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Caleb Kono

Skeletal muscle has an extraordinary ability to regenerate, but this process declines sharply with age and disease, leading to weakness and frailty. A major challenge is that the genetic programs […] Read More

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Alex Elbahr

With the support of the ISCRM Fellowship, Alex Elbahr will delineate the proteolytic processing of Nucleophosmin (NPM1) in hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), employing recombinant NPM1 constructs and targeted protease assays. […] Read More

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Rachelle Soriano

In the Davis and Regnier Labs, Rachelle Soriano is helping to characterize human beta myosin mutation E525K to determine its effects on sarcomere contraction and organization. The characterization of this […] Read More

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Lily Nguyen

As an ISCRM Undergraduate Fellow, Lily Nguyen aims to address the role of two core signaling pathways (Notch and Hedgehog) in maintaining the structural integrity of the developing nervous system. […] Read More

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Riya Keshri

As a postdoctoral fellow, Riya Keshri will be developing treatment for various muscle atrophies including Sarcopenia using synthetic AI-designed proteins. Dr. Keshri will be identifying synthetic designed binders against RTKs/RSTKs […] Read More

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Manith Atapattu

With ISCRM Fellowship funding, Manith will investigate the role of a microRNA called miR9-2, an important genetic regulator in brain development. Using a mouse model the Cherry Lab has generated, […] Read More

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Morgan Jones

ISCRM fellowship funds will enable Morgan Jones to determine how a poised chromatin state is initially formed as well as how terminal effector and memory precursor CD8+ T cells maintain […] Read More

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Willow Chernoske

With ISCRM fellowship funding, Willow Chernoske will develop and conduct a proof of concept for a CRISPR-Cas12a biotinylation system designed by the Escobar Lab to determine the epigenetic mechanisms that […] Read More