Congratulations on this years’ graduate students who defended their theses and earned their PhD’s.
1/25/2019 Andrew Learner (Strahl/Kuhlman labs) “Elucidating Dynamics of Histone Post-Translational Modifications Using Optogenetics” Dr. Learner accepted a Fellowship in Innovation and Translation in the Eshelman Institute for Innovation at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy that begins in February 2020.
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3/8/2019 Jacob Matson (Cook lab) “Regulation of MCM Helicase Loading During Early Differentiation and Cell Cycle Re-entry” Dr. Matson accepted a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Lee Zou’s lab at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School.
3/21/2019 Alex Chung (Parise lab, Pharmacology) “CIB1: A Promosing Target in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer” Dr. Chung accepted a position as a Project Specialist at Syneos Health in Morrisville and will work on clinical operation and strategy.
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03/29/2019 Sam Kistler (Campbell lab, Pharmacy – CBMC) “Ras Acetylation Directs Effector Specificity” Dr. Kistler accepted a position at Merck.
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06/21/2019 Astor Ankney (Chen lab) “Secretotranscriptomics: A Novel Approach to the Discovery of Liquid Biopsy Biomarkers for Breast Cancer Prognosis” Dr. Ankney has accepted a position at National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).
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08/12/2019 Hyunna “Teresa” Lee (Campbell lab) “Role of Metavinculin in Actin Reorganization and Force Transmission” Dr. Lee has accepted a position at National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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08/14/2019 Megan Arrington (Campbell/Loeser labs, Chemistry) “The molecular basis for Rac2 E62K immune deficiency” Dr. Arrington is furthering her research at UNC while seeking a position.
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11/01/2019 Frank Teets (Hahn/Kuhlman labs, B&CB student) “Function-Driven Approaches to the Design of Optogenetic Tools” Dr. Teets has accepted a postdoctoral fellowship under Dr. Chris Bahl at the Institute for Protein Innovation at Harvard Medical School.
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