Joyce Murata-Collins, Ph.D.
Director, Cancer Cytogenetics
2009-2019, Diplomate, American Board of Medical Genetics, Clinical Cytogeneticist
1996-2006, Diplomate, American Board of Medical Genetics, Clinical Cytogeneticist
1993, Ph.D. (Biological Sciences), University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
1980, M.S. (Biological Sciences), University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
1969, B.S., (Zoology), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
1994-1996, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, ABMG-accredited program in Clinical Cytogenetics
American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMGG)
American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG)
Adjunct Member Children’s Oncology Group (COG)
Cancer Genomics Consortium (CGC)
Committee member, Myeloma Working Group, Cancer Genomics Consortium 2015-2017
American Society of Hematology (ASH)
Association of Genetic Technologists (AGT)
American Cytogenetics Conference (ACC)
- Relapsed or Refractory Double-Expressor and Double-Hit Lymphomas Have Inferior Progression-Free Survival Following Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation Herrera A, Mei M, Low L, Kim H, Griffin G, Song J, Merryman R, Bedell V, Pak C, Sun H, Paris T, Stiller T, Brown J, Budde E, Chan W, Chen R, Davids M, Freedman A, Fisher D, Jacobsen E, Jacobson C, LaCasce A, Murata-Collins J, Nademanee A, Palmer J, Pihan G, Pillai R, Popplewell L, Siddiqi T, Sohani A, Zain J, Rosen S, Kwak L, Weinstock D, Forman S, Weisenburger D, Kim Y, Rodig S, Krishnan A, Armand P. Journal of Clinical Oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Forthcoming;
- Cyclin D1 depletion induces DNA damage in mantle cell lymphoma lines. Mohanty S, Mohanty A, Sandoval N, Tran T, Bedell V, Wu J, Scuto A, Murata-Collins J, Weisenburger DD, Ngo VN. Leukemia & lymphoma. 2016; :1-13. PubMed [journal] PMID: 27338091
- Cyclin D1 expression in peripheral T-cell lymphomas. Song JY, Song L, Herrera AF, Venkataraman G, Murata-Collins JL, Bedell VH, Chen YY, Kim YS, Tadros R, Nathwani BN, Weisenburger DD, Feldman AL. Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc. 2016; 29(11):1306-1312. PubMed [journal] PMID: 27469326
- Burkitt leukemia limited to the bone marrow has a better prognosis than Burkitt lymphoma with bone marrow involvement in adults. Song JY, Venkataraman G, Fedoriw Y, Herrera AF, Siddiqi T, Alikhan MB, Kim YS, Murata-Collins J,Weisenburger DD, Liu X, Duffield AS. Leukemia & lymphoma. 2016; 57(4):866-71. PubMed [journal] PMID: 26450341
- Extramedullary relapse following reduced intensity allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant for adult acute myelogenous leukemia. Kogut N, Tsai NC, Thomas SH, Palmer J, Paris T, Murata-Collins J, Forman SJ. Leukemia & lymphoma. 2013; 54(3):665-8. NIHMSID: NIHMS401078 PubMed [journal] PMID: 22906206 PMCID: PMC3521076
- Late relapses following reduced intensity allogeneic transplantation in patients with multiple myeloma: a long-term follow-up study. Sahebi F, Shen Y, Thomas SH, Rincon A, Murata-Collins J, Palmer J, Krishnan AY, Karanes C, Htut M, Somlo G, Forman SJ. British journal of haematology. 2013; 160(2):199-206. NIHMSID: NIHMS414535 PubMed [journal] PMID: 23151215 PMCID: PMC3542410
- Sequential bortezomib, dexamethasone, and thalidomide maintenance therapy after single autologous peripheral stem cell transplantation in patients with multiple myeloma. Sahebi F, Frankel PH, Farol L, Krishnan AY, Cai JL, Somlo G, Thomas SH, Reburiano E, Popplewell LL, Parker PM, Spielberger RT, Kogut NM, Karanes C, Htut M, Ruel C, Duarte L, Murata-Collins JL, Forman SJ. Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 2012; 18(3):486-92. PubMed [journal] PMID: 22198542
- Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma with a novel t(2;6)(p23;p21.1). Pressey JG, Mroczek-Musulman E, Murata-Collins JL, Saito JM, Hammers Y. Cancer genetics and cytogenetics. 2008; 187(1):39-42. PubMed [journal] PMID: 18992640
- Desmoplastic small round cell tumor of the kidney in childhood. Wang LL, Perlman EJ, Vujanic GM, Zuppan C, Brundler MA, Cheung CR, Calicchio ML, Dubois S, Cendron M, Murata-Collins JL, Wenger GD, Strzelecki D, Barr FG, Collins T, Perez-Atayde AR, Kozakewich H. The American journal of surgical pathology. 2007; 31(4):576-84. PubMed [journal] PMID: 17414105
- Concurrent acute myeloid leukemia with inv(16)(p13.1q22) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia: molecular evidence of two separate diseases. Lu CM, Murata-Collins JL, Wang E, Siddiqi I, Lawrence H. American journal of hematology. 2006; 81(12):963-8. PubMed [journal] PMID: 16917916
- Durable clinical, cytogenetic, and molecular remissions after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for refractory Sezary syndrome and mycosis fungoides. Molina A, Zain J, Arber DA, Angelopolou M, O'Donnell M, Murata-Collins J, Forman SJ, Nademanee A. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 2005; 23(25):6163-71. PubMed [journal] PMID: 16135483
- Ewing sarcoma as a second malignant neoplasm after acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Kim GE, Beach B, Gastier-Foster JM, Murata-Collins JL, Rowland JM, O'Donnell RJ, Goldsby RE. Pediatric blood & cancer. 2005; 45(1):57-9. PubMed [journal] PMID: 15700259
- A patient with a ring chromosome 2 and microdeletion of 2q detected using FISH: Further support for "ring chromosome 2 syndrome". Alkuraya FS, Kimonis VE, Holt L, Murata-Collins JL. American journal of medical genetics. Part A. 2005; 132A(4):447-9. PubMed [journal] PMID: 15580637
- Targeting multiple genetic aberrations in isolated tumor cells by spectral fluorescence in situ hybridization. Slovak ML, Zhang F, Tcheurekdjian L, Bobadilla D, Bedell V, Arber DA, Persons DL, Sosman JA, Murata-Collins JL. Cancer detection and prevention. 2002; 26(3):171-9. PubMed [journal] PMID: 12269763
- Minimal residual disease (MRD) in remission t(8;21) AML and in vivo differentiation detected by FISH and CD34+ cell sorting. Varella-Garcia M, Hogan CJ, Odom LF, Murata-Collins JL, Ai H, Chen L, Richkind K, Paskulin G, Andreeff M, Brizard A, McGavran L, Gemmill RM, Berger R, Drabkin HA. Leukemia. 2001; 15(9):1408-14. PubMed [journal] PMID: 11516101
- Simultaneous detection of multiple genetic aberrations in single cells by spectral fluorescence in situ hybridization. Slovak ML, Tcheurekdjian L, Zhang FF, Murata-Collins JL. Cancer research. 2001; 61(3):831-6. PubMed [journal] PMID: 11221864
- Twenty-four-color spectral karyotyping reveals chromosome aberrations in cytogenetically normal acute myeloid leukemia. Zhang FF, Murata-Collins JL, Gaytan P, Forman SJ, Kopecky KJ, Willman CL, Appelbaum FR, Slovak ML. Genes, chromosomes & cancer. 2000; 28(3):318-28. PubMed [journal] PMID: 10862038
- Ticlopidine-induced aplastic anemia: development of chromosomal abnormalities and response to immunosuppressive therapy. Pullarkat VA, Rho H, Murata-Collins JL, Liebman HA. American journal of hematology. 2000; 63(3):141-4. PubMed [journal] PMID: 10679804
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Survey of immunophenotype, French-American-British classification, frequency of myeloid antigen expression, and karyotypic abnormalities in 210 pediatric and adult cases. Khalidi HS, Chang KL, Medeiros LJ, Brynes RK, Slovak ML, Murata-Collins JL, Arber DA. American journal of clinical pathology. 1999; 111(4):467-76. PubMed [journal] PMID: 10191766
- Surface immunoglobulin light chain-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia of FAB L1 or L2 type: a report of 6 cases in adults. Vasef MA, Brynes RK, Murata-Collins JL, Arber DA, Medeiros LJ. American journal of clinical pathology. 1998; 110(2):143-9. PubMed [journal] PMID: 9704611
- Trisomy 14 in myelodysplastic syndromes: report of two cases and review of the literature. Vasef MA, Murata-Collins JL, Alsabeh R, Medeiros LJ. Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine. 1998; 122(1):77-83. PubMed [journal] PMID: 9448022
- Fetal cells in maternal blood: recovery by charge flow separation. Wachtel SS, Sammons D, Manley M, Wachtel G, Twitty G, Utermohlen J, Phillips OP, Shulman LP, Taron DJ, Müller UR, Koeppen P, Ruffalo TM, Addis K, Porreco R, Murata-Collins J, Parker NB, McGavran L. Human genetics. 1996; 98(2):162-6. PubMed [journal] PMID: 8698333
- Natural size classes in DNA from Chinese hamster metaphase chromosomes. Murata-Collins JL, Clark RW. Chromosoma. 1987; 95(1):44-50. PubMed [journal] PMID: 3581998