ASEACCU, UST hold 2-day webinar on sustainable devt for Catholic institutions
The University of Santo Tomas and the Association of Southeast…
AUSTRIACO, Nicanor Pier Giorgio
AUSTRIACO, Nicanor Pier Giorgio
Updates
UST researchers call for better reporting, transparency amid rise in “unknown city” NCR cases, recommend continued GCQ
UST scientists fr. Nicanor Austriaco, O.P., PhD, SThD and Bernhard…
UST researchers release projections for GCQ in NCR, proposes testing, tracing benchmark
The research tandem of Assoc. Prof. Bernhard Egwolf, Dr. rer.…
Rev. fr. Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, O.P., PhD, SThD
Academic Qualifications
Research Highlights
Research Interests
Academic Qualifications
- Doctorate in Sacred Theology, University of Fribourg
- Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Master of Business Administration, Providence College
- Bachelor’s Degree in Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania
Research Highlights
Research Interests
- Biology of cancer, aging, and programmed cell death,
- Health care ethics and bioethics in the Catholic tradition,
- Philosophical and theological implications of modern evolutionary theory
Courses Handled
Major Recognitions
Professional Activities
Courses Handled
- Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Recognitions
Professional Activities
Selected Publications
Selected Publications
- Laprade, D. Brown, M. McCarthy, M. Ritch, J. Austriaco, O.P., N. (2016) Filamentation protects Candida albicans from amphotericin B-induced programmed cell death via a mechanism involving the yeast metacaspase, MCA1.Microbial Cell.(3), 285-292.
- Austriaco, O.P., N. (2016) A Philosophical Assessment of TK’s Autopsy Report: Implications for the Debate Over the Brain Death Criteria. Linacre Quarterly.(83), 192-202.
- Austriaco, O.P., N. (2015) Abortion Shame, Abortion Shaming, and the Reintegrative Mercy of God (Evangelium vitae, §99). Nova et Vetera.(13), 115-128.
- Austriaco, O.P., N. (2015) A Fittingness Argument for the Historicity of the Fall of Homo sapiens. Nova et Vetera.(13), 651-667.
- Austriaco, O.P., N. (2015) Bioethics in Laudato Si: The Ecological Law as a Moral Principle. National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly.(15), 657-664.
- Chin, C. Donaghey, F. Helming, K. McCarthy, M. Rogers, S. Austriaco, O.P., N. (2014) Deletion of AIF1 but not of YCA1/MCA1 protects Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans cells from caspofungin-induced programmed cell death. Microbial Cell.(1), 58-63.
- Cascio, V. Gittings, D. Merloni, K. Hurton, M. Laprade, D. Austriaco, O.P., N. (2013) SAdenosyl-L-Methionine protects the probiotic yeast, Saccharomyces boulardii from acid-induced cell death. BMC Microbiology.(13), 35.
- Austriaco, O.P., N. (2011) Biomedicine and Beatitude: An Introduction to Catholic Bioethics. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press
- Cebulski, J. Malouin, J. Pinches, N. Cascio, V. Austriaco, O.P., N. (2011) Yeast Bax Inhibitor, Bxi1p, is an ER-localized Protein that Links the Unfolded Protein Response and Programmed Cell Death in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. PLoS ONE.(6), e20882.
