Megan Scantlen and Maya Arce

Megan Scantlen (Student)
"C8G, a new player in neuroinflammation"
Jong-Heon Kim, Ruqayya Afridi, Jin Han, Hyun-Gug Jung, Seung-Chan Kim, Eun Mi Hwang, Hyun Soo Shim, Hoon Ryu, Youngshik Choe, Hyang-Sook Hoe, Kyoungho Suk, Gamma subunit of complement component 8 is a neuroinflammation inhibitor, Brain, Volume 144, Issue 2, February 2021, Pages 528–552, https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awaa425
Coaches: Jeanne Paz and Saul Villeda

Maya Arce (Student)
"Probing the molecular mechanisms of IFN-γ induced resistance to tumor immunotherapy"
Yu M, Peng Z, Qin M, Liu Y, Wang J, Zhang C, Lin J, Dong T, Wang L, Li S, Yang Y, Xu S, Guo W, Zhang X, Shi M, Peng H, Luo X, Zhang H, Zhang L, Li Y, Yang XP, Sun S. Interferon-γ induces tumor resistance to anti-PD-1 immunotherapy by promoting YAP phase separation. Mol Cell. 2021 Feb 13:S1097-2765(21)00010-1. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2021.01.010. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33606996.
Coaches: Cliff Lowell and Rohit Bose