Thesis Defense

Friday, June 20, 2025
9:30 AM
Clark Center Auditorium

Rebecca Mancusi

Monje Lab

"Tangled Roots of Cancer: Dysregulated Microglial Synaptic Engulfment in Glioma"

 

Thursday, June 5, 2025
11:00 AM
Li Ka Shing Rm 120

Ricardo Mack

Gozani Lab 

"Dissecting Epigenetic Mechanisms in Lung Adenocarcinoma: ASH1L-Driven Tumorigenesis and Catalytic Regulation of SETD2"

 

Wednesday, June 4, 2025
1 PM
Munzer Auditorium Beckman Center

Diego Almanza

Diehn Lab

"Leveraging DNA Methylation for Early Detection and Characterization of Lung Cancer"

 

Tuesday, June 3, 2025
11:30 AM
Clark Center Auditorium

Catherine Zhang

Bassik and Greenleaf Labs

"Cancer cell phagocytosis induces an anti-inflammatory gene regulatory program in macrophages"

 

 

 

Thursday, May 29, 2025
2 PM
Li Ka Shing Rm 130

Alan Tung

Long Lab

"Role of MCT6 in Lac-Phe efflux and metformin-induced body weight loss"

 

Wednesday, May 21, 2025
1:30 PM
Clark Center Auditorium

Hudson Horn

Kuo Lab

"Development and characterization of novel human organoid systems to study ecDNA" 

 

Monday, March 31, 2025
2 PM
Munzer Auditorium Beckman Center

Ian Ferguson

Khavari Lab

"Proteomic approaches for developing myeloma therapeutics and mapping glucose-protein interactions in metabolic disease" 

 

 

Friday, February 21, 2025
1 PM
Clark Center Auditorium

Karmen Aguirre

Jerby Lab

"Tumor Cartography: Spatial transcriptomics mapping and high-content CRISPR screens reveal immune evasion regulators in ovarian cancer"

 

 

Thursday, February 6, 2025
2:30 PM
Clark Center Auditorium

Will Shi

Diehn Lab

"Urine liquid biopsy applications for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer"

 

Wednesday, November 20, 2024
8 AM
Clark Center Auditorium

Andrea Garofalo

Alizadeh Lab

"Noninvasive Profiling of Viral and Genomic Landscapes in Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma"

Wednesday, September 18, 2024
2 PM
Munzer Auditorium Beckman Center

Yanzhe Li

Oro Lab

"Distinct tumor cell state transitions driven by epigenetic factors contribute to basal cell carcinoma therapy resistance."

 

Monday, August 19, 2024
1 PM
Munzer Auditorium Beckman Center

Edel McCrea

Attardi Lab

" A Synthesis of In Vitro and In Vivo Approaches Reveals Critical Roles for PTPN14 in Cancer and Homeostasis"

 

Wednesday, August 14, 2024
10:30 AM
Munzer Auditorium Beckman Center

Derek Le

Boetigger Lab

"Illuminating the 3D Interactions between super-enhancers"

 

Wednesday, August 7
10 AM
Munzer Auditorium Bcekman Center

Reece Akana

Jerby Lab

"Multimodal CRISPR Activation Screens Reveal Mechanisms to Selectively Sensitize Cancer Cells to CD8+ T Cell Killing"

 

Thursday, July 18, 2024
3 PM
Clark Center Auditorium

Noah Greenwald

Angelo Lab

"Designing machine learning tools to map the spatial organization of triple negative breast cancer"

 

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