Esther Winter Gomez, PhD - Penn State Cancer Institute
Researcher Profile
Esther Winter Gomez, PhD
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
Scientific Program:Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis
Recent Publications
2025
Xia, Y, Cutler, S, Osunbunmi, I, Zappe, S, Gomez, EW, Velegol, S & Lee, M 2025, 'The Impact of Applied Improvisation on Undergraduate Engineering Students’ Professional Development', Advances in Engineering Education, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 58-81.
Han, B, Fujii, S, van der Vlies, AJ, Ghasemi, M, Del Mundo, JT, Kiemle, SN, Gomez, EW, Gomez, ED, Colby, RH & Hasegawa, U 2025, 'Thermally Induced Gelling Systems Based on Patchy Polymeric Micelles', Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 35, no. 12, 2417544. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202417544
2024
Sankhe, CS, Sacco, JL, Lawton, J, Fair, RA, Soares, DVR, Aldahdooh, MKR, Gomez, ED & Gomez, EW 2024, 'Breast Cancer Cells Exhibit Mesenchymal–Epithelial Plasticity Following Dynamic Modulation of Matrix Stiffness', Advanced Biology, vol. 8, no. 9, 2400087. https://doi.org/10.1002/adbi.202400087
Sacco, JL, Vaneman, ZT, Self, A, Sumner, E, Kibinda, S, Sankhe, CS & Gomez, EW 2024, 'Chemomechanical regulation of EZH2 localization controls epithelial-mesenchymal transition', Journal of Cell Science, vol. 137, no. 22, jcs262190. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.262190
Yu, J, Del Mundo, JT, Freychet, G, Zhernenkov, M, Schaible, E, Gomez, EW, Gomez, ED & Cosgrove, DJ 2024, 'Dynamic Structural Change of Plant Epidermal Cell Walls under Strain', Small, vol. 20, no. 30, 2311832. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202311832
Sacco, JL & Gomez, EW 2024, 'Epithelial–Mesenchymal Plasticity and Epigenetic Heterogeneity in Cancer', Cancers, vol. 16, no. 19, 3289. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16193289
Sacco, JL, Vaneman, ZT & Gomez, EW 2024, 'Extracellular matrix viscoelasticity regulates TGFβ1-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition and apoptosis via integrin linked kinase', Journal of Cellular Physiology, vol. 239, no. 2, e31165. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.31165
Siemianowski, O, Rongpipi, S, Del Mundo, JT, Freychet, G, Zhernenkov, M, Gomez, ED, Gomez, EW & Anderson, CT 2024, 'Flexible Pectin Nanopatterning Drives Cell Wall Organization in Plants', JACS Au, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 177-188. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.3c00616
Del Mundo, JT, Gomez, ED & Gomez, EW 2024, Grazing-incidence X-ray scattering of plant epidermal cell wall. in Advanced Biophysical Techniques for Polysaccharides Characterization. Elsevier, pp. 221-234. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-14042-6.00009-9
Rongpipi, S, Barnes, WJ, Siemianowski, O, Ye, D, Del Mundo, JT, Duncombe, S, Xin, X, Zhu, C, Toney, MF, Gu, Y, Anderson, CT, Gomez, ED & Gomez, EW 2024, 'Matrix polysaccharides affect preferred orientation of cellulose crystals in primary cell walls', Cellulose, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 1397-1415. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-023-05702-x
Tamadaddi, C, Choi, J, Ghasemi, M, Kim, SH, Gomez, ED, Gomez, EW & Anderson, CT 2024, 'NST3 induces ectopic transdifferentiation, forming secondary walls with diverse patterns and composition in Arabidopsis thaliana', Annals of botany, vol. 134, no. 6, pp. 1097-1111. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcae153
Hunter, B, Sacco, JL, Katterle, K, Kirigo, J, Wood, TK, Gomez, EW & Pester, CW 2024, 'Photoactive polymer coatings for antibacterial applications', European Polymer Journal, vol. 213, 113090. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2024.113090
Butler, D, Sankhe, CS, Khamsi, PS, Gomez, EW & Ebrahimi, A 2024, 'Solution-processed graphene films for electrochemical monitoring of extracellular nitric oxide released by breast cancer cells', 2D Materials, vol. 11, no. 1, 015021. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/ad1251
2023
Self, A, Farell, M, Samineni, L, Kumar, M & Gomez, EW 2023, '2D Materials for Combination Therapy to Address Challenges in the Treatment of Cancer', Advanced NanoBiomed Research, vol. 3, no. 12, 2300070. https://doi.org/10.1002/anbr.202300070
Sankhe, CS, Sacco, JL & Gomez, EW 2023, Biophysical Regulation of TGFβ Signaling in the Tumor Microenvironment. in Current Cancer Research. Current Cancer Research, Springer Nature, pp. 159-200. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22802-5_6
Freeburne, S, Sacco, JL, Gomez, EW & Pester, CW 2023, 'Effects of Surface-Immobilization on Photobleaching of Xanthene Dye Photocatalysts', Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, vol. 224, no. 24, 2300283. https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.202300283
Gilcher, EB, Kuch, N, Del Mundo, JT, Ausman, SF, Santiago-Martinez, L, Clewett, CFM, Gomez, EW, Gomez, ED, Root, TW, Fox, BG & Dumesic, JA 2023, 'Evolution of the Cellulose Microfibril through Gamma-Valerolactone-Assisted Co-Solvent and Enzymatic Hydrolysis', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, vol. 11, no. 8, pp. 3270-3283. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c06030
Dory, S, Delgado, LR, Cutler, S, Zappe, SE, Gomez, E & Velegol, SB 2023, 'Examining Gender Inclusivity through Sense of Belonging in a Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program at a Large Research University', ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings.
Guo, Z, Plant, A, Del Mundo, J, Litofsky, JH, Liu, B, Hallman, RJL, Gomez, EW, Hickner, MA, Lee, Y & Gomez, ED 2023, 'Fully conjugated block copolymers enhance thermal stability of polymer blend solar cells', Polymer, vol. 288, 126465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2023.126465
Del Mundo, JT, Rongpipi, S, Yang, H, Ye, D, Kiemle, SN, Moffitt, SL, Troxel, CL, Toney, MF, Zhu, C, Kubicki, JD, Cosgrove, DJ, Gomez, EW & Gomez, ED 2023, 'Grazing-incidence diffraction reveals cellulose and pectin organization in hydrated plant primary cell wall', Scientific reports, vol. 13, no. 1, 5421. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32505-8
Rongpipi, S, Barnes, WJ, Siemianowski, O, Del Mundo, JT, Wang, C, Freychet, G, Zhernenkov, M, Anderson, CT, Gomez, EW & Gomez, ED 2023, 'Measuring calcium content in plants using NEXAFS spectroscopy', Frontiers in Plant Science, vol. 14, 1212126. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1212126
2022
Chakraborty, I, Rongpipi, S, Govindaraju, I, Rakesh, B, Mal, SS, Gomez, EW, Gomez, ED, Kalita, RD, Nath, Y & Mazumder, N 2022, 'An insight into microscopy and analytical techniques for morphological, structural, chemical, and thermal characterization of cellulose', Microscopy Research and Technique, vol. 85, no. 5, pp. 1990-2015. https://doi.org/10.1002/jemt.24057
Del Mundo, JT, Rongpipi, S, Gomez, ED & Gomez, EW 2022, Characterization of biological materials with soft X-ray scattering. in JA Tainer (ed.), Small Angle Scattering Part A: Methods for Structural Investigation. Methods in Enzymology, vol. 677, Academic Press Inc., pp. 357-383. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.mie.2022.08.042
Nalluri, SM, Sankhe, CS, O'Connor, JW, Blanchard, PL, Khouri, JN, Phan, SH, Virgi, G & Gomez, EW 2022, 'Crosstalk between ERK and MRTF-A signaling regulates TGFβ1-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition', Journal of Cellular Physiology, vol. 237, no. 5, pp. 2503-2515. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.30705
Rongpipi, S, Del Mundo, JT, Gomez, ED & Gomez, EW 2023, Extracting structural insights from soft X-ray scattering of biological assemblies. in JA Tainer (ed.), Small Angle Scattering Part B: Methods for Structural Interpretation. Methods in Enzymology, vol. 678, Academic Press Inc., pp. 121-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.mie.2022.09.017
2021
Julien, JA, Fernandez, MG, Brandmier, KM, Del Mundo, JT, Bator, CM, Loftus, LA, Gomez, EW, Gomez, ED & Glover, KJ 2021, 'Corrigendum to “Rapid preparation of nanodiscs for biophysical studies” [Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 712 (2021) 109051] (Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics (2021) 712, (S0003986121003003), (10.1016/j.abb.2021.109051))', Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, vol. 714, 109073. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abb.2021.109073
Julien, JA, Fernandez, MG, Brandmier, KM, Del Mundo, JT, Bator, CM, Loftus, LA, Gomez, EW, Gomez, ED & Glover, KJ 2021, 'Rapid preparation of nanodiscs for biophysical studies', Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, vol. 712, 109051. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abb.2021.109051
Rongpipi, S, Del Mundo, JT, Gomez, ED & Gomez, EW 2021, 'Resonant X-ray scattering of biological assemblies', MRS Communications, vol. 11, no. 1. https://doi.org/10.1557/s43579-021-00020-4
Fromel, M, Crisci, RL, Sankhe, CS, Reifsnyder Hickey, D, Tighe, TB, Gomez, EW & Pester, CW 2021, 'User-friendly chemical patterning with digital light projection polymer brush photolithography', European Polymer Journal, vol. 158, 110652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2021.110652