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Katie Kang Public CV
Katie Kang Public CV
Katie N. Kang
Doctoral Candidate
Education
2022 est Doctor of Philosophy in Quantitative Biology
University of Texas at Arlington
Mentor: Joseph M. Boll
Academic Appointments
2020 - current Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Biology, University of Texas at Arlington
Mentor: Joseph M. Boll
Publications
1. Islam N, Kazi MI, Kang KN, Biboy J, Grey J, Ahmed, F, Schargel RS, Boutte CC, Dörr
T, Vollmer W, Boll JM (2021). Peptidoglycan Recycling Contributes to Outer Membrane
Integrity and Carbapenem Tolerance in Acinetobacter baumannii. bioRxiv. doi:
10.1101/2021.11.23.469614
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2. Kang KN, Kazi MI, Biboy J, Grey J, Bovermann H, Ausman J, Boutte CC, Vollmer W,
Boll JM
(2020). Septation defects and LD-transpeptidases promote selection of colistin resistant
lipooligosaccharide-deficient Acinetobacter baumannii. mBio. 12(1):e02185-20. (PMID:
33402533). doi: 10.1128/mbio.02185-20
3. Kazi MI, Perry BW, Card DC, Schargel RD, Ali HB, Obuekwe VC, Sapkota M, Kang KN,
Pellegrino MW, Greenberg DE, Castoe TA, Boll JM (2020). Discovery and
characterization of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1 inhibitor peptides that potentiate
meropenem-dependent killing of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae. J
Antimicrob Chemoth. 75(10):2843-2851. (PMID:32591801). doi: 10.1093/jac/dkaa242
4. Kang KN, Klein DR, Kazi MI, Guérin F, Cattoir V, Brodbelt JS, Boll JM (2019). Colistin
heteroresistance in Enterobacter cloacae is regulated by PhoPQ‐dependent 4‐amino‐4‐
deoxy‐l‐arabinose addition to lipid A. Mol Microbiol. 111(6)1604-1616. (PMID:30873643).
doi: 10.1111/mmi.14240
2021 Charlie Gauntt Graduate Student Oral Presentation Award - First Prize,
Best Talk by Graduate Student, The Texas Branch American Society for
Microbiology
Contributed Talks
2021 The Texas Branch American Society for Microbiology (award won)
Hosted remotely
"Uncovering the role of PBP1A in multidrug-resistance and cell division in
Acinetobacter baumannii.”
Contributed Posters
2021 AcinetoVibes2021 International Conference (award won)
Hosted remotely
Katie N. Kang, Joseph M. Boll. “Uncovering the role of penicillin-binding
protein 1A in cell division and multi-drug resistance in Acinetobacter
baumannii.”
Mentorship
University of Texas Arlington
Hannah Bovermann* # 2019 – current
Jessie Ausman* 2019 – 2020
Hana Ali* 2018 – 2019
* = undergraduate co-author
#
= Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) mentee
Teaching Experience
Graduate Teaching Assistant
2021 SU Microbiology Laboratory for Nursing Majors, online (UTA BIOL-2460)
GTA Advisor: Whitney Tholen
2020 SU Human Anatomy & Physiology I Laboratory (UTA BIOL-2457)
GTA Advisor: Nicholas Pollock
2018 FA – Microbiology Laboratory for Science Majors (UTA BIOL-3444)
2019 SP GTA Advisor: Whitney Tholen
Microbiology Laboratory for Nursing Majors (UTA BIOL-2460)
GTA Advisor: Whitney Tholen
Lead Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
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Professional Memberships
Beta Phi Chapter of the Phi Sigma Graduate Biological Honor Society
American Society for Microbiology
American Society for Microbiology – Texas Branch
Peer Review
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy- 1 peer review (2021)
Frontiers- 3 peer reviews (2021, 2021, 2020)
Microbiology- 1 peer review (2020)
JoVE- 1 peer review (2020)
Scientific Reports- 1 peer review (2020)
Environmental Microbiology- 1 peer review (2019)