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Nisitha Sengottuvel awarded F30 fellowship

May 1, 2020
Nisitha Sengottuvel (Chad Pecot lab) was awarded an NRSA F30 fellowship from NIH’s National Cancer Institute. Nisitha’s project is titled “The role of SPON1 expressing inflammatory monocytes in promoting lung cancer metastasis.” Please also see our page on Grants to GMB Students.

Gabrielle Gentile awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

April 27, 2020
Congratulations to Gabby Gentile (Jimena Giudice lab), who was awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.   Please also see our page on Grants to GMB Students.

GMB students recognized with Honorable Mention by NSF

April 27, 2020
Congratulations to the following GMB students who were recognized with Honorable Mention in the Graduate Research Fellowship competition from the National Science Foundation: Jeanne-Marie McPherson (Bob Duronio and Dan McKay labs) Victoria Parsons (Karen Mohlke lab) Alexis Stutzman (Jill Dowen and Dan McKay labs) Carolyn Turcotte (Jeff Sekelsky lab)

Meng Cheng publishes paper in Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

April 27, 2020
Meng Cheng (Yue Xiong lab) published a paper titled “Discovery of potent and selective epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) bifunctional small-molecule degraders” in J. Medicinal Chemistry (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b01566). Image: Hi-C maps showing signal in wild-type and Wiz deletion cells (see article for details; click to enlarge). Please see our page...

Megan Justice publishes paper in Cell Reports

April 21, 2020
Megan Justice (Jill Dowen lab) published a paper titled “A WIZ/Cohesin/CTCF complex anchors DNA loops to define gene expression and cell identity” in Cell Reports (DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.03.067). Image: Hi-C maps showing signal in wild-type and Wiz deletion cells (see article for details; click to enlarge). Please see our page on...

Spencer Nystrom and Matt Niederhuber publish paper in Development

April 12, 2020
Spencer Nystrom and Matt Niederhuber (Dan McKay lab) published a paper titled “Expression of E93 provides an instructive cue to control dynamic enhancer activity and chromatin accessibility during development” in Development (DOI: 10.1242/dev.181909). Image: Composite image of precocious activity of an enhancer in an imaginal disc and genomics data plotted...

Juan Carvajal Garcia publishes article in PNAS

April 12, 2020
Juan Carvajal Garcia (Dale Ramsden lab and Jeff Sekelsky lab) published an article titled “Mechanistic basis for microhomology identification and genome scarring by polymerase theta” in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1921791117).  Image: Model for generation of templated insertions durng theta-mediated repair; see article for details. Please...

Kia Perez-Vale selected for Yale Ciencia Initiative

February 7, 2020
Kia Perez-Vale (Mark Peifer lab) was selected to participate in the Yale University Ciencia Initiative. Throughout 2020, Kia will participate in a program designed “to expand access to scientific knowledge, experiences, and careers among communities or populations traditionally underrepresented in, or underserved by, the scientific enterprise.”

Adelaide Tovar selected for Yale Ciencia Initiative

February 7, 2020
Adelaide Tovar (Samir Kelada lab) was selected to participate in the Yale University Ciencia Initiative. Throughout 2020, Adelaide will participate in a program designed “to expand access to scientific knowledge, experiences, and careers among communities or populations traditionally underrepresented in, or underserved by, the scientific enterprise.”

Kendall Lough publishes article in eLife

December 17, 2019
Kendall Lough (Scott Williams lab) published an article titled “Telophase correction refines division orientation in stratified epithelia” in eLife (DOI: 10.7554/eLife.49249). Image: Movie showing division of a basal cell that starts at an oblique angle but corrects; click for animatino; see article for details. Please see our page on Publications...

Ricardo Rivera-Soto publishes article in Journal of Virology

December 10, 2019
Ricardo Rivera-Soto (Blossom Damania lab) published an article titled “Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus viral interleukin 6 signaling upregulates Integrin Beta 3 Levels and is Dependent on STAT3” in Journal of Virology (DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01384-19). Image; Model of vIL-6 induction of ITGB3; see article for details. Please see our page on Publications by...

Adelaide Tovar publishes article in Toxicological Sciences

December 10, 2019
Adelaide Tovar (Samir Kelada lab) published an article titled “Transcriptional profiling of the murine airway response to acute ozone exposure” in Toxicological Sciences (DOI: 110.1093/toxsci/kfz219). Image; Partial heatmap of gene expression in airway macrophages; see article for details. Please see our page on Publications by GMB Students for more.