Students & Alumni
Recent Publications
Shabnam Pirestani
Mentor: Erica Golemis, PhD (Fox Chase Cancer Center)
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Pirestani S, Nicolas E, Broadrup RL, Clapper ML, Golemis E.
Cancer Metastasis Rev. 2026 Aug 13;45(3):57. doi: 10.1007/s10555-026-10370-x.PMID: 42593521
Pirestani S, Golemis EA
Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2022 Dec 1;323(6):F613-F615. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.00225.2022. Epub 2022 Sep 15.PMID: 36108051
Kalisse Horne
Mentor: Eishi Noguchi, PhD (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
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Horne KI, Mell JC, Noguchi C, Jana SH, Pinisetty S, Masand R, Sell C, Noguchi E. Biomolecules. 2026 Aug 12;16(8):1177. doi: 10.3390/biom16081177.PMID: 42650843
Teddy Nguyen
Mentor: Erica Golemis, PhD (Fox Chase Cancer Center)
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Nguyen TT, Nandwana NK, Srikanth YVV, Bagnyukova T, Chkhalo O, Cai KQ, Lamperelli J, Pirestani S, Mehra MK, Burtness BA, Borghaei H, Akunuri R, Cassel J, Lu L, Salvino JM, Golemis EA.
Mol Cancer Ther. 2026 Aug 4;25(8):1231-1245. doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-25-0857.PMID: 41576363
Nguyen TT, Silva FN, Golemis EA
Cancer J. 2022 Sep-Oct 01;28(5):387-400. doi: 10.1097/PPO.0000000000000614
Flaviane Silva
Mentor: Erica Golemis, PhD (Fox Chase Cancer Center)
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Silva FN, Lee JW, Nguyen TT, Goeckel FM, Bagnyukova T, Borghaei H, Golemis EA, Burtness BA.
Cancer Res Commun. 2026 Aug 1;6(8):1916-1932. doi: 10.1158/2767-9764.CRC-26-0368.PMID: 42531323
Riley Young
Mentor: Mauricio J. Reginato, PhD (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
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Young RG, Esquea EM, Ciraku L, Merzy J, Ahmed NN, Talarico AN, Karuppiah M, Medori SM, Warade RP, Gocal W, Dick A, Simone NL, Reginato MJ.
Cancer Res. 2026 Jul 15;86(14):3502-3518. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-25-3006.PMID: 42017807
Anna Lilly
Mentor: Erica Golemis, PhD (Fox Chase Cancer Center)
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Lilly AC, Pavlov VA, Pirestani S, Chatoff A, Cai KQ, Cukierman E, Snyder NW, Astsaturov I, Golemis EA.
Oncogene. 2026 Jun;45(21):1999-2013. doi: 10.1038/s41388-026-03784-y. Epub 2026 Apr 15.PMID: 41986652
Lilly AC, Astsaturov I, Golemis EA
Cell Mol Life Sci. 2023 Jul 15;80(8):206. doi: 10.1007/s00018-023-04855-z
Nima Sarfaraz
Mentor: Michael Bouchard, PhD (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
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Sarfaraz N, Kaur R, Harper S, Oni L, Somarowthu S, Bouchard MJ.
J Mol Biol. 2026 Mar 15;438(6):169653. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2026.169653. Epub 2026 Jan 23.PMID: 41581654
Sarfaraz N, Somarowthu S, Bouchard MJ
J Med Virol. 2022 Aug 9. doi: 10.1002/jmv.28058. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35946066
River Rell
Mentor: Akhil Vaidya, PhD (Department of Microbiology and Immunology)
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Rell RS, Shukla A, Morrisey JM, Okoye IC, Mather MW, Vaidya AB.
PLoS One. 2026 Feb 20;21(2):e0334727. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0334727. eCollection 2026.PMID: 41719230
Courtney Wallace
Mentor: Zachary Klase, PhD (Department of Pharmacology & Physiology)
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Wallace CG, Capriotti Z, Klase Z.
Clin Epigenetics. 2026 Jan 16;18(1):28. doi: 10.1186/s13148-025-02045-1.PMID: 41546127
Mihyun Oh
Mentor: Srinivas Somarowthu, PhD (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
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Oh M, Lee BL, Somarowthu S.
Cells. 2026 Jan 7;15(2):105. doi: 10.3390/cells15020105.PMID: 41597180
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Oh M, Kadam RN, Charania ZS, Somarowthu S.
J Mol Biol. 2025 Oct 1;437(19):169350. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2025.169350.
Jill Lawrence
Mentor: Michael Nonnemacher, PhD (Department of Microbiology & Immunology)
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Lawrence JM, Dampier W, Mell JC, De Souza DR, Schardien K, Yeakle K, Barnett RJ, Sen B, Ahmed A, Bouchard M, Wigdahl B, Nonnemacher MR.
Mol Neurobiol. 2025 Dec 4;63(1):251. doi: 10.1007/s12035-025-05409-z.
Lawrence JM, Schardien K, Wigdahl B, Nonnemacher MR
Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2023 Mar 13;11(1):42. doi: 10.1186/s40478-023-01526-9
Camille Cunanan
Mentor: Edward Hartsough, PhD (Department of Pharmacology & Physiology)
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Cunanan CJ, Sanders AB, Gallant KC, Seedor RS, Hartsough EJ.
Cancer Metastasis Rev. 2025 Oct 29;44(4):80. doi: 10.1007/s10555-025-10298-8.
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Cunanan CJ, Amirfallah A, Sanders AB, Gallant KC, Cavallo MR, Homer EA, El Naggar OS, Farnan JK, Romano G, Hope JL, Jackson JG, Hartsough EJ.
Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2025 May;38(3):e70021. doi: 10.1111/pcmr.70021.
Chloe Azadegan
Mentor: Johnathan Whetstine, PhD (Fox Chase Cancer Center)
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Azadegan C, Santoro J, Whetstine JR.
J Biol Chem. 2025 Jun;301(6):108454. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2025.108454.
Shih-Chun Shen
Mentor: Alexander Muller, PhD (Lankenau Institute for Medical Research)
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Shen SC, Dey S, DuHadaway JB, Sutanto-Ward E, Hampton MT, Kozlov SV, Prendergast GC, Muller AJ.
J Immunother Cancer. 2025 May 30;13(5):e011398. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2024-011398.
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Shen SC, DuHadaway JB, Mondal A, Dey S, Muller AJ.
Methods Cell Biol. 2025;196:251-270. doi: 10.1016/bs.mcb.2025.01.010.
Konstantin Budagyan
Mentor: Jonathan Chernoff, PhD (Fox Chase Cancer Center)
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Budagyan K, Cannon AC, Chatoff A, Benton D, Kurimchak AM, Araiza-Olivera D, Gerasimova A, Snyder NW, Duncan JS, Uribe-Alvarez C, Chernoff J.
Cell Rep. 2025 Apr 22;44(4):115444. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115444.
Budagyan K, Chernoff J
Methods Mol Biol. 2021;2262:323-334. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1190-6_20. PMID: 33977487
Zachary Capriotti
Mentor: Zachary Klase, PhD (Department of Pharmacology & Physiology)
Capriotti Z, Klase Z
J Neurovirol. 2024 Dec;30(5-6):451-476. doi: 10.1007/s13365-024-01239-2. Epub 2024 Dec 28. PMID: 39733092
Jason DaCunza
Mentor: Seena Ajit, PhD (Department of Pharmacology & Physiology)
DaCunza JT, Wickman JR, Ajit SK
Pain Rep. 2024 Oct 23;9(6):e1198. doi: 10.1097/PR9.0000000000001198. eCollection 2024 Dec. PMID: 39450410
Skandha Ramakrishnan
Mentor: Liang Oscar Qiang, MD, PhD (Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy)
Ramakrishnan S, Mohan N, Dong Z, Liu M, Qiang L
Mov Disord. 2024 Nov 29. doi: 10.1002/mds.30072. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39614608
Kareen Pestana
Mentor: Eugenia Lo, PhD (Department of Microbiology & Immunology)
Pestana K, Ford A, Rama R, Abagero B, Kepple D, Tomida J, Popovici J, Yewhalaw D, Lo E
J Infect Dis. 2024 Oct 16;230(4):1004-1012. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiae388. PMID: 39102894
Rachel Berman
Mentor: Michael Nonnemacher, PhD (Department of Microbiology & Immunology)
Berman RE, Dampier W, Nonnemacher MR, Wigdahl B
Curr Opin HIV AIDS. 2024 May 1;19(3):150-156. doi: 10.1097/COH.0000000000000846. Epub 2024 Mar 1. PMID: 38547339
Dorothy Benton
Mentor: (Fox Chase Cancer Center)
Benton D, Yee Chow H, Karchugina S, Chernoff J
PLoS One. 2024 Jul 31;19(7):e0305121. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0305121. eCollection 2024. PMID: 39083549
Benton D, Chernoff J
Sci Signal. 2023 Dec 19;16(816):eadk9171. doi: 10.1126/scisignal.adk9171. Epub 2023 Dec 19.PMID: 38113334
Benton D, Chernoff J
Cell Chem Biol. 2023 Jul 20;30(7):699-701. doi: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2023.06.023. PMID: 37478825
Benton D, Chernoff J
Cancer Discov. Feb 2020;10(2):182-184
Allison Yankey
Mentor: Srinivas Somarowthu, PhD (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
Yankey A, Oh M, Lee BL, Desai TK, Somarowthu S
Sci Rep. 2024 Aug 21;14(1):19384. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-69792-8. PMID: 39169000
Yankey A, Clark SC, Owens MC, Somarowthu S
Methods Mol Biol. 2021;2372:93-110. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1697-0_10. PMID: 34417746
Jasmine Peake
Mentor: Eishi Noguchi, PhD (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
Peake JD, Horne KI, Noguchi C, Gilligan JP, Noguchi E
Cell Cycle. 2023 Sep;22(18):2088-2096. doi: 10.1080/15384101.2023.2261740. Epub 2023 Nov 23.PMID: 37749911
Peake JD, Noguchi E
Hum Genet. 2022 May 21. doi: 10.1007/s00439-022-02462-9. PMID: 35596788
Peake JD, Noguchi C, Lin B, Theriault A, O'Connor M, Sheth S, Tanaka K, Nakagawa H, Noguchi E
Mol Oncol. 2021 Jul 30. doi: 10.1002/1878-0261.13072. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34328261
Emily Esquea
Esquea EM, Young RG, Reginato MJ
Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2024 Feb;35(2):88-90. doi: 10.1016/j.tem.2023.12.002. Epub 2023 Dec 13.PMID: 38097465
Esquea EM, Ciraku L, Young RG, Merzy J, Talarico AN, Ahmed NN, Karuppiah M, Ramesh A, Chatoff A, Crispim CV, Rashad AA, Cocklin S, Snyder NW, Beld J, Simone NL, Reginato MJ, Dick A
Front Pharmacol. 2024 May 16;15:1394685. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1394685. eCollection 2024.PMID: 38818373
Alexa Cannon
Mentor: (Fox Chase Cancer Center)
Cannon AC, Budagyan K, Uribe-Alvarez C, Kurimchak AM, Araiza-Olivera D, Cai KQ, Peri S, Zhou Y, Duncan JS, Chernoff J
Oncogene. 2024 Mar;43(10):729-743. doi: 10.1038/s41388-024-02947-z. Epub 2024 Jan 19.PMID: 38243078
Budagyan K, Cannon AC, Chernoff J
Methods Mol Biol. 2024;2797:351-362. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3822-4_25.PMID: 38570472
Cannon AC, Uribe-Alvarez C, Chernoff J
Trends Cancer. Jun 2020;6(6):478-488
John Chojnowski
Mentor: Todd Strochlic, VMD, PhD (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
Chojnowski JE, Li R, Tsang T, Alfaran FH, Dick A, Cocklin S, Brady DC, Strochlic TI
Front Mol Biosci. 2022 Jun 9;9:878652. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.878652. eCollection 2022.PMID: 35755824
Theodore Gurrola
Gurrola TE, Effah SN, Sariyer IK, Dampier W, Nonnemacher MR, Wigdahl B
Front Microbiol. 2024 May 15;15:1393974. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1393974. eCollection 2024.PMID: 38812680
Rachel Berman
Berman RE, Dampier W, Nonnemacher MR, Wigdahl B
Curr Opin HIV AIDS. 2024 May 1;19(3):150-156. doi: 10.1097/COH.0000000000000846. Epub 2024 Mar 1.PMID: 38547339
Beka Abagero
Abagero BR, Rama R, Obeid A, Tolosa T, Lukas B, Teka T, Tesfaye D, Lo E, Yewhalaw D
Malar J. 2024 Jun 20;23(1):194. doi: 10.1186/s12936-024-04875-5.PMID: 38902674
Carly DeAntoneo
Mentor: Siddharth Balachandran, PhD (Fox Chase Cancer Center)
DeAntoneo C, Herbert A, Balachandran S
Curr Opin Immunol. 2023 Aug;83:102347. doi: 10.1016/j.coi.2023.102347. Epub 2023 Jun 3. PMID: 37276820
DeAntoneo C, Danthi P, Balachandran S
Cells. 2022 May 27;11(11):1757. doi: 10.3390/cells11111757. PMID: 35681452
Nicholas Duchemin
Mentor: Michael Bouchard, PhD (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
Duchemin NJ, Loonawat R, Yeakle K, Rosenkranz A, Bouchard MJ
Virology. 2023 Jul 16;586:76-90. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2023.06.013. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37490813