Dr. Zohar Sachs received her undergraduate degree, a BS in Chemical Engineering, from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge) in 1996. She attended Tufts University (Boston), receiving an MD from the School of Medicine and a PhD from the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences in 2005. During these years she was involved in various teaching and research endeavors. Dr. Sachs did her residency in Internal Medicine at Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center (Boston). Dr. Sachs joined the fellowship program in Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation at the University of Minnesota in 2008.
Selected Publications/Presentations
Berretta S, Sachs Z, Graybiel A. Cortically driven Fos in the striatum is amplified by local dopamine D2-class receptor blockade. Eur J Neurosci 1999; 11:4309-19.
Mostecki J, Halgren A, Radfar A, Sachs Z, Ravitz J, Thome K, Rosenberg N. Loss of heterozygosity at the Ink4a/Arf locus facilitates Abelson virus transformation of pre-B cells. J Virol 2000; 74:9479-87.
Sachs Z, Unnikrishnan I, Rosenberg N. The role of the Ink4a/Arf locus in Ab-MLV transformation of pre-B cells. Keystone Conference on Cancer, 2001.
Sachs Z, Balada JM, Gosht S, Rosenberg N. Both Ink4a/Arf locus products synergize to induce crisis in Ab-MLV transformation of pre-B cells, Gordon Research Conference on Cancer, 2001.
Sachs Z, Sharpless N, DePinho R, Rosenberg N. P16Ink4a contributes to crisis by inducing apoptosis during Ab-MLV transformation of pre-B cells. Gordon Research Conference on Cancer, 2002.
Sachs Z, Sharpless N, DePinho R, Rosenberg N. P16Ink4a contributes to crisis by inducing apoptosis during Ab-MLV transformation of pre-B cells. Tufts University School of Medicine Charlton Poster Competition, 2002.
Sachs Z, Sharpless N, DePinho R, Rosenberg N. P16Ink4a induces apoptosis during Ab-MLV transformation of pre-B cells. J Virol 2004; 78:3304-11.