Katie Herm & Gilbert Herrera

October 29, 2026

Katie Herm (student)

"Ghosts of Glucose Past: Maternal Hyperglycemia Epigenetically Remodels Offspring Pancreas"

Hong Zhu et al.,Epigenetically regulated pancreatic GABA-somatostatin signaling underlies gestational diabetes–induced glucose intolerance in offspring.Sci. Transl. Med.18,eadx8909(2026).DOI:10.1126/scitranslmed.adx8909 

Coaches: Adrian Erlebacher, PhD and Greg Ku, MD, PhD

Gilbert Herrera (student)

"Trick AND Treat? How Antiviral T Cells are Fooled into Eliminating Melanoma"

Ghirardelli Smith, O.C., Dao, T.T., Gavil, N.V. et al. Intratumoral T cell activation kills tumors regardless of T cell specificity. Nat Immunol 27, 2134–2142 (2026).

Coaches: Rachel Rutishauser, MD, PhD and Zachary Steinhart, PhD

Moderators: Hana Takei & Zimo Zhang

Location: HSW-302, Parnassus & MH-1405, Mission Bay