PRESENTATIONS
ORAL
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Singh SK, Kennedy AE, Dorak MT. Genetic Evidence for Cancer Immune Surveillance. Presented at 31st European Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility Conference, Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany, May 30 - June 2, 2017
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Ozbek U, Kennedy AE, Singh SK, Barbieri MA, Konidari I, McCauley JL, Dorak MT. SNPs Correlating with Functional HLA Region Epitopes and Supertypes offer Insight into GWAS Associations. Presented at 30st European Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility Conference, Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany, May 30 - June 2, 2017
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Singh SK, Lupo PJ, Scheurer ME, Saxena A, Kennedy AE, McCauley JL, Okcu M, Dorak MT. Making Sense of Genetic Associations with Childhood Leukaemia Risk. Presented at Childhood Cancer 2016, London, UK, Sep 5-7, 2016
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Singh SK, Chentoufi AA, McCauley JL, Dorak MT. Insights into type 1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis pathogenesis from common genetic associations. Presented at 30th European Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility Conference, Kos Island, Greece, May 11-14, 2016
Singh SK, Huang Y, Caobi A, Barbieri MA, Dorak MT. Functional annotations of common disease markers in immune regulatory genes. Presented at 30th European Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility Conference, Kos Island, Greece, May 11-14, 2016
Singh SK, Dorak MT. Alternative Explanations for HLA and Disease Associations. Presented at the 28th European Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, June 25-28, 2014. Tissue Antigens 2014;84(1):9
Singh SK, Ben Taleb Z, Kennedy AE, Dorak MT. X-Linked Immune Regulatory Genes Polymorphisms, Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Risk and Male Disadvantage. Presented at the 14th Annual Biomedical & Comparative Immunology Symposium, Florida International University, Miami, FL, Feb 13-14, 2014.
Kennedy AE, Singh SK, Villalba K, Dorak MT. Analysis of HLA region polymorphism associated with cancer. Presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics. Chicago, IL, Nov 17-21, 2013. Hum Immunol 2013;74(Suppl 1):S35
Villalba K, Kennedy AE, Singh SK, Dorak MT. Investigation of molecular mechanism of diverse disease associations with HLA-DRB4 lineage. Presented at the FIU 15th Annual Biomedical and Comparative Immunology Symposium. Miami, FL, March 6-7, 2013.
Guyton D, Caobi A, Singh SK, Peyser M, Dorak MT. HLA region and lung cancer susceptibility: confirmation of BAT3/BAG6 association and functional replication. Presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics. San Juan, PR, Oct 8-12, 2012. Hum Immunol 2012;73(Supppl 1):S12.
POSTER
Kennedy AE, Mustafi S, Singh SK, Konidari I, McCauley JL, Barbieri MA, Dorak MT. A catalog of HLA region SNPs with functional annotations, disease associations and correlations with HLA types. Presented at the 41st annual meeting of the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Society. Savannah, GA, U.S.A. Sept 28-Oct 2, 2015. Hum Immunology 2015;76(Suppl 1):P121
Singh SK, Lupo PJ, Scheurer ME, Saxena A, Kennedy AE, Ibrahimou B, McCauley JL, Okcu M, Dorak MT. Genome-wide association study of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia risk with gender-specificity. Presented at the European Society for Human Genetics, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K., 6-9 June, 2015.
Stasik I, Kennedy AE, Singh SK, Dorak MT. HLA region contains multiple lung cancer susceptibility genes. Presented at the European Society for Human Genetics, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K., 6-9 June, 2015.
Singh SK, Lupo PJ, Scheurer ME, Kennedy AE, Okcu MF, Dorak MT. HLA region contributes to the gender differential in childhood leukemia risk. Presented at the 29th European Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, April 26-29, 2015
Kekik C, Singh SK, Yavuz C, Oguz FS, Dorak MT. HLA and childhood acute myeloid leukemia. Presented at the 29th European Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, April 26-29, 2015
Oguz FS, Kekik C, Singh SK, Saribeyoglu E, Anak S, Ozturk G, Dorak MT. HLA and age-of-onset in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Presented at the 28th European Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, June 25-28, 2014. Tissue Antigens 2014;84(1):146
Singh SK, Ben Taleb Z, Kennedy AE, Villalba K, Dorak MT. Further exploration of HLA region associations with lung cancer risk. Presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics. Chicago, IL, Nov 17-21, 2013. Hum Immunol 2013;74(Suppl 1):P79
Singh SK, Kennedy AE, Dorak MT. DDX3X gene polymorphism and childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia risk. Presented at the 15th Annual Biomedical & Comparative Immunology Symposium, Florida International University, Miami, FL, March 7th – 8th, 2013.
Singh SK, Saxena A, Das S, Dorak MT. NOTCH4 polymorphisms, functional assessment and associations with breast cancer susceptibility. Presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics. San Juan, PR, Oct 8-12, 2012. Hum Immunol 2012;73(Suppl 1):P141.
Kennedy AE, Singh SK, Scheurer ME, Okcu MF, Dorak MT. Association of HLA-linked lymphoma risk markers with childhood lymphoblastic leukemia. Presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics,. San Juan, PR, Oct 8-12, 2012. Hum Immunol 2012;73(Suppl 1):P146.
Peyser M, Singh SK, Dorak MT. Examination of HLA-B, -DRA and -DQA1 expression levels in B-lymphoblastoid cell lines homozygous for conserved extended haplotypes (CEH). Presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics. San Juan, PR, Oct 8-12, 2012. Hum Immunol 2012;73(Suppl 1):P147.
Luaces K, Singh SK, Peyser M, Dorak MT. MICA and MICB: analysis of disease-associated alleles and gene expression levels. Presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics. San Juan, PR, Oct 8-12, 2012. Hum Immunol 2012;73(Suppl 1):P90.
Singh SK, Saxena A, Das S, Dorak MT. A Critical Assessment of NOTCH4 Polymorphisms. Poster presentation at the 14th Annual Biomedical & Comparative Immunology Symposium, Florida International University, Miami, FL, March 1st - 2nd, 2012.
Caobi A, Singh SK, Dorak MT. ABO Blood Group Gene Association with Breast Cancer Risk. Poster presentation at the 14th Annual Biomedical & Comparative Immunology Symposium, Florida International University, Miami, FL, March 1st - 2nd, 2012.
Kennedy AE, Singh SK, Samikkannu M, Dorak MT. Correlations of complex disease−associated HLA region SNPs with HLA alleles. Poster presentation at the 37th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics. New Orleans, LA, Oct 17-20, 2011. Hum Immunol 2011;72(Suppl 1):S133
Martinez S, Singh SK, Kennedy AE, Dorak MT. Nature of the recently identified HLA region associations with lung cancer. 2nd Annual Florida International University & TERRA Environmental Research Institute Summer Research Internship Biomedical Mini-Symposium. August 12, 2011, Miami, FL
Alvarez K, Singh SK, Kennedy AE, Dorak MT. Lymphoid malignancies and HLA complex associations. 2nd Annual Florida International University & TERRA Environmental Research Institute Summer Research Internship Biomedical Mini-Symposium. August 12, 2011, Miami, FL
Torres M, Singh SK, Kennedy AE, Dorak MT. Detection of C4A and C4B deletion by quantitative real-time PCR. Florida International University & University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo Summer Research Program Biomedical Mini-Symposium. August 3, 2011, Miami, FL