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Program: Cancer Biology

Current advisor: Christopher Maher, PhD

Undergraduate university: Debrecen, U. of, 2019

Program: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 1990

Thesis Advisor: Douglas M. Tollefsen

Thesis Title: Characterization of Heparin and Dermatan Sulfate Molecules that Bind and Activate Heparin Cofactor II.

Program: Cell Biology & Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 1994

Thesis Advisor: Stuart A. Kornfeld

Thesis Title: Subcellular Localization and Targeting of Cathepsin E

Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Studying how perturbation of specific signal transduction pathways contributes to the initiation, progression and dissemination of cancer

Key words
proteomics, functional genomics, lung cancer, signal transduction, WNT, oxidative stress

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Research in the laboratory is aimed at attaining functional selectivity of opioid agonist action from its own target adverse effects while integrating chemical synthesis with biochemical, genetic and pharmacological approaches.

Key words
opioids, GPCRs, biased signaling, pain, chemical biology

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2015

Thesis Advisor: Eugene M. Oltz

Thesis Title: Spatial and Epigenetic Regulation of T-Cell Receptor Beta Gene Assembly

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2023

Thesis Advisor: Megan T. Baldridge

Thesis Title: The Role of MAVS and Interferon-Lambda in Regulating Astrovirus and Norovirus Infections

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2015

Thesis Advisor: Kendall J. Blumer

Thesis Title: The role of reversible palmitoylation in regulating diverse biological processes.

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Current advisor: Sheila A. Stewart, PhD

Undergraduate university: East Carolina University, 2021

Program: Evolutionary and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 2000

Thesis Advisor: Peter H. Raven

Thesis Title: Systematics and Evoluton of Breeding Systems in Gaertnera (Rubiaceae)