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.
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
Coker, S. J., Dyson, R. M., Smith-Díaz, C. C., Vissers, M. C. M., & Berry, M. J. (2023). Effects of low vitamin C intake on fertility parameters and pregnancy outcomes in guinea pigs. Nutrients, 15, 4107. doi: 10.3390/nu15194107
Journal - Research Article
Smith Diaz, C. (2022, December). The curious case of low maternal vitamin C intake and the hyperactive guinea pig. Verbal presentation at the Society for Free Radical Research (SFRR) Australasia & Japan Conference: Redox Pathways in Biology & Medicine, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Vissers, M., Smith-Diaz, C., Coker, S., Dyson, R., Hore, T., & Berry, M. (2022, August-September). Low maternal vitamin C during pregnancy in guinea pigs results in persistent epigenetic dysregulation in the hippocampus of offspring together with an ADHD-related phenotype. Poster session presented at the 31st Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting (QMB), Queenstown, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Coker, S. J., Smith-Díaz, C. C., Dyson, R. M., Vissers, M. C. M., & Berry, M. J. (2022). The epigenetic role of vitamin C in neurodevelopment. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23, 1208. doi: 10.3390/ijms23031208
Journal - Research Other
Smith-Díaz, C. C., Magon, N. J., McKenzie, J. L., Hampton, M. B., Vissers, M. C. M., & Das, A. B. (2021). Ascorbate inhibits proliferation and promotes myeloid differentiation in TP53-mutant leukaemia. Proceedings of the 16th Congress of the Federation of Asian & Oceanic Biochemists & Molecular Biologists (FAOBMB). (pp. 183). Retrieved from https://www.faobmb2021.org
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Smith-Díaz, C. C., Magon, N. J., McKenzie, J. L., Hampton, M. B., Vissers, M. C. M., & Das, A. B. (2021). Ascorbate inhibits proliferation and promotes myeloid differentiation in TP53-mutant leukemia. Frontiers in Oncology, 11, 709543. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.709543
Journal - Research Article
Das, A. B., Smith-Diaz, C. C., & Vissers, M. C. M. (2021). Emerging epigenetic therapeutics for myeloid leukemia: Modulating demethylase activity with ascorbate. Haematologica, 106(1), 14-25. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2020.259283
Journal - Research Other
Smith Diaz, C. (2018). Reviewing the fault line: Monoamine oxidase-A genotype evidence and the criminal law [Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Papers Student and Alumni Paper Series VUWSALRP 8/2018]. Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Law. 65p. Retrieved from https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3154900
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Smith Diaz, C. C. (2017). Delving into the fog of ambiguity: An analysis of the Trans-Pacific Partnership's data exclusivity provisions and their implications for access to medicines in New Zealand. Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, 48(1), 1-28. doi: 10.26686/vuwlr.v48i1.4771
Journal - Research Article
PhD Candidate