Sarah Palko, neuroscience graduate student, is studying age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in the Mohan lab. Their work has shown in multiple models of retinal degeneration that the enzyme peptidyl arginine deiminase-4 (PAD4) drives a pathological process known as citrullination (https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2121875119). Sarah has now extended her study by validating a critical role for PAD4 driven hypercitrullination […]
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Levine lab presents new research at the 2022 SFN meeting
Tiwanna Robinson, Marwa Elamin, and Deepa Anjan Kumar from the Levine lab presented new research at the Society for Neuroscience meeting that was highlighted in Spectrum. Please see link to article below: https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/single-gene-insufficient-to-account-for-dup15q-angelman-traits/?fbclid=IwAR0O6bjeEfSgvCRMAhsYBcJ0VuLpymphINOjD0wYuTLgbCWDm8N6RB2deqE
Keaven Caro awarded T32 Institutional Training Grant
Keaven Caro, an MD/PhD student in the Martinelli lab was awarded a position on the T32 Institutional Training Grant in Regenerative Engineering of Musculoskeletal Tissues (NIAMS, AR079114) directed by Dr. Cato Laurencin, University Professor, The Connecticut Convergence Institute for Translation in Regenerative Engineering. The goal of this unique funding is to promote research relevant to […]