Assistant Professor, Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine

Medical Genetics

Christina Laukaitis is an expert in the field of Medical Genetics. She attended University of Illinois College of Medicine. She received 14 awards: "Researcher of the Year, Arizona Chapter", "1st Place Poster Award Winner for "QSOX1: A Desmoid Tumor Modifier Gene in FAP?"", "Yellen Distinguished Young Investigator Award", "Fellow", "40 under 40, Arizona Star, recognizes young leaders in Tucson based on professional accomplishments, leadership qualities and community impact", "Residents Research Award", "State research poster winner", "Indiana Chapter Research poster winner", "AMWA Janet Glasgow Memorial Award", "Outstanding Cellular and Molecular Biology Teaching Assistant", "Teaching Assistants Rated Excellent'", "Teaching Assistants Rated Excellent by their Students list", "Janet Glasgow Memorial Award" and "National Science Scholar". Christina Laukaitis is also a published doctor. She has 22 publication published. The most recent publication is: Did Androgen-Binding Protein Paralogs Undergo Neo- and/or Subfunctionalization as the Abp Gene Region Expanded in the Mouse Genome? Christina Laukaitis is registered with Medicare.

Publications

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• Shared and unique proteins in human, mouse and rat saliva proteomes: Footprints of functional adaptation.
• The role of retrotransposons in gene family expansions: insights from the mouse Abp gene family.
• An unusual BRCA mutation distribution in a high risk cancer genetics clinic.
• The roles of gene duplication, gene conversion and positive selection in rodent Esp and Mup pheromone gene families with comparison to the Abp family.
• Congenic strain analysis reveals genes that are rapidly evolving components of a prezygotic isolation mechanism mediating incipient reinforcement.
• Visualizing muscle cell migration in situ.
• Female preference for male saliva: implications for sexual isolation of Mus musculus subspecies.
• Differential dynamics of alpha 5 integrin, paxillin, and alpha-actinin during formation and disassembly of adhesions in migrating cells.
• Characterization of two forms of mouse salivary androgen-binding protein (ABP): implications for evolutionary relationships and ligand-binding function.
• The mouse salivary androgen-binding protein (ABP) gene cluster on chromosomes 7: characterization and evolutionary relationships.
• Comparative evolutionary genomics of androgen-binding protein genes.
• Diverse spatial, temporal, and sexual expression of recently duplicated androgen-binding protein genes in Mus musculus.
• Rapid bursts of androgen-binding protein (Abp) gene duplication occurred independently in diverse mammals.
• The mechanism of expansion and the volatility it created in three pheromone gene clusters in the mouse (Mus musculus) genome.
• A candidate subspecies discrimination system involving a vomeronasal receptor gene with different alleles fixed in M. m. domesticus and M. m. musculus.
• A novel defensive mechanism against acetaminophen toxicity in the mouse lateral nasal gland: role of CYP2A5-mediated regulation of testosterone homeostasis and salivar...
• Reinforcement selection acting on the European house mouse hybrid zone.
• Positive selection shaped the convergent evolution of independently expanded kallikrein subfamilies expressed in mouse and rat saliva proteomes.
• Genetics for the general internist.
• DFMO: targeted risk reduction therapy for colorectal neoplasia.
• Did Androgen-Binding Protein Paralogs Undergo Neo- and/or Subfunctionalization as the Abp Gene Region Expanded in the Mouse Genome?

Schools

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• University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign

• St Vincent Hospital

• University of Washington

• Butler University

• University Of Illinois At ChampaignUrbana

Doctors Specialties

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• Clinical Genetics
• Internal Medicine
• Medical Genetics

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• “Researcher of the Year”, Arizona Chapter
• 1st Place Poster Award Winner for "QSOX1: A Desmoid Tumor Modifier Gene in FAP?"
• Yellen Distinguished Young Investigator Award
• Fellow
• 40 under 40, Arizona Star, recognizes young leaders in Tucson based on professional accomplishments, leadership qualities and community impact
• Resident’s Research Award
• State research poster winner
• Indiana Chapter Research poster winner
• AMWA Janet Glasgow Memorial Award
• Outstanding Cellular and Molecular Biology Teaching Assistant
• Teaching Assistants Rated ‘Excellent'
• “Teaching Assistants Rated ‘Excellent’ by their Students” list
• Janet Glasgow Memorial Award
• National Science Scholar

Education

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• University of Washington
• St Vincent Hospital and Health Care Center
• University of Illinois College of Medicine
• University of Illinois

Hospital

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• Banner - University Medical Center South

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1912071937
NPPES Provider LastName		LAUKAITIS
NPPES Provider FirstName		CHRISTINA
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		857240001
NPPES Provider State		AZ
Specialty Description		Internal Medicine
Total Claim Count		3958.0
Distinct Opioid Count		7.0
Opioid Claim Count		269.0
Percent Opioid Claims		6.8

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1912071937
Last Name Of The Provider	LAUKAITIS
First Name Of The Provider	CHRISTINA
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