Dr. Cummins successfully defended his PhD, “Design of hyper-stable proteins completely from scratch that efficaciously inhibit oncogenic G proteins.”

Kudos to our CSF students who gave their oral and poster research presentations July 25th and 26th. You all gave awesome presentations!

Dr. Aponte-Collazo successfully defended his PhD, “Exploring the role of mitochondrial protease ClpP in apoptosis regulation of triple negative breast cancer cells,” July 27.

Dr. Woodburn successfully defended his PhD, “Characterizing HIV-1 Infection of the Central Nervous System” on May 18.

Congratulations to David Lee, graduate student in the lab of Greg Scherrer, who received one of two 2022 Eshelman Institute Rankin Innovator Acceleration Awards!

Dr. Wick successfully defended their PhD, “Viral Hijacking of Ubiquitin Ligases: Lessons from Human Cytomegalovirus pUL145” on May 10.

The Song lab used optogenetic techniques to stimulate specific brain cells to increase production of neural stem cells and neurons relevant to memory and emotion processing in animal models, as published in Nature Neuroscience May 6.

Dr. Natalie Hewitt and Dr. Kevin Knight received their PhD hoods in a private hooding ceremony this past weekend. Our congratulations to both!

Dr. Saran successfully defended her PhD, “Bile Acid Transporters and Hepatotoxicity: Novel Mechanisms and in Vitro Models,” on April 19.

Dr. León successfully defended his PhD, “Enhancing the function and delivery of chimeric antigen receptor T-cells: Implications for treatment of solid tumors,” on April 4.