Janet Boggs

Expert research laboratory technician with 40 years of experience in preparation for and execution of basic science laboratory tests. Manages supply inventory and laboratory equipment and conducted experiments for western blotting, protein analysis, immunohistochemistry, small animal surgical procedures. Daily care and treatments of research animals.

• Animal Health Technician License-South Carolina Veterinary Association
• Laboratory Animal Technician-AAALAC/South Eastern Association of Laboratory Animal Science
• Database Management-Microsoft Access 2000-Level One
• Database Management-Microsoft Access 2000-Level Two

• Aspirin increases thromboxane A2 receptor density following prosthetic grafting and enhances sensitivity to receptor agonists, Brothers, T.E., Robison, J.G., Elliott, B. M., and Boggs, J. M. and Halushka, P. V., Surgical Forum 1994; 45: 397-8
• Thromboxane A2 receptor density increases during chronic exposure to thromboxane receptor antagonists after porcine carotid bypass, Brothers, T.E., Robison, J.G., Elliott, B. M., and Boggs, J. M. and Halushka, P. V., Cardiovascular Surgery (Abstract) 1995; 3(Suppl 1): 37
• Up-regulation of bFGF receptor expression after carotid bypass, Brothers, T.E., Robison, J.G., Elliott, B. M., and Boggs, J. M., Frankel, A.E., and Willingham, M.C., J. Surg. Res. 1995; 58: 28-32
• Thromboxane A2 receptor density increases during chronic exposure to thromboxane A2 receptor density increases during chronic exposure to thromboxane A2 receptor antagonists after porcine carotid bypass, Brothers, T.E., Robison, J.G., Elliott, B. M., and Boggs, J. M., Cardiovasc. Surg. 1997; 5: 92-98
• Preoperative thromboxane A2/prostaglandin H2 receptor density predicts early graft thrombosis, Brothers, T.E., Robison, J.G., Elliott, B. M., and Boggs, J. M., J. Vasc. Surg., 1998; 27: 317-328
• Storage of tissues by vitrification, Song, Y.C., Kheirabadi, B.S., Lightfoot, F.G., Boggs, J.M., Taylor, M.J., and Brockbank, K.G.M., Presented at the Workshop on Tissue Engineering, Gene Delivery, and Regenerative Healing, Hilton Head, SC
• Storage of tissues by vitrification, Brockbank, K.G.M., Song, Y.C., Kheirabadi, B.S., Lightfoot, F.G., Boggs, J.M., Taylor, M.J., Presented at the 5th Congress of the International Society for Organ Sharing, Maastricht, The Netherlands
• Pre-clinical evaluation of an ice free cryopreservation method for veins to be employed in peripheral and coronary artery by-pass grafting, Brockbank, K.G.M., Song, Y.C., Lightfoot, F.G., Kheirabadi, B.S., Greene, E.D., Boggs, J.M., McCourry, K.A., Taylor, M.J., Presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Tissue Banks, San Diego, CA
• Surgical model for in vivo evaluation of small caliber vascular grafts, Song, Y.C., Boggs, J.M., Greene, E.D., Lightfoot, F.G., Taylor, M.J., Smith, A.C., Brockbank, K.G.M., Presented at the 15th Scientific Session of the Academy of Surgical Research, Scottsdale, AZ. Abstract published in Journal of Investigative Surgery, 12(4): 217
• Vitreous storage of cartilage biopsies for tissue engineered constructs, Brockbank, K.G.M., Lightfoot, F.G., Chen, Z.Z., Boggs, J.M., Li, C.Y., Taylor, M.J., An, Y.H., Song, Y.C., Presented at International Workshop on Tissue Engineering, St. Gallen, Switzerland
• Successful cryopreservation of articular cartilage by vitrification, Song, Y.C., Lightfoot, F.G., Li, C.Y., Boggs, J.M., Taylor, M.J., An, Y.H., Brockbank, K.G.M., Presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cryobiology, Edinburgh, Scotland. Abstract published in Cryobiology, 43(4): 353
• Ice free cryopreservation of articular cartilage, Song, Y.C., Lightfoot, F.G., Li, C.Y., Boggs, J.M., Taylor, M.J., An, Y.H., Brockbank, K.G.M., Presented at the 25th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Tissue Banks, Washington, DC
• Ice free cryopreservation of articular cartilage, Song, Y.C., Lightfoot, F.G., Li, C.Y., Boggs, J.M., Taylor, M.J., An, Y.H., Brockbank, K.G.M., Presented at the 1st Biennial Meeting of the European Tissue Engineering Society, and the 4th International Meeting of the Tissue Engineering Society, Freiburg, Germany. Abstract published in Tissue Engineering, 7(5): 646
• Stability of vitrified tissues in the vapor phase of liquid nitrogen, Song, Y.C., Lightfoot, F.G., Li, C.Y., Boggs, J.M., Taylor, M.J., An, Y.H., Brockbank, K.G.M., Presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cryobiology, Breckenridge, CO
• Vitreous preservation of articular cartilage for tissue engineered constructs, Song, Y.C., Lightfoot, F.G., Chen, Z.Z., Boggs, J.M., Li, C., Taylor, M.J., An, Y.H., Brockbank, K.G.M., Presented at the 9th International Congress of Transplantation Society, Miami, FL. Abstract published in Transplantation Supplement, 74(4): 227
• Feasibility of vitrification as a storage method for articular cartilage, Brockbank, K.G.M., Lightfoot, F.G., Li, C., Boggs, J.M., Chen Z., Taylor, M.J., An, Y.H., Song, Y.C., Presented at the 3rd International Conference on Tissue and Genetic Engineering for Treatment of Arthritic Diseases, Providence, RI
• Preservation of embryonic kidneys for transplantation, Bottomley, M.J., Marshall, D.P., Clancy, M., Baicu, S., Boggs, J.M., Brockbank, K.G.M, Bravery, C.A., Accepted for presentation, Transplantation Society XX International Congress, Vienna, Austria, September 5-10
• Role of SPARC in Post-Synthetic Collagen Processing in the Aging Myocardium, Bradshaw, A.D., Baicu, C.F., Rentz, T.J., Derienzo, C.L., Van Laer, A.O., Boggs, J.M., Zile, M.R., Journal of Cardiac Failure, -(-), Supplement, Page S-, #__, Heart Failure Society of America HFSA Annual Scientific Meeting, Washington, DC, Sep. 2007
• Pressure-Overload Induced Alterations in Myocardial Hypertorphy and Extracellular Collagen Content: Role of SPARC-Dependent Post-Synthetic Collagen Processng, Bradshaw, A.D., Baicu, C.F., Rentz, T.J., Derienzo, C.L., Van Laer, A.O., Boggs, J.M., Zile, M.R., Journal of Cardiac Failure, -(-), Supplement, Page S-, #__, Heart Failure Society of America HFSA Annual Scientific Meeting, Washington, DC, Sept. 2007
• Cardiomyocyte apoptosis in pressure overloaded myocardium: Possible role of calpain-mediated gelsolin cleavage, Mani, S.K., Shiraishi, H., Balasubramanian, S., Yamarie, K., Chellaiah, M., Cai, S.X., Boggs, J.M., Cooper, G.M., Zile, M.R., Kuppuswamy, D., Abstract. Heart Failure Society of America HFSA Annual Scientific Meeting, Washington, DC, Sept. 2007
• The role of endoplasmic reticulum stress in hippocampal insulin resistance, Sims-Robinson C
• Bakeman A, ǂGlasser R, Boggs J, Pacut C, Feldman EL, Exp Neurol. 2016 Mar;277:261-267. PubMed PMID: 26775176; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4802497
• Hyperinsulinemia induced brain microvessel insulin resistance reduces insulin transport, Watson LS
• Williams AS, Boggs J, Sims-Robinson C, Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL (2019)
• The role of brain insulin in functional recovery after stroke in a mouse model of hyperinsulinemia
• Nguyen S, Boggs J
• Watson L, Sims-Robinson C, Medical University of South Carolina Research Day (2018).
• 2nd place Poster Award Presentation
• High-fat diet-induced hyperinsulinemia reduces brain insulin levels and impairs tactile recognition
• Watson L
• Williams D, Boggs J, Sims-Robinson C, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting (2018)
• Dietary reversal ameliorates high-fat diet induced working and spatial memory deficits early in life, Sims-Robinson C, Bruno E, Jackson S, Boggs J, Feldman EL, Society for Neuroscience (2016). #Selected and featured as a Hot Topic