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News
Adi Tarca, PhD, Professor of Molecular Medicine and Genetics and of Obstetrics & Gynecology, received a notice of allowance from the US Patent and Trademark Office for his patent application “KITS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTION AND TREATMENT OF PREECLAMPSIA” (US Application No: 18/482,286)
Lucynda Pham, MS, a 3rd year MGG PhD graduate student in Maik Hüttemann’s laboratory, was selected as a recipient of the Corrine F. Resta Endowed Doctoral Support award from the WSU School of Medicine.
Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD, Assistant Professor of Molecular Medicine and Genetics and of Physiology received a pilot award from the Michigan Diabetes Research Center for her project “Role of LncRNAs in endothelial dysfunction in diabetic kidney disease”
Upcoming Events
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CMMG Student Seminar Series: Habiba Elshenawy, Laboratory of Dr. Siddhesh Aras
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CMMG Seminar Series: Emily Walker, PhD, University of Michigan
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Teskey G, Tiwari N, Butcko AJ, Kumar A, Yadav A, Huang YM, Kelly CV, Granneman JG, Perfield JW, Mottillo EP (2025) Lipid droplet targeting of the lipase coactivator ABHD5 and the fatty liver disease-causing variant PNPLA3 I148M is required to promote liver steatosis. J Biol Chem 301(2):108186. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2025.108186. Epub 2025 Jan 13. PMCID: PMC11849118
Morse PT, Pasupati V, Vuljaj S, Yazdi N, Zurek MP, Wan J, Lee I, Vaishnav A, Edwards BFP, Arroum T, Huettemann M (2025) Cardiac Tyrosine 97 Phosphorylation of Cytochrome c Regulates Respiration and Apoptosis. Int J Mol Sci. 26(3):1314. doi: 10.3390/ijms26031314. PMCID: PMC11818311