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Molecular & Cell Biology & Genetics (MCBG) Students & Alumni


Recent Publications

Zachary Capriotti

Zachary Capriotti
Mentor: Dr. Zachary Klase (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, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Program

Jason DaCunza
Mentor: Dr. Seena Ajit (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, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Program

Skandha Ramakrishnan
Mentor: Dr. Liang Qiang (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, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics

Kareen Pestana
Mentor: Dr. Eugenia Lo (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, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics

Rachel Berman
Mentor: Dr. Michael Nonnemacher (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, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics

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, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics

Allison Yankey
Mentor: Dr. Srinivas Somarowthu (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, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics

Jasmine Peake
Mentor: Dr. Eishi Noguchi (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, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Program

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, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Student

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, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Student

John Chojnowski
Mentor: Todd Strochlic (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, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Student

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, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Program

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, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Program

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

Shabnam Pirestani, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Program

Shabnam Pirestani


  • 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

Carly DeAntoneo, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Program

Carly DeAntoneo
Mentor: Dr. Siddharth Balachandran (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

Anna Lilly

Anna Lilly
Mentor: Dr. Erica Golemis (Fox Chase Cancer Center)


  • Lilly AC, Astsaturov I, Golemis EA
    Cell Mol Life Sci. 2023 Jul 15;80(8):206. doi: 10.1007/s00018-023-04855-z

Nicholas Duchemin
Mentor: Dr. Michael Bouchard (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

Jill Lawrence, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Program

Jill Lawrence
Mentor: Dr. Michael Nonnemacher (Department of Microbiology & Immunology)


  • Lawrence JM, Schardien K, Wigdahl B, Nonnemacher MR
    Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2023 Mar 13;11(1):42. doi: 10.1186/s40478-023-01526-9

Teddy Nguyen, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics

Teddy Nguyen
Mentor: Dr. Erica Golsmis (Fox Chase Cancer Center)


  • Nguyen TT, Silva FN, Golemis EA
    Cancer J. 2022 Sep-Oct 01;28(5):387-400. doi: 10.1097/PPO.0000000000000614

Mitchell Parker
Mentor: Dr. Roland Dunbrack (Fox Chase Cancer Center)


  • Parker MI, Meyer JE, Golemis EA, Dunbrack RL
    Cancer Res. 2022 Jul 5;82(13):2485-2498. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-22-0804

  • Cellular Signalling (2020)

Lindsay Steele, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics

Lindsay Steele
Mentor: Dr. Boris Polyak (Department of Surgery)


  • Steele LA, Spiller KL, Cohen S, Rom S, Polyak B
    ACS Biomater Sci Eng. 2022 Aug 8;8(8):3526-3541. doi: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.2c00373. PMID: 35838679

Kristopher Raghavan, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Program

Kristopher Raghavan
Mentor: (Fox Chase Cancer Center)


  • Raghavan KS, Francescone R, Franco-Barraza J, Gardiner JC, Vendramini-Costa DB, Luong T, Pourmandi N, Andren A, Kurimchak A, Ogier C, Campbell PM, Duncan JS, Lyssiotis CA, Languino LR, Cukierman E
    Cancer Res Commun. 2022 Sep;2(9):1017-1036. doi: 10.1158/2767-9764.crc-21-0147. PMID: 36310768

Tara Fortino, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Program

Tara Fortino
Mentor: Dr. Michael Lane (Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy)


  • Fortino TA, Randelman ML, Hall AA, Singh J, Bloom DC, Engel E, Hoh DJ, Hou S, Zholudeva LV, Lane MA
    Exp Neurol. 2022 May;351:113990. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2022.113990. PMID: 35085573

Samuel Flashner, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Program

Samuel Flashner
Mentor: Dr. Jane Clifford (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)


  • Flashner S, Swift M, Sowash A, Fahmy AN, Azizkhan-Clifford J
    Chromosoma. 2022 Sep;131(3):175-191. doi: 10.1007/s00412-022-00778-z. PMID: 35916925

Nima Sarfaraz, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Program

Nima Sarfaraz
Mentor: Dr. Michael Bouchard (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)


  • Sarfaraz N, Somarowthu S, Bouchard MJ
    J Med Virol. 2022 Aug 9. doi: 10.1002/jmv.28058. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35946066

Lorela Ciraku, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Student

Lorela Ciraku
Mentor: Dr. Mauricio J. Reginato (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)


  • Ciraku L, Bacigalupa ZA, Ju J, Moeller RA, Le Minh G, Lee RH, Smith MD, Ferrer CM, Trefely S, Izzo LT, Doan MT, Gocal WA, D'Agostino L, Shi W, Jackson JG, Katsetos CD, Wellen KE, Snyder NW, Reginato MJ
    Oncogene. 2022 Apr;41(14):2122-2136. doi: 10.1038/s41388-022-02237-6. PMID: 35190642
  • “O-GlcNAcylation regulation of cellular signaling in cancer,” published in Cell Signalling (February 2022)
  • “An Ex Vivo Brain Slice Model to Study and Target Breast Cancer Brain Metastatic Tumor Growth,” published in Journal of Visualized Experiments (September 2021)

Michelle Swift, Molecular & Cell Biology & Genetics

Michelle Swift
Mentor: Dr. Jane Clifford (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)


  • Swift ML, Azizkhan-Clifford J
    DNA Repair (Amst). 2022 Mar;111:103289. doi: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2022.103289. Feb 1.PMID: 35124373

  • Swift ML, Beishline K, Azizkhan-Clifford J
    DNA Repair (Amst). 2021 Sep;105:103171. doi: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2021.103171. Epub 2021 Jul 7.PMID: 34252870

  • Swift ML, Sell C, Azizkhan-Clifford J
    Geroscience. 2021 Sep 22. doi: 10.1007/s11357-021-00456-5. Online ahead of print.PMID: 34550526

  • Swift ML, Beishline K, Flashner S, Azizkhan-Clifford J
    Cell Rep. 2021;34(11):108840. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.108840

Konstantin Budagyan
Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Chernoff (Fox Chase Cancer Center)


  • Budagyan K, Chernoff J
    Methods Mol Biol. 2021;2262:323-334. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1190-6_20. PMID: 33977487

Timothy Nacarelli, a recent PhD graduate in the Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics program.

Timothy Nacarelli
Mentor: Dr. Christian Sell (Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine).


  • Nacarelli T, Azar A, Potnis M, Johannes G, Mell J, Johnson FB, Brown-Borg H, Noguchi E, Sell C
    Mol Biol Cell. 2022 May 1;33(5):ar36. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E20-08-0523. PMID: 35196069

Alexandra Guffey, MS

Alexandra Guffey, MS
Mentor: Dr. Patrick Loll (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)

  • “Regulation of Resistance in Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci: The VanRS Two-Component System,” published in Microorganism (September 2021)

Jennifer Alexander, Molecular & Cell Biology & Genetics student

Jennifer Alexander
Mentor: (Fox Chase Cancer Center)

  • “Palladin isoforms 3 and 4 regulate cancer-associated fibroblast pro-tumor functions in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma,” published in Scientific Reports (February 2021)
  • "," published in Matrix Biology (May 2020)

Margaret O鈥機onnor

Margaret O’Connor
Mentor: Dr. Elias El Haddad (Department of Medicine)


  • O'Connor MH, Muir R, Chakhtoura M, Fang M, Moysi E, Moir S, Carey AJ, Terk A, Nichols CN, Metcalf T, Petrovas C, Cameron MJ, Tardif V, Haddad EK
    Commun Biol. 2021 May 12;4(1):563. doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-02079-0. PMID: 33980982

Mihir Shetty, Molecular & Cell Biology & Genetics student

Mihir Shetty
Mentor: Dr. Eishi Noguchi (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)

  • "," published in Aging Cell (February 2020)
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