Congratulations to the 2022 NIH F31 awardees!
Caroline Broderick, Pharm. Project Title: Investigating the Interplay between Senescent Cells and T Cells in Cancer Advisor: Dr. Scott Lowe.
Broderick Corless, Pharm. Project title: EpoxySEAKER and onSEAKER: CAR T-Cell Systems for Targeted Local Biosynthesis of Therapeutic Warheads. Advisor: Dr. Derek Tan
Bianca Diaz, BCMB. Project title: Interrogating the role of mutant KRAS allelic imbalance and co-mutated genes in targeted therapy response of NSCLC. Advisors: Dr. Lukas Dow and Dr. Vivek Mittal
Sierra Duca, PBSB. Project title: Dissecting epicardial contributions to zebrafish heart regeneration at the single-cell level. Advisors: Dr. Jingli Cao and Dr. Georffrey Pitt
Alexander Emmanuelli. IMP. Project title: Immunosuppressive Programs Driven by IRE1 signaling in ovarian cancer. Advisors: Dr. Juan Cubillos-Ruiz and Dr. Ming Li
Chiara Evans, Pharm. Project title: Function of Musashi-2 Methylation in Normal and Malignant Hematopoiesis. Advisor: Dr. Michael Kharas
David Falvo, Neuro. Project title: Inflammation-induced cellular plasticity in pancreatic homeostasis and tumorigenesis. Advisors: Dr. Rohit Chandwani and Dr. Todd Evans
Jacob Ferreira, Pharm. Project Title: Discovery and Characterization of an Endogenous Inhibitor of Soluble Adenylyl Cyclase. Advisors: Dr. Jochen Buck and Dr. Lonny Levin
Pamela Herrera Hatfield, Pharm. Project title: Impact of the intestinal microbiota on CAR T cell therapy response. Advisor: Dr. Marcel van den Brink and Dr. Melody Smith
Lauren Komer, Neuro. Project Title: The role of beta-synuclein in synaptic vesicle release Advisor: Dr. Jacqueline Burre.
Susan Lin, Neuro. Project Title: The role of beta-synuclein in synaptic vesicle release. Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Pitt.
Justine Lottermoser, PBSB. Project Title: Elucidating the Complexin C-terminal domain mechanism in neurotransmission regulation. Advisor: Dr. Jeremy Dittman.
Yessenia Lopez, PBSB. Project title: Structural and Functional Underpinnings of Proton Coupling in Glutamate Transporters. Advisor: Dr. Olga Boudker
Maryam Pourmaleki, PBSB. Project Title: Towards a spatial view of Ras signaling and immune cell function in NF-1 mutant glioblastoma. Advisor: Dr. Ingo Mellinghoff
Nicole Sales, Neuro. Project title: Iron homeostasis alterations in mutant CHCHD10 mitochondria. Advisors: Dr. Giovanni Manfredi
Mildred Unti, Pharm. Project title: Development of a chemogenetically controlled RNA aggregation system and its application in elucidating the role of RNA foci in repeat expansion disease. Advisor: Dr. Sammie Jaffrey
Joseph Visone, BCMB. Project title: A Molecular Switch Controlling Antigenic Variation in Malaria Parasites. Advisor: Dr. Kirk Deitsch
Lia Zallar, Pharm. A reciprocal relationship between alcohol and the p450 enzyme aromatase. Advisors: Dr. Kristen Pleil and Dr. Anjali Rajadhyaksha