Curriculum Vitae (Download)
Contact Information
Andrew Pike
mr dot apike at gmail dot com
Education
2015 |
PhD in Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore MD Advisor: George Dimopoulos |
2010 |
MS in Entomology Michigan State University, Lansing MI Advisor: Zhiyong Xi |
2008 |
BA in Biology and Mathematics Oberlin College |
Research Experience
Post-Doctoral Fellow – University of Maryland School
of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Working in the laboratory of Dr.
Christopher Plowe.
Graduate Student: Ph.D. – Johns Hopkins University
Bloomberg School of Public Health,
Baltimore, MD. Thesis work in the laboratory of Dr.
Dimopoulos.
Graduate Student: M.S. – Michigan State University,
East Lansing, MI. Thesis work in the laboratory of Dr. Zhiyong
Xi.
Undergraduate Student – Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH.
In the laboratory of Dr. Mary Garvin
Publications
Travassos, M.A., A. Niangaly, J.A. Bailey, A. Ouattara,
D. Coulibaly, K.E. Lyke, M.B. Laurens, J. Pablo, A. Jasinskas,
R. Nakajima, A.A. Berry, M. Adams, C.G. Jacob, A. Pike,
S. Takala-Harrison, L. Liang, B. Kouriba, A.K. Kone, J.A. Rowe,
J. Moulds, D.A. Diallo, O.K. Doumbo, M.A. Thera, P.L. Felgner,
and C.V. Plowe. 2018. "Children with cerebral malaria or
severe malarial anaemia lack immunity to distinct variant
surface antigen subsets." Scientific Reports 8:6281.
Pan, X., A. Pike, D. Joshi, G. Bian, M. J. McFadden, P. Lu,
X. Liang, F. Zhang, A. S. Raikhel, and Z. Xi. 2017. "The
bacterium Wolbachia exploits host innate immunity to
establish a symbiotic relationship with the dengue vector
mosquito Aedes aegypti." ISME Journal 12(1):277-288.
Pike, A., Y. Dong, N. B. Dizaji, A. Gacita, E. Mongodin, and
G. Dimopoulos. 2017. "Changes in the microbiota cause genetically
modified Anopheles to spread in a population." Science
357(6358):1396-1399
Anglero-Rodriguez Y.I., B.J. Blumberg, Y. Dong, S.L.
Sandiford, A. Pike, A.M. Clayton, and G. Dimopoulos. 2016. “A
natural Anopheles-associated Penicillium chrysogenum enhances
mosquito susceptibility to Plasmodium infection.” Scientific
Reports 6:34084.
Mesquita, R.D., A. Pike, et al. 2015. “The genome of Rhodnius
prolixus, an Insect Vector of Chagas Disease, Reveals Unique
Adaptations to Hematophagy and Parasite Infection.” PNAS 112
(48) 14936-14941
Sandiford, S.L., Y. Dong, A. Pike, B.J. Blumberg, A.C. Bahia,
and G. Dimopoulos. 2015. "Cytoplasmic Actin is an
Extracellular Insect Immune Factor which is Secreted upon
Immune Challenge and Mediates Phagocytosis and Direct Killing
of Bacteria, and is a Plasmodium Agonist." PLoS Pathogens
11(2): e1004631
Pike, A., A. Vadlamani, S.L. Sandiford, A. Gacita and G.
Dimopoulos. 2014. "Characterization of the Rel2-Regulated
Transcriptome and Proteome of Anopheles stephensi Identifies
new anti-Plasmodium Factors." Insect Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology 52:82-93.
Hamm, C.A., C.A. Handley, A. Pike, M.L. Forister, J.A.
Fordyce, and C.C. Nice. 2014. "Wolbachia infection and
Lepidoptera of conservation concern." Journal of Insect
Science 14.6.
Pike, A., C.M. Cirimotich and G. Dimopoulos. 2013. “Impact of
Transgenic Immune Deployment on Mosquito Fitness.” In W.
Takken and C.J. Koenraadt [eds.], Ecology of Parasite-Vector
Interactions. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen.
2013.
Dong, Y., C. M. Cirimotich, A. Pike, R. Chandra and G.
Dimopoulos. 2012. Anopheles NF-κB-Regulated Splicing Factors
Direct Pathogen-Specific Repertoires of the Hypervariable
Pattern Recognition Receptor AgDscam. Cell Host and Microbe
12(4):521-30.
Hughes, G.*, A. Pike*, P. Xue, and J. Rasgon. 2012. Invasion
of Wolbachia into Anopheles and other insect germlines in an
ex vivo organ culture system. PLoS One 7: e36277.
Guo, X., Y. Xu, G. Bian, A. Pike, Y Xie, and Z. Xi. 2010.
Response of the mosquito protein interaction network to dengue
infection. BMC Genomics 11:380.
Bosch, R. and A. Pike. 2009. “Map-Colored Mosaics” Bridges
Banff II: Mathematical Connections in art, music, and science
139-146.
* These authors contributed equally to this work
Grants and Fellowships
Towson University Collaborative Teaching Fellowship, August
2016-Present
Tropical Medicine Dinner Club of Baltimore Simpson Student
Award in Tropical Disease Field Research, April 2014
Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health Field Research Award,
March 2014
Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute pre-Doctoral
Fellowship, Jan. 2013-Dec. 2014
Michigan State University Department of Entomology Hutson
Travel Fellowship Feb. 2010
Honors and Awards
The Dr. Lloyd and Mae Rozeboom Scholarship
Hope Hibbard Memorial Scholarship in Biology
Edward Wong Memorial Prize in Mathematics
Norman J. Goldring Scholar-Athlete Award
Teaching Experience
Towson University, Adjunct Professor, BIOL 120, Spring 2017
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Guest Lecturer,
HDID, Fall 2016
Presentations
Pike, A., J. Bailey, J. Tan, J. Patel, M. Laurens, D.
Coulibaly, A. Niangaly, M. Thera, O. Doumbo, TRAC, M.
Travassos, A. Berry and C. Plowe. “Measuring species- and
region-specific markers of mosquito bites by small peptide
arrays,” poster presented as part of the American Society for
Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA
13-17 November 2016
Pike, A. and G. Dimopoulos. "Transgenic Anopheles stephensi
fitness and susceptibility to various infections," poster
presented as part of the American Society for Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA 2-6
November 2014.
Pike, A. and G. Dimopoulos. "The effects of transient immune
deployment on transgenic Anopheles stephensi fitness," poster
presented as part of the American Society for Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, USA 13-17
November 2013.
Pike, A. and G. Dimopoulos. "The effects of transient immune
deployment on transgenic Anopheles stephensi fitness," poster
presented as part of the ESF/EMBO symposium on Integrated
Insect Immunology: From Basic Biology to Environmental
Applications, Pultusk, Poland, 23-28 September 2013.
Pike, A., S. Sandiford, A. Vadlamani and G. Dimopoulos. "The
Rel2 regulated transcriptome and proteome of Rel2
overexpressing Anopheles stephensi," poster presented as part
of the Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology:
Malaria, New Orleans, LA, USA 20-25 January 2013.
Pike, A., S. Sandiford, A. Vadlamani and G. Dimopoulos. "The
Rel2 regulated proteome of the malaria vector Anopheles
stephensi," poster presented as part of the Summer Frontiers
Symposium on "Training the innate immunity: immunological
memory in innate host defense," Nijmegen, The Netherlands,
28-29 June 2012.
Pike, A., G. Bian, Y. Xu, and Z. Xi. “Effects of Wolbachia
and dengue virus infection on the mosquito Aedes aegypti,”
poster presented as part of the Entomological Society of
America Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, USA, 13-16 December
2009.
Pike, A., G. Bian, Y. Xu, and Z. Xi. “Role of innate immunity
in regulation of Wolbachia infection level in Aedes aegypti,”
poster presented as part of the American Society of Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting, Washington DC, USA, 18-22
November 2009.
Memberships
Sigma Xi
American Society for Microbiology
American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Other Experience
Postdoctoral Association of America, Associate Editor of the
POSTDOCket. Nov. 2016-Present
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Teaching
Assistant, Jan. 2013-Dec. 2015.
Student Constituency Representative, Johns Hopkins University
Bloomberg School of Public Health Centennial Working
Committee, Aug. 2012-Dec. 2015.
Vice President of Social and Cultural Affairs, Johns Hopkins
University Bloomberg School of Public Health Student Assembly,
May 2011-May 2012.
Member at Large, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of
Public Health Student
Assembly, Aug. 2010 – May 2011 and May 2012-Dec. 2015.
Member, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public
Health Deans for Students
Network, Aug. 2010 – May 2011.
Vice President, Michigan State University
Graduate-Undergraduate Entomology Student
Society, Jan. 2009-Dec. 2010.
Michigan State University Integrative Studies Biological
Program, Teaching Assistant. Aug. 2009-May 2010.
Oberlin College Office of Residential Education, (Senior)
Resident Assistant. Sept. 2005 – March 2007.
Oberlin College Student Academic Services, Peer Liaison. Jan.
2006 – May 2008.
Oberlin College Department of Computer Science, TA. Sept. 2007
– May 2008.
Oberlin College Department of Mathematics, tutor and grader.
Sept. 2004 - May 2007.
Oberlin College Cross Country and Track and Field. Aug. 2004 –
May 2008.
Oberlin College Mathematics Majors Committee. Sept. 2004-May
2008.