Writing Samples
Assorted Documents

Review Article: Review Article entitled "The Role of Store Operated Calcium Entry and Transient Receptor
Potential Channels in Atrial Fibrillation" that is in preparation for submission to a journal.

Thesis Sections:  Introduction and literature review sections of my thesis.

Abstracts and Summaries

2010 AHA Abstract:  Abstract of research conducted while working in the Cardiology Department of
Northwestern University that was orally presented at the American Heart Association's
Scientific Sessions
2010.

2006 FASEB Abstract:  Abstract of research conducted while working in the Pharmacology Department of
the University of Illinois at Chicago presented at the 2006
Experimental Biology Meeting. The abstract won a
Graduate/PostdoctoralTravel Fellowship for this meeting.

General Audience Research Summary:  Summary intended for a general audience of a grant proposal
based on research conducted while working in the Urology Department of Northwestern University.

PowerPoint Presentations

Click the "Read Only" button when prompted for a password.

Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute Seminar: PowerPoint presentation given on January 3rd, 2011.

Thesis Defense:  PowerPoint presentation given during thesis defense on October 24th, 2006.

Posters

2010 HRS Poster: Poster presented at the 2010 Heart Rhythm Society Meeting of research conducted while
working in the Cardiology Department of Northwestern University.

Selected Class Assignments

CME Needs Assessment: Proposal for Continuing Medical Education activity on the interaction of atrial
fibrillation and congestive heart failure and treatment options.

Pamphlet: Text for a pamphlet intended for a teen audience on how to quit smoking based on the article
Reducing Tobacco Use in Adolescents.

Publications

Click the first author for the abstract.

Biyashev D, Veliceasa D, Kwiatek A, Sutanto MM, Cohen RN, Volpert OV. Natural angiogenesis inhibitor
signals through Erk5 activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma).  
J Biol
Chem
. 2010;285(18):13517-13524.

Sundivakkam P, Kwiatek AM, Sharma T, Minshall RD, Malik AB, Tiruppathi C. Caveolin-1 scaffold domain
interacts with TRPC1 and IP3R3 to regulate Ca2+ store release-induced Ca2+ entry in endothelial cells.
Am
J Physiol Cell Physiol
. 2009;296(3):C403- C413.

Mirochnik Y, Kwiatek A, Volpert OV. Thrombospondin and apoptosis: molecular mechanisms and use for
design of complementation treatments.
Curr Drug Targets. 2008;9(10):851-862.

Kwiatek AM, Minshall RD, Cool DR, Skidgel RA, Malik AB, Tiruppathi C. Caveolin-1 regulates
store-operated Ca2+ influx by binding of its scaffolding domain to TRPC1 in endothelial cells.
Mol
Pharmacol
. 2006;70(4):1174-1183.

Paria BC, Malik AB, Kwiatek AM, Rahman A, May MJ, Ghosh S, Tiruppathi C. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha
induces nuclear factor-kappaB-dependent TRPC1 expression in endothelial cells.
J Biol Chem.
2003;278(39):37195-37203.