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Samantha Morris named WUSM Distinguished Investigator
Samantha Morris (Developmental Biology and Genetics) was named a WUSM Distinguished Junior Investigator, for outstanding contributions to science. An award ceremony will be held on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 5:00 pm in the Eric P. Newman Education Center (EPNEC) auditorium.
Michael Rauchman receives endowed professorship
Michael Rauchman, MDCM (Medicine, Nephrology), was installed as the Chromalloy Professor of Renal Diseases in Medicine. Congrats, Michael!
Sam Morris named an Allen Distinguished Investigator
Samantha Morris (Assistant Professor, Developmental Biology and Genetics) was named 1 of 5 Allen Distinguished Investigators for her work titled "Reading and writing cell histories: New genomic technologies to unlock cell programming." Congrats, Sam!
Thorold Theunissen receives NIH New Innovator Award
Thorold Theunissen, Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology, received the prestigious NIH DP2/New Innovator Award for his project “Resolving epigenetic instability during pluripotent state transitions: a roadmap for exploiting the biomedical potential of dynamic human stem cell states”. Congratulations, Thor!
Mayssa Mokalled receives first R01
Mayssa Mokalled, assistant professor of Developmental Biology, received her first R01 from NIH/NINDS for her project entitled “Mechanisms of glial bridging and neurogenesis during spinal cord regeneration in zebrafish”. Congrats Mayssa!
Cluster hire in regenerative medicine
The CRM is pleased to partner with various departments and divisions to coordinate a cluster hire for an assistant professor (tenure track) in regenerative medicine. Review of applicants begins on October 15, 2019.
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Recent Publications
Recent insights into the naïve state of human pluripotency and its applications
Dong, C., Fischer, L.A., *Theunissen, T.W. Experimental Cell Research, art. no. 111645, 2019.
Genetic ablation of acid ceramidase in Krabbe disease confirms the psychosine hypothesis and identifies a new therapeutic target
Li, Y., Xu, Y., Benitez, B.A., (...), Crawford, B.E., *Sands, M.S. PNAS 116(40), pp. 20097-20103, 2019.
Ultra-low frequency labeling of single cell lineages in Drosophila
Snee, M., Lee, W.-C., Beehler-Evans, R., *Micchelli, C.A. Developmental Biology 457:9-12, 2020.
Longer collagen fibers trigger multicellular streaming on soft substrates via enhanced forces and cell-cell cooperation
Sarker, B., Bagchi, A., Walter, C., Almeida, J., Pathak, A. Journal of Cell Science, 132(18), 2019.
Inhibition of 4-aminobutyrate aminotransferase protects against injury-induced osteoarthritis in mice
Shen, J., Wang, C., Ying, J., (...), *McAlinden, A., *O'Keefe, R.J. JCI Insight, 4(18), art. no. e128568, 2019.
The single-cell transcriptomic landscape of early human diabetic nephropathy
Wilson, P.C., Wu, H., Kirita, Y., (...), Waikar, S.S., *Humphreys, B.D. PNAS, 116(39), pp. 19619-19625, 2019.