Congratulations to Chelsey Spriggs!
Chelsey has been selected as a 2020 Cornell University Rising Star , a program that provides “individuals with the opportunity to polish their skills in preparation for seeking faculty positions”.
Chelsey has been selected as a 2020 Cornell University Rising Star , a program that provides “individuals with the opportunity to polish their skills in preparation for seeking faculty positions”.
“ A role for keratins in supporting mitochondrial organization and function in skin keratinocytes. ” has been published in Molecular Biology of the Cell
" BAF60a deficiency uncouples chromatin accessibility and cold sensitivity from white fat browning " has been published in Nature Communications!
" Ubqln4 Facilitates Endoplasmic Reticulum-to-Cytosol Escape of a Nonenveloped Virus during Infection " has been published in Journal of Virology!
Chelsey is the recipient of the prestigious 2020 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Postdoctoral Enrichment Program Fellowship!
" The obesity-induced adipokine sST2 exacerbates adipose Treg and ILC2 depletion and promotes insulin resistance " has been published in Science Advances!
" Keratin 14-dependent Disulfides Regulate Epidermal Homeostasis and Barrier Function via 14-3-3σ and YAP1 " has been published in eLife!
Congratulations Jaclyn Fingerhut (Yamashita Lab) successfully defended her thesis "Swimming upstream: Overcoming the challenges of gigantic gene expression and lengthy cilia assembly in Drosophila spermatogenesis” on May 19, 2020.
Dan (O’Shea Lab) has been appointed to the Medical School Postdoctoral Senate !
" Inflammation and matrix metalloproteinase 9 (Mmp‐9) regulate photoreceptor regeneration in adult zebrafish " has been published in Wiley!
Congratulations to María G. Castro (R. C. Schneider Collegiate Professor of Neurosurgery, Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology), Pedro Lowenstein (Richard C. Schneider Collegiate Professor of Neurosurgery, Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology) and Carol F. Elias (Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology,
" In Vitro and In Vivo Development of the Human Airway at Single-Cell Resolution " has been published in Developmental Cell!
" Regulatory T cell depletion alters the tumor microenvironment and accelerates pancreatic carcinogenesis. " has been published in Cancer Discovery!
“ A kinesin Klp10A mediates cell cycle-dependent shuttling of Piwi between nucleus and nuage ” has been published in PLoSGenetics!
“ Regulation of Nucleolar Dominance in Drosophila melanogaster ” has been published in Genetics!
To restrict the spread of COVID-19, laboratory research at the University of Michigan has been ramped down and training is being done remotely. As of mid-June, research is in Phase 1 ramp-up. Many researchers have been able to engage in research activities in shifts to reduce exposure. The administrative team members are still working remotely
“ Structural analysis of lecithin: cholesterol acyltransferase bound to high density lipoprotein particles ” has been published in Communications Biology !
" Prospects of biological and synthetic pharmacotherapies for glioblastoma" has been published in Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy!