Publications
Alan Barbour
Lyme Disease Agent Reservoirs Peromyscus leucopus and P. maniculatus Have Natively Inactivated Genes for the High-Affinity Immunoglobulin Gamma Fc Receptor I (CD64). Barbour AG, Duong JV, Long AD. Pathogens. 2023 Aug 18;12(8):1056. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12081056
Gina Lee
MAPK13 stabilization via m6A mRNA modification limits anti-cancer efficacy of rapamycin. Kim J, Chun Y, Ramirez CB, Hoffner LA, Jung S, Jang KH, Rubtsova VI, Jang C, Lee G. J Biol Chem. 2023 Aug 18:105175. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105175.
Temoc Ramirez is a graduate student, and he is supported by the Cancer Center T32 pre-doc training grant.
FAM120A couples SREBP-dependent transcription and splicing of lipogenesis enzymes downstream of mTORC1. Cho S, Chun Y, He L, Ramirez CB, Ganesh KS, Jeong K, Song J, Cheong JG, Li Z, Choi J, Kim J, Koundouros N, Ding F, Dephoure N, Jang C, Blenis J, Lee G. Mol Cell. 2023 Aug 17;83(16):3010-3026.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2023.07.017.
Temoc Ramirez is a graduate student, and he is supported by the Cancer Center T32 pre-doc training grant.
Ming Tan
Euo is a developmental regulator that represses late genes and activates midcycle genes in Chlamydia trachomatis. Hakiem OR, Rizvi SMA, Ramirez C, Tan M. mBio. 2023 Aug 11:e0046523. doi: 10.1128/mbio.00465-23. Online ahead of print.
Anthony James
Engineering a complex, multiple enzyme-mediated synthesis of natural plant pigments in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Chen K, Yu Y, Zhang Z, Hu B, Liu X, James AA, Tan A. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Aug 15;120(33):e2306322120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2306322120. Epub 2023 Aug 7.
Other news
Michael McClelland
A joint R21 grant was awarded in July with the University of Wisconsin, Madison
“Mechanistic evaluation of resistance to sulfite toxicity in Salmonella”
Michael McClelland is a co-investigator on a five-year R01 awarded in July, with the UCI Department of Radiology, entitled “Developing MRI-Guided Preventive Dendritic Cell Vaccination Strategy to Avoid Post-Surgical Pancreatic Cancer Recurrence and Metastasis”.
Klemens Hertel
Klemens Hertel was awarded an instrument supplement for his R35 NIH grant investigating the role of splicing in biology and disease ($83K)
Gina Lee
Gina Lee was awarded a K22 Administrative Supplement for facilitation of career development ($70K)
Joohwan Kim, a postdoc fellow in the Lee Lab, was awarded a Vicky Whittemore Travel Award to attend the TSC (tuberous sclerosis complex) Research Conference.
Yongsheng Shi
Marielle Valdez, a graduate student in the Shi lab was appointed to the stem cell T32 training grant. She also received an NIH diversity supplement.
Yongsheng Shi was awarded an instrument supplement for his R35 NIH grant investigating the role of alternative polyadenylation ($75K).