgenic mice. Genome Biology, 2005, 6(10):R84. (30 September 2005).

Abstracts:

Tann, A. W., Mitra, S., and Szczesny, B. Characterization of mitochondrial long patch base excision repair and the involvement of 5'-3' exonuclease EXOG. UTMB Cancer Day, Galveston, TX, May 6, 2009.

Tann, A. W., Mitra, S., and Szczesny, B. Characterization of mitochondrial long patch base excision repair and analysis of mitochondrial genome repair pathways during mouse aging. High Susceptibility of skeletal muscle to oxidative injuries. 3rd US-EU Conference of Endogenous Genome Damage, Galveston, TX, February 21-25, 2009.

Szczesny, B., Tann, A. W., and Mitra, S. Deficiency in mitochondrial DNA repair in skeletal muscle of mice. San Antonio Nathan Shock Conference on Aging, Bandera, TX, October 25-28, 2007.

Tann, A. W., Szczesny, B., and Mitra, S. Analysis of mitochondrial DNA repair in skeletal muscle of mice. Sealy Center on Aging Forum, Galveston, TX, October 3, 2007.

Hobbies or just something about yourself in general:
I love the outdoors. I enjoy running along Seawall or playing tennis on a sunny day.