Current Fellows

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Hance, PhD

 

       Research Interests:

        Cell polarity, differentiation, microRNAs, epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT), cell motility and invasion,                       morphogenic signaling, 3-dimensional microscopy, prostate cancer progression

 

       Funding:

        T32 Fellowship Award, NIH Training in Cancer Therapeutics Postdoctoral Training Grant (2009)

        American Cancer Society (ACS) postdoctoral fellowship (2012)

 

       Awards and Recognition:

        Charleston Workshop on Light Microscopy for the Biosciences, MUSC

 

 

 

Current Students

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Krystal Nolan

 

Research Interests:

       Prostate cancer, epigenetic reprogramming, repressor complexes, regulation of gene expression, signal transduction, cell        invasion, epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT)

 

       Funding:

        NCI National Research Service Pre-doctoral Award (NRSA), (2012)

 

       Awards and Recognition:

        1st place (graduate students poster category) MUSC Student Research Day (2011)

        1st place (graduate students poster category) MUSC Student Research Day (2012)

 

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Past Fellows

 

Udhayakumar Gopal, PhD

     Current Position:

       Medical Instructor in the Department of Pathology, Duke Univeristy School of Medicine

 

       Awards and Recognition:

        AACR-AFLAC Scholar-in-Training Award, AACR Annual Cancer Meeting, DC (2010)

        EMBO Transcontinental Young Fellowship (YTF) Travel Award (2011)

        Charleston Workshop on Light Microscopy for the Biosciences, MUSC (2012)

 

Jessica Bohonowych, PhD

      Current Position:

       Associate Director of Research Programs, Prader-Willi Research Foundation

 

       Previous funding:

        T32 Fellowship Award, NIH Training in Cancer Therapeutics Postdoctoral Training Grant (2007)

        Postdoctoral Academic Career Award (PACD), (2009)                                                     

        NIGMS Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Award (IRACDA), (2010)

 

Shuping Peng, PhD

       Current Position:

        Assistant Professor, Changsha, China

 

Xueguang Liu, PhD

       Current Position:

        Associate Professor, Fudan, China

 

Balasubramaniam Annamalai, PhD

       Current Position:

        Research Assistant Professor, Neurosciences, MUSC

 

Venkatesababa Sammana, PhD

        Current Position:

         Postdoctoral Research Associate, Georgia State University

 

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