Wagner Fellowship Recipients

2008-09

Wagner Fellowship Recipients 2008-09 Budhaditya Banerjee:  "My project: Role of MPS1 in segregation of Chromosomes."

Barbara Merk: "I am studying STAT-5 signaling in Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM). Specifically, I am interested in how STAT-5 activity modulates the proliferation, invasiveness and survival of glioma cells."

Joan Yuan: "My research focuses on elucidating the role of the Myb proto-oncogene in the CD4+ CD8+ double positive stage of T cell development."

Budhaditya Banerjee
Barbara Merk
 Joan Yuan
Stukenberg Lab
Hussaini Lab Bender Lab

 

2007-08 

Wagner Fellowship Recipients 2007-08 Mark J. Axelrod: "The goal of my work is to rationally design novel cancer therapies using combinations of inhibitors against specific cellular targets."

Michael F. Gutknecht: "I study cellular signaling mechanisms that control macrophage migration, with a focus on the role of focal adhesion kinase."

Michael C. Regan: "My research is concerned with the fusion protein AML-1/ETO and it's role in hematopoiesis."

Glen A. Bjerke: "My research focuses on the role of homeodomain transcription factors and TGF-B in cancer."
Mark J. Axelrod Michael F. Gutknecht Michael C. Regan Glen A. Bjerke
Weber
Lab 		Bouton
Lab 		Bushweller
Lab 		Wotton
Lab
       
       

2006-07 

Marcin Walkiewicz and Collin Brinkman
 Collin Brinkman: "I hope to graduate in 2010.  I am studying the CD8 T cell response to dendritic cell immunization.  I am particularly interested in the development of memory T cell subsets and the factors that control memory lineage choice in this model."

Marcin Walkiewicz: "I work on Adenovirus in Daniel Engel’s Lab. We are trying to identify additional functions of viral proteins, especially those that regulate gene expression during early-to-late switch in viral infection. I expect to graduate in 2010."
Collin Brinkman Marcin Walkiewicz
Engelhard Lab Engel Lab

 

2005-06 

wagner-fellows-05-06 Angela Groehler: "My research seeks to define the role of the  Ribosomal S6 Kinase family in ovarian cancer.  I expect to graduate in 2009."

Joan Yuan: "I hope to graduate in 2009 (started 2004). My area of research is T cell development or more specifically, the role of c-Myb at the CD4 and CD8 double positive stage of T cell development."

Madhura Lohia: "I am working on: Mechanisms that govern polarity in epithelial cells.
My expected date of graduation should be 2010."

Mingda Hang: "My research is studying the role of chromatin in gene regulation.  I am hoping I can graduate in 2009."
Angela Groehler Joan Yuan
 Madhura Lohia
 Mingda
Hang
Lannigan
Lab 		Bender   Lab Macara
Lab 		Mitch.
Smith Lab
       
       

 

2004-05

wagner-fellows-04-05 Ashley Blair:  "My research is studying the role of cofactor of BRCA1 in transcriptional regulation.  My expected date of graduation should be 2007."

Jessica Pritchard: "I study molecular Carcinogenesis.  It's not sure yet when I will finish."

Randy Schrecengost: "I am currently studying signaling pathways involved in metastasis of breast cancer.  My anticipated graduation is 2008."

Ashley Blair Jessica Pritchard Randy Schrecengost
Rong Li S. Parsons Lab Bouton Lab


2003-04

Robin Lester
 Jessica Pritchard Robin Lester: My thesis is on "Breast cancer cell migration under hypoxia".  Basically, I study the signaling pathways and receptor systems involved in stimulating breast cancer cell migration induced by hypoxia. This is important because these pathways may lead to disease progression and may also explain the poorer prognosis predicted for patients whose primary tumors show extensive areas of necrosis.
Jessica Pritchard:  "I study molecular Carcinogenesis.  It's not sure yet when I will finish."
Robin Lester Jessica Pritchard
w/ Dr. Gonias to UCSD S. Parsons Lab