Kai Trepka (student)
"I've got your bac: E. coli degradation of a toxic drug rescues growth of Fusobacterium and cancer cells"
LaCourse, Kaitlyn et al. "The cancer chemotherapeutic 5-fluorouracil is a potent Fusobacterium nucleatum inhibitor and its activity is modified by intratumoral microbiota." Cell Reporters vol. 41,7 (2022):111625. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111625.
Coaches: Rohit Bose, MD, PhD & Peter Turnbaugh, PhD
Minna Apostolova (student)
“Working 9 to CD5: dendritic cells expressing CD5 improve response to immune checkpoint blockade therapy in cancer”
He, Mingyu et al. “CD5 expression by dendritic cells directs T cell immunity and sustains immunotherapy responses.” Science (New York, N.Y.) vol. 379,6633 (2023): eabg2752. doi:10.1126/science.abg2752.
Coaches: Matt Spitzer, PhD & Kole Roybal, PhD