KurtPrinsMDPhD

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University of MinnesotaFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2014 - 2018
University of Alabama Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2012 - 2014
University of Minnesota Medical SchoolClass of 2012, MD/PhD
NIH Training Program at the University of MinnesotaFellowship, Muscle Research, 2007 - 2008
University of WisconsinBS, Kinesiology: Exercise Science, 2002 - 2006

Best Basic Science Presentation PVRI, 2017
Young Investigator Northwestern Cardiovascular Young Investigator Forum, 2016
Graduating Medical Student Research Award University of Minnesota, 2012
Dr. Marvin and Hadassah Bacaner Research Award University of Minnesota, 2010
American Association for the Advancement of Science Program for Excellence in Science American Association for the Advancement of Science (2009-2010), 2010
Ross A. Gortner Award University of Minnesota, 2010
Beatrice Z. Milne and Theodore Brandenburg Award University of Minnesota, 2010
Poster Award Gregory Marzolf Muscular Dystrophy Symposium University of Minnesota, 2009
Gregory Marzolf Muscular Dystrophy Fellowship University of Minnesota (2008-2009), 2009
Graduate School Fellowship University of Minnesota Graduate School (2006-2007), 2007
University Book Store Academic Excellence Award University of Wisconsin, 2006
Dean’s List University of Wisconsin (2002-2006), 2006
Golden Key Honour Society University of Wisconsin, 2005
Eleanor S. Hicks Scholarship University of Wisconsin, 2005
St. Joseph’s Hospital Scholarship University of Wisconsin, 2005
National Scholars Honor Society Member University of Wisconsin, 2005
Hilldale Undergraduate Research Fellowship University of Wisconsin, 2005
National Society of Collegiate Scholars University of Wisconsin, 2003
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PubMed

48 citations
Macrophage-NLRP3 Activation Promotes Right Ventricle Failure in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.
Ruaa Al-Qazazi, Patricia D A Lima, Sasha Z Prisco, Francois Potus, Asish Dasgupta
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2022-09-01
22 citations
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Patients Have a Proinflammatory Gut Microbiome and Altered Circulating Microbial Metabolites.
Daphne M Moutsoglou, Jasmine Tatah, Sasha Z Prisco, Kurt W Prins, Christopher Staley
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2023-03-15
150 citations
Dystrophin is a microtubule-associated protein
Kurt W. Prins, Jill L. Humston, Amisha Mehta, Victoria Tate, Evelyn Ralston
The Journal of Cell Biology. 2009-08-10

Abstracts/Posters

Investigating the role of cytoplasmic ?-actin in dystrophin-deficient skeletal muscle.
Prins, K.W., Lowe, D.A., and Ervasti, J.M, Gregory Marzolf Muscular Dystrophy Symposium, Minneapolis, MN
Investigating microtubules in muscular dystrophy.
Prins, K., Humston, J., Mehta, A., Tate, V., Ralston, E., and Ervasti, J., Medical Scientist Training Program Annual MD/PhD Student Conference, Keystone, CO
Functional exchange of sarcomeric alpha-actin by cytoplasmic gamma-actin.
Jaeger, M.A., Sonnemann, K.J., Fitzsimons, D.P., Patel, J.R., Prins, K.W., and Ervasti, J.M., New Directions in Biology and Disease of Skeletal Muscle, New Orleans, LA
Actg1-null mice develop progressive hearing loss.
Perrin, B., Sonnemann, K., Prins, K., Korte, M., Boche, J., Mcgee J., Walsh, E., and Ervasti, J, Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Phoenix, AZ
Cytoplasmic ?-actin null mice are viable but deaf.
Sonnemann, K.J., Prins, K.W., Ikeda, S., Ikeda, A., and Ervasti, J.M., Molecular Biology of the Cell 17, 164a
Preliminary Characterization of Actg1-/- mice.
Prins, K., Sonnemann, K., and Ervasti, J, Undergraduate Research Symposium, Madison, WI
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Lectures

Investigating microtubules in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program Research Recognition Day, Minneapolis, MN
A new mouse model for quadriceps myopathy.
University of Minnesota Annual MD/PhD Retreat, Minneapolis, MN
Dystrophin as a cytolinker in skeletal muscle.
Gregory Marzolf Muscular Dystrophy Symposium, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN