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Carlos Smith DiazPhD Candidate

LLB(Hons), BBmedSc (VUW), BBiomedSc(Hons) (Otago)

Email smica218@student.otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 364 0566

Research interests

Carlos Smith Diaz is investigating the effect of nutrition and oxidative stress on epigenetic regulation during cellular differentiation and development.

His PhD supervisors are Professor Margreet Vissers, Dr Andrew Das, Professor Mark Hampton and Associate Professor Tim Hore.

Publications

Smith-Díaz, C. C., Das, A. B., Jurkowski, T. P., Hore, T. A., & Vissers, M. C. M. (2025). Exploring the ascorbate requirement of the 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 68, 2219-2237. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c02342 Journal - Research Other

Smith-Díaz, C. C., Kumar, A., Das, A., Pace, P., Chitcholtan, K., Magon, N. J., Hossain, S. M., Eccles, M. R., Winterbourn, C. C., & Paumann-Page, M. (2025). Peroxidasin is associated with a mesenchymal-like transcriptional phenotype and promotes invasion in metastatic melanoma. Free Radical Biology & Medicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2025.01.007 Journal - Research Article

Smith Diaz, C. C. (2024). Vitamin C and TET-mediated demethylation in leukaemia and development (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10523/22887 Awarded Doctoral Degree

Smith Diaz, C. (2024, March). Vitamin C and TET-mediated demethylation in leukaemia and development. UOC Biomedical Research Seminar Series, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand. [Research Presentation]. Other Research Output

Paumann-Page, M., Smith-Diaz, C., Kumar, A., Chitcholtan, K., Hampton, M., & Winterbourn, C. (2023). Peroxidasin: A novel modulator of melanoma cell invasion. Proceedings of the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB) 50th Anniversary Conference. Retrieved from https://www.nzsbmb.org/conference Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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