Christopher Tinkle MD PhD

Christopher Tinkle MD PhD

 

 

 

Area of interest: Molecular Oncology 

 

 

 

 

Educational Background 

Radiation Oncology Residency, University of California San Francisco (2011-2015)

Transitional Internship, University of Texas Southwestern, Austin (2011)

M.D., Weill Cornell Medical College, New York (2010)

Ph.D., Cell and Developmental Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York (2009)

B.S., Microbiology, University of Texas at Austin, magna cum laude (1998) 

Awards & Honors

NIH Medical Scientist Training Program, Tri-institutional MD-PhD program, Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Memorial Sloan Kettering, 2001-2010

Dean’s Honored Graduate, University of Texas at Austin, 1998

Special Honors in Microbiology, University of Texas at Austin, 1998

Endowed Presidential Scholarship, University of Texas at Austin, 1997

Undergraduate Research Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, 1996, 1997 

Selected Publications and Abstracts

Tinkle CL, Pasolli HA, Stokes N, Fuchs E.. New insights into cadherin fuction in epidermal sheet formation and maintenance of tissue integrityProc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 105(40):15405-10 (2008)

Tinkle, CL & Fuchs, E.. Development of a novel tissue-specific transgenic RNAi technique. Poster session presented at The Rockefeller University Research Symposium, New York, N .(2007)

Tinkle, CL & Fuchs, E.. Epidermal response to loss of E-cadherin is dependent on compensatory changes specific to each epidermal appendage. Poster session presented at The Rockefeller University Research Symposium, New York, N .(2006)

Tinkle CL*, Lechler T*, Pasolli HA, Fuchs E.. Conditional targeting of E-cadherin in skin: insights into hyperproliferative and degenerative responses.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 101(2):552-7 (2004)

Coussens LM, Tinkle CL, Hanahan D, Werb Z.. MMP-9 supplied by bone marrow-derived cells contributes to skin carcinogenesisCell. 103(3):481-90 (2000)