In a paper published in Cell Reports, Vijay Swahari, a postdoctoral fellow in Deshmukh lab, identifies how the critical role of Dicer in DNA damage response can be exploited for therapy in aggressive brain tumors like Medulloblastoma.

Postdoctoral fellow Dr. Shalini Menon and graduate student Nicholas Boyer have co-first author paper, "The E3 Ubiquitin Ligase TRIM9 Is a Filopodia Off Switch Required for Netrin-Dependent Axon Guidance” published in Developmental Cell on Dec 21, 2015. The article was highlighted by a preview penned by Dr. Thomas Pollard. An...

Temperance Rowell is a second-year graduate student in the lab of Dr. Robert Tarran.

When Spencer Smith, assistant professor of cell biology and physiology in the School of Medicine who studies the brain, grew frustrated with the lack of resolution provided by traditional microscopes, he and his co-inventor Jeffrey Stirman decided to build his own. The results could unlock some of the brain's greatest...

The Zylka Lab's research on autism has recently been featured on WRAL, WUNC (NPR), and the UNC Healthcare Newsroom.

The September 15, 2015 issue of Molecular Biology of the Cell has chosen a paper from the Brennwald lab entitled “Structural Basis for Recognition of the Sec4 Rab GTPase by its Effector, the Lgl/Tomosyn homologue, Sro7” as one of its Highlighted Articles. Kelly Watson, a graduate in the lab, was...

Kelly Watson successfully defended her thesis on August 6th! Congratulations Dr. Watson!!

Robert Sons successfully defended his thesis on July 14th! Congratulations Dr. Sons!

  The Zylka Lab’s research on autism has recently been featured on WRAL, WUNC (NPR), and the UNC Healthcare Newsroom.

Ayumi Nakamura is a MD/PhD student in Mohanish Deshmukh's lab.