Frank McCormick, PhD (faculty)
"Selfish Mutations and germline disease"
Maher GJ, Ralph HK, Ding Z, Koelling N, Mlcochova H, Giannoulatou E, Dhami P, Paul DS, Stricker SH, Beck S, McVean G, Wilkie AOM, Goriely A. Selfish mutations dysregulating RAS-MAPK signaling are pervasive in aged human testes. Genome Res. 2018 Dec;28(12):1779-1790. doi: 10.1101/gr.239186.118. Epub 2018 Oct 24. PMID: 30355600; PMCID: PMC6280762.
Wendy Hung (student)
"Waste not, want not: glycolysis byproduct boosts anti-tumor immunity"
Feng, Q., Liu, Z., Yu, X. et al. Lactate increases stemness of CD8 + T cells to augment anti-tumor immunity. Nat Commun 13, 4981 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32521-8
Coaches: Rachel Rutishauser, MD, PhD & Sara Suliman, PhD, MPH