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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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FCVRRI Didactic Lecture
October 17
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Deciphering the Multiple Pathways of HOXA5 Tumor Suppressor Actio...
October 18
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
ASH/EHA Joint Symposium Lecture: GATA1 Deficiency Syndromes, from...
October 18
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
"Bridging Biophysics and Neurology: The Role of Phase Transitions...
October 19
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Student Publications
RRSP and RID Effector Domains Dominate Virulence Impact of Vibrio vulnificus MARTX Toxin.
Gavin HE, Satchell KJF.
J Infect Dis. 2018 Oct 5. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiy590. [Epub ahead of print]
Biancucci M, Minasov G, Banerjee A, Herrera A, Woida PJ, Kieffer MB, Bindu L, Abreu-Blanco M, Anderson WF, Gaponenko V, …
Sci Signal. 2018 Oct 2;11(550). pii: eaat8335. doi: 10.1126/scisignal.aat8335.
Unruh D, Mirkov S, Wray B, Drumm M, Lamano J, Li YD, Haider QF, Javier R, McCortney K, Saratsis AM, Scholtens DM, …
Clin Cancer Res. 2018 Sep 28. pii: clincanres.1222.2018. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-18-1222. [Epub ahead of print]
Role of gram-positive bacteria in chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS).
Murphy SF, Anker JF, Mazur DJ, Hall C, Schaeffer AJ, Thumbikat P.
Prostate. 2018 Sep 21. doi: 10.1002/pros.23721. [Epub ahead of print]
The exquisitely cooperative nature of Orai1 channel activation.
Yeung PS, Prakriya M.
J Gen Physiol. 2018 Oct 1;150(10):1352-1355. doi: 10.1085/jgp.201812172. Epub 2018 Sep 14. No abstract available.
Wei J, Yuan Y, Chen L, Xu Y, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Yang Y, Peek CB, Diebold L, Yang Y, Gao B, Jin C, Melo-Cardenas J, …
Nat Commun. 2018 Sep 10;9(1):3659. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-06091-7.
Cdt1 stabilizes kinetochore-microtubule attachments via an Aurora B kinase-dependent mechanism.
Agarwal S, Smith KP, Zhou Y, Suzuki A, McKenney RJ, Varma D.
J Cell Biol. 2018 Oct 1;217(10):3446-3463. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201705127. Epub 2018 Aug 28.
Zimmer B, Ewaleifoh O, Harschnitz O, Lee YS, Peneau C, McAlpine JL, Liu B, Tchieu J, Steinbeck JA, Lafaille F, Volpi S, …
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Sep 11;115(37):E8775-E8782. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1809853115. Epub 2018 Aug 28.
Hexokinase 2 is dispensable for T cell-dependent immunity.
Mehta MM, Weinberg SE, Steinert EM, Chhiba K, Martinez CA, Gao P, Perlman HR, Bryce P, Hay N, Chandel NS.
Cancer Metab. 2018 Aug 17;6:10. doi: 10.1186/s40170-018-0184-5. eCollection 2018.
Mirzoeva S, Tong X, Bridgeman BB, Plebanek MP, Volpert OV.
Neoplasia. 2018 Sep;20(9):930-942. doi: 10.1016/j.neo.2018.07.005. Epub 2018 Aug 15.