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Faculty work with students to conduct research across disciplines, including biochemistry, biology, genetics, immunology, microbiology, neurobiology, pharmacology and biomedical informatics.
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The Walter S. and Lucienne Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary PhD program that trains students in biomedical sciences while giving them the flexibility to pursue a variety of research interests, dual degrees and specialized tracks.
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14th Annual Pain and Palliative Care Conference
June 20
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
CAPS Minisymposium - Cancer: Imaging and Therapy
June 21
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Department of Microbiology-Immunology : Shao-Cong Sun, PhD
June 25
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Annual Lurie Cancer Center Symposium & Scientific Poster Session
June 27
2:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Student Publications
Bui TM, Sumagin R.
DNA Cell Biol. 2019 Jun 12. doi: 10.1089/dna.2019.4842. [Epub ahead of print]
Rizzini L, Levine DC, Perelis M, Bass J, Peek CB, Pagano M.
Curr Biol. 2019 May 21. pii: S0960-9822(19)30533-0. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.04.073. [Epub ahead of print]
Tommasini-Ghelfi S, Murnan K, Kouri FM, Mahajan AS, May JL, Stegh AH.
Sci Adv. 2019 May 22;5(5):eaaw4543. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw4543. eCollection 2019 May. Review.
CBX2 is required to stabilize the testis pathway by repressing Wnt signaling.
Garcia-Moreno SA, Lin YT, Futtner CR, Salamone IM, Capel B, Maatouk DM.
PLoS Genet. 2019 May 22;15(5):e1007895. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007895. eCollection 2019 May.
Dapas M, Sisk R, Legro RS, Urbanek M, Dunaif A, Hayes MG.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Apr 30. pii: jc.2018-02496. doi: 10.1210/jc.2018-02496. [Epub ahead of print]
Bulun SE, Yilmaz BD, Sison C, Miyazaki K, Bernardi L, Liu S, Kohlmeier A, Yin P, Milad M, Wei J.
Endocr Rev. 2019 Apr 17. pii: er.2018-00242. doi: 10.1210/er.2018-00242. [Epub ahead of print]
Dynamic repression by BCL6 controls the genome-wide liver response to fasting and steatosis.
Sommars MA, Ramachandran K, Senagolage MD, Futtner CR, Germain DM, Allred AL, Omura Y, Bederman IR, Barish GD.
Elife. 2019 Apr 15;8. pii: e43922. doi: 10.7554/eLife.43922.
Zelikovich AS, Quattrocelli M, Salamone IM, Kuntz NL, McNally EM.
Sci Rep. 2019 Apr 8;9(1):5770. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-42203-z.
Association of dermatomyositis with systemic and opportunistic infections in the United States.
Ren Z, Laumann AE, Silverberg JI.
Arch Dermatol Res. 2019 Jul;311(5):377-387. doi: 10.1007/s00403-019-01913-0. Epub 2019 Apr 6.
Activation of MAPK Signaling by CXCR7 Leads to Enzalutamide Resistance in Prostate Cancer.
Li S, Fong KW, Gritsina G, Zhang A, Zhao JC, Kim J, Sharp A, Yuan W, Aversa C, Yang XJ, Nelson PS, Feng FY, …
Cancer Res. 2019 May 15;79(10):2580-2592. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-18-2812. Epub 2019 Apr 5.