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

Kaitlan Smith, PhD

Publications

Establishment and Maintenance of Organotypic Cerebellar Slice Cultures (OCerSC) from Aged Mice. Smith, K., Almedia, M F., Schisler J.C. Protocols.io. 2024 Aug 13;  doi: 10.17504/protocols.io.q26g71428gwz/v1

Die hard: necroptosis and its impact on age-dependent neuroinflammatory diseases. Smith, K., Colie, M., Moore, T., & Schisler, J. C. (2024). Frontiers in Cell Death, vol. 3. Sec. Non-Apoptotic Regulated Cell Death. 2024 March 7; Review article. doi: 10.3389/fceld.2024.1348153

E3 ubiquitin ligase CHIP facilitates cAMP and cGMP signalling cross-talk by polyubiquitinating PDE9A. Hao X, Hu Z, Li M, Zhang S, Tang M, Hao C, Qi S, Liang Y, Almeida MF, Smith K, Zuo C, Feng Y, Guo M, Ma D, Li S, Wang Z, Sun Y, Deng Z, Mao C, Xia Z, Jiang Y, Gao Y, Xu Y, Schisler JC, Shi C. EMBO J. 2025 Jan 13. doi: 10.1038/s44318-024-00351-7. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39806097

With or without You: Co-Chaperones Mediate Health and Disease by Modifying Chaperone Function and Protein Triage. Altinok S, Sanchez-Hodge R, Stewart M, Smith K, Schisler JC. Cells. 2021 Nov 11; 10(11):3121. doi: 10.3390/cells10113121. PMID: 34831344

Honors, Awards & Highlights

Grad Student Kaitlan Smith Reflects on Lumbee Heritage While Embarking on Curiosity-driven Science, February 2023 – Interview upon receiving a National Institute on Aging (NIA) award to study the effects of aging and necroptosis.

Pharmacology Service and Outreach Award 2021

CSF Program Ambassador 2022

We wish you all the best, Kaitlan!

Dr. Kaitlan Smith in her Scherrer Lab coat outside on UNC campus. Photo from her interview with UNC Health highlighting her Lumbee heritage and National Institute on Aging award.