Publications:
KC O’Connor*, JW Muhitch, DJ Lacks and M Al-Rubeai. Modeling suppression
of cell
death by Bcl-2 over-expression in myeloma NS0 6A1 cells. Biotechnol Lett., in
press (2006).
BL Barrilleaux, DG Phinney, DJ Prockop and KC O’Connor*. Ex vivo
engineering of
living tissue with adult stem cells. Tissue Eng, in press (2006). [HIGHLIGHTED
ARTICLE]
K O’Connor*, C Vidulescu, S Clejan, H Song and M Venczel. Predicting tissue assembly of prostate cancer spheroids. Cell Technology Processes for Cell Products, R Smith, Ed. (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2005), in press.
KC O’Connor* and M Venczel. Predicting aggregation kinetics of DU145 human prostate cancer cells in liquid-overlay culture. Biotech Lett, 27: 1663-8 (2005).
KC O’Connor*. Incorporating molecular and cellular biology into a chemical engineering degree program. Chem Eng Edu, 39: 124-127 & 133 (2005).
H Song, S Jain, RM Enmon and KC O'Connor. Restructuring dynamics of DU 145 and LNCaP prostate cancer spheroids. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol - Anim, 40: 262-7 (2004).
C Vidulescu, S Clejan and KC O'Connor*. Vesicle traffic through intercellular bridges in DU 145 human prostate cancer cells. J Cell Mol Med, 8: 388-96 (2004).
H Song, O David, S Clejan, CL Giordano, H Pappas-LeBeau, L Xu and KC O'Connor*. Spatial composition of prostate cancer spheroids in mixed and static cultures. Tissue Eng, 10: 1266-76 (2004).
H Song, KC O'Connor*, DJ Lacks, RM Enmon and SK Jain. Monte Carlo simulation of LNCaP human prostate cancer cell aggregation in liquid-overlay culture. Biotechnol Prog, 19: 1742-9 (2003).
KC O'Connor*, H Song, N Rosenzweig and DA Jansen. Extracellular matrix substrata alter adipocyte yield and lipogenesis in primary cultures of stromal-vascular cells from human adipose. Biotechnol Lett, 25: 1967-72 (2003).
H Song, KC O'Connor*, O David, CL Giordano, H Pappas-LeBeau and S Clejan. Immunohisto-chemical analysis of differentiation in mixed and static prostate cancer spheroids. J Cell Mol Med, 7: 180-6 (2003).
RM Enmon, KC O'Connor, H Song, DJ Lacks and DK Schwartz.
Aggregation kinetics of well and poorly differentiated
human prostate cancer cells. Biotechnol Bioeng, 80: 580-8 (2002).
BB02.pdf
KC O'Connor, NL Cowger, DCR De Kee and RP Schwarz.
Prolonged shearing of insect cells in a
Couette bioreactor. Enzyme Microb Technol, 31: 600-8 (2002).
EMT02.pdf
H Song, KC O'Connor, KD Papadopoulos and DA Jansen. Differentiation kinetics of in vitro 3T3-L1 preadipocyte cultures. Tissue Eng, 8:1071-81 (2002). TE8VN6.pdf
Sanda Clejan, Kim O'Connor and Nitsa Rosenzweig, "Tri-Dimensional Prostate Cell Cultures in Simulated Microgravity and Induced Changes in Lipid Second Messengers and Signal Transduction," J. Cell. Mol. Med., 5, 60-73 (2001).
Nadim J. Hallab, Kirk J. Bundy, Kim O'Connor, Randy L. Moses and Joshua J. Jacobs, "Evaluation of Metallic and Polymeric Biomaterial Surface Energy and Surface Roughness Characteristics for Directed Cell Adhesion," Tissue Eng., 7, 55-71 (2001). TissEng01.pdf
Richard M. Enmon, Kim C. O'Connor, Daniel J. Lacks, Daniel K. Schwartz and Robert S. Dotson, "Dynamics of Spheroid Self-Assembly in Liquid-Overlay Culture of DU 145 Human Prostate Cancer Cells, " Biotechnol. Bioeng., 72, 579-591 (2001). BB01.pdf