Category: Student & Postdoc News

Dr. Graves successfully defended his PhD thesis, "ERK Regulates IKK Epsilon Expression and Oncogenic Functions of Pancreatic Cancer" under the guidance of Dr. Albert Baldwin.

Congratulations to Amy Aponte, Tania Bellinger, McKenzie Grundy Gehris, Sarah Mott, Ryan Robb, and Michael Sturdivant!

Dr. Welsh successfully defended her PhD Thesis, “Regulating the Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C): Intrinsic Mechanisms and Cell Cycle Inhibitors" under the guidance of Dr. Nicholas Brown.

Congratulations to Dr. Laura Peng, PhD and Yi Xu, PhD, working in the lab of Jen Jen Yeh, MD, on their groundbreaking findings published in Cancer Discovery!      

Dr. DeLiberty successfully defended his thesis, "Therapeutic Targeting of RAS-Driven Metabolic Dependencies by PIKfyve Inhibition," under the guidance of Drs. Kirsten Bryant and Channing Der.

Dr. Stewart successfully defended her PhD thesis “Phosphorylation-Dependent Interactions of Heat Shock Proteins and Co-Chaperones: Structural Insights and Implications for Cancer Cell Proliferation” under the guidance Dr. Jonathan Schisler.

Dr. Lee successfully defended his thesis, “Harnessing Neuron Type-Specific GPCR Targets and Tools for Precious Analgesia” under the guidance of Dr. Greg Scherrer.

Dr. Smith successfully defended her PhD thesis “Genetic and Pharmacological Inhibitors of Necroptosis in STUB-1 Dependent Ataxias” under the guidance Dr. Jonathan Schisler.

Dr. Kothari successfully defended her PhD thesis, “HPV-Associated Head and Neck Cancer: Etiology and Determinants of Radiation Sensitivity” under the guidance of Dr. Natalia Isaeva!

Our congratulations to all! Awardees Pictured: Mingyu Choi, Ourania Tsahouridis, Corina Damian, Grant Goda, Quinn Eberhard, and Elizabeth Abrash, with Henrik Dohlman.