The Joseph S. Pagano Award annually recognizes notable cancer-related papers authored by ºÚÁÏÍø Lineberger postdoctoral fellows. Winners are selected through a competitive process and are honored for their authorship of articles in high-impact journals. The Pagano Award was established in 2002 to annually recognize noteworthy papers authored by our postdoctoral fellows. Authors of the three top papers receive a cash prize and potentially give a featured talk at a future ºÚÁÏÍø Lineberger event.

Congrats toÌýJun Wang PhD of the Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics and Greg Wang lab!
Wang, J., et al.ÌýEZH2 noncanonically binds cMyc and p300 through a cryptic transactivation domain to mediate gene activation and promote oncogenesis.ÌýPublished Feb. 2022 in Nature Cell Biology
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