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2009 MSTP Graduates

During their tenure, University of Chicago MSTP students publish in a variety of peer-reviewed journals and other publications.  Below are publications of our 2009 MSTP graduates during their time at The University of Chicago.

Regina-Celeste Ahmad, MD, PhD, Immunology

Hitotsumatsu O, Ahmad, RC, Philpott D., Turer EE, Shiffin N. Lee BL, Advincula R., Wang M, Malynn BA, Werts C, and Ma A.  2009.  A20 restrics NOD2 triggered signals by regulating RIP2 ubiquitylation.  Immunity 2008 Mar;28(3):381-90.  PMCID:  18342009

Boone DL, Turer EE, Lee EG, Ahmad RC, Wheeler MT, Tsui C, Hurley P, Chien M. Chai S, Hitotsumatsu O, McNally E, Pickart C, Ma A.  The ubiquitin-modifying enzyme A20 is required for termination of Toll-like receptor responses.  Nat. Immunol. 2004 Oct;5 (10):  1052-60.  Epub 2004 Aug 29.  Erratum in:  Nat Immunol. 2005 Jan;6(1):114.  PMID:  15334086.

Robert Fong, MD, PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Frederiksen JK, Fong R*, Piccirilli JA.  Metal Ions in RNA Catalysis in Nucleic Acid-Metal Ion Interactions (Hud, N. ed.), London: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2008, in press.

Das SR, Fong R, Piccirilli JA.  Nucleotide analogues to investigate RNA structure and function.  Curr Opin Chem Biol. 2005, 9, 585-93.  PMID: 16242990.

Das R, Kudaravalli M, Jonikas M, Laederach A, Fong R, Schwans JP, Baker D, Piccirilli JA, Altman RB, Herschlag D.  Structural inference of native and partially folded RNA by high-throughput contact mapping.  PNAS . 2008, 105, 4144 - 9.  PMID: 18322008

Dai Q, Fong R*, Saikia M, Stephenson D, Yu YT, Pan T, Piccirilli JA.  Identification of recognition residues for ligation-based detection and quantitation of pseudouridine and N6-methyladenosine.  Nucleic Acids Res. 2007, 35, 6322 – 9.  PMID: 17881375

Gordon PM, Fong R, Piccirilli JA.  A second divalent metal ion in the group II intron reaction center.  Chem Biol. 2007, 14, 607-12.  PMID: 17584608

Gordon PM, Fong R*, Deb SK, Li NS, Schwans JP, Ye JD, Piccirilli JA.  New strategies for exploring RNA's 2'-OH expose the importance of solvent during group II intron catalysis.  Chem Biol. 2004, 11, 237-46.   PMID: 15123285

* indicates co-first authorship

John Frederiksen, MD, PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Dai, Q., Frederiksen, J. K., Anderson, V. E., Harris, M. E. & Piccirilli, J. A. (2008) Efficient Synthesis of [2'-18O]Uridine and Its Incorporation into Oligonucleotides: A New Tool for Mechanistic Study of Nucleotidyl Transfer Reactions by Isotope Effect Analysis, J Org Chem.
73, 309-311.  PMID: 18052189.

Ye, J. D., Tereshko, V., Frederiksen, J. K., Koide, A., Fellouse, F. A., Sidhu, S. S., Koide, S., Kossiakoff, A. A. & Piccirilli, J. A. (2008). Synthetic antibodies for specific recognition and crystallization of structured RNA, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 105, 82-7. PMID: 18162543.

Robert Hsieh, MD, PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

RW Hsieh, SS Rajan, SK Sharma and GL Greene.  “Molecular Characterization of B-ring Unsaturated Estrogen:  Implications for Conjugated Quine Estrogen Components of Premarin.”  Steroids, 73, 59-68 (2008).

RW Hsieh, SS Rajan, SK Sharma, Y Guo, ER DeSombre, M Mrksich and GL Greene.  “Identification of Ligands with Bicyclic Scaffolds Provides Insights into Mechanisms of Estrogen Receptor Subtype Selectivity.” Journal of Biological chemistry, 281, 17909-17919 (2006).

WS Yeo, DH Min, RW Hsieh, GL Greene and M Mrksich.  “Label-Free Detection of Protein-Protein Interactions on Biochips.” Angewandte Chemie Intl.  Edition, 44, 5480-5483 (2005).

Anupam Bapu Jena, MD, PhD, Economics

Franco, Peter J., Wilson, Thomas H., and Jena, Anupam B. (2001), “Physiological Evidence for an Interaction Between Helices II and XI in the Melibiose Carrier of E. Coli,” Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta, 1510 (102).

Philipson, Tomas J. and Jena, Anupam B. (2005), “Who Benefits from New Medical Technologies?  Estimates of Consumer and Producer Surpluses from the New HIV/AIDS Drugs,” BE Forum for Health Economics and Policy, Forum:  Biomedical Research and the Economy, Article 3.  (Also NBER Working Paper 11810.

Goldman, Dana; Jena Anuapam B.; Philipson, Tomas J.; Sun, Eric (2008), “Drug Licenses:  A Promising Model of Pharmaceutical Pricing,” Health Affairs 27(1), pp. 122-129.

Philipson, Tomas J., Jena, Anupam B., and Sun, Eric (2007), “The Institute of Medicine Report on the FDA:  Where Is the Science?” Health Economics 16(3), pp.219-221.

Jena, Anupam B. and Philipson, Tomas J. (2007), “Cost-Effectiveness as a Price Control,” Health Affairs 26(3), pp. 696-703.

Jena, Anupam B. and Philipson, Tomas J. (2007), Letters, Health Affairs 26(5), pp.1506-1507.

Garber, Alan; Goldman, Dana; Jena, Anupam B. (2007), “The Promise of Health Care Cost-Containment,” Health Affairs 26(6), pp. 1545-1547.

Philipson, Tomas J. and Jena, Anupam B. (2008), Innovation and Technology Adoption in Health Care Markets AEI Press. 

Philipson, Tomas J., and Jena Anupam B. (2006).  “Dividing the Benefits from Medical Breakthroughs,” Milken Institure Review, Vol 8, No.1.

Philipson, Tomas J., and Jena Anupam B. (2006). “Striking a Balance on New Technology,” America’s Health Insurance Plans Coverage.

Talya Salant, MD, PhD, History of Culture

Diane S. Lauderdale, Talya Salant, Katherine L. Han, and Phuong L. Tran. “Life course predictors of ultrasonic heel measurement in a cross-sectional study of immigrant women from Southeast Asia.” American Journal of Epidemiology 2001;153:581-6.

Talya Salant and Diane S. Lauderdale. “Measuring Culture: A Critical Review of Acculturation and Health in Asian Immigrants.” Social Science and Medicine 2003; 57(1):71-90.

Heena P. Santry, Talya Salant, Jessica Kumar, Nicolai Baecher, John Lantos. “Characterizations of Obesity and Bariatric Surgery on the Internet.” Abstract, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, National Meeting, Nov 9, 2004 (Tucson, AZ).

WebMD/Medscape coverage of research, by Tilley, EE. “Breast Cancer Risk Perceptions Affect Preventive Treatment Choices,” Feb 22, 2005.

Jibum Kim, Talya Salant. “Asian New Immigrants and Health,” Abstract, PAA Annual Meeting, Mar 2005.

Talya Salant “Breast cancer risk perceptions and prevention choices at a county hospital high risk clinic.” Précis, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, June 2005.

Talya Salant and Heena P. Santry. “Internet marketing of bariatric surgery: Contemporary trends in the medicalization of obesity.” Social Science & Medicine 2006 May; 62(10):2445-57.

Talya Salant, Pamela S. Ganschow, Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, Diane S. Lauderdale. “’Why take it if you don’t have anything?’ Breast cancer risk perceptions and prevention choices at a public hospital.” Journal of General Internal Medicine 2006 Jul; 21(7):779-85.

Talya Salant and Diane S. Lauderdale. “Impact of incidental bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy in a family member on breast cancer risk assessment: Clinical considerations.” Cancer Detection and Prevention 2006 Sept; 30(4):329-32. 

Talya Salant, Sarah Gehlert. “Collective memory, candidacy, and victimization: community epidemiologies of breast cancer risk.” Sociology of Health & Illness, 2008 May; 30(4):599-615.

Benjamin Smith-Donald, MD, PhD, Microbiology

Role of cellular phosphatase cdc25C in herpes simplex virus 1 replication.  Smith-Donald BA, Durand LO, Roizman B.  J Virol. 2008 May;82(9):4527-32. Epub 2008 Feb 13.  PMID: 18272575.

The interaction of herpes simplex virus 1 regulatory protein ICP22 with the cdc25C phosphatase is enabled in vitro by viral protein kinases US3 and UL13.  Smith-Donald BA, Roizman B.  J Virol. 2008 May;82(9):4533-43. Epub 2008 Feb 13.  PMID: 18272572.

Douglas Stoller, MD, PhD, Cell Physiology

Stoller, DA, R Kakkar, M Smelley, K Chalupsky, JU Earley, NQShi, JC Makielski, and EM McNally. Mice lacking sulfonylureareceptor 2 (SUR2) ATP-sensitive potassium channels are resistant to acute cardiovascular stress. Journal ofMolecular and Cellular Cardiology October 2007. 43(4):445-54.  Pubmed 17765261.

Kakkar, R, B Ye, DA Stoller, M Smelley, NQ Shi, K Galles, M Hadhazy, JC Makielski, and EM McNally. Spontaneous coronaryvasospasm in KATP mutant mice arises from a smooth muscleextrinsic process. Circulation Research March 17, 2006.98(5):682-9. Pubmed 16456098.

Emre Turer, MD, PhD, Immunology

Boone DL*, Turer EE*, Lee EG*, Ahmad RC, Wheeler MT, Tsui C, Hurley P, Chien M, Chai S, Hitotsumatsu O, McNally E, Pickart C and Ma A. The Ubiquitin-modifying enzyme A20 is required for termination of Toll-like receptor responses.. Nature Immunology. 2004 Oct; 5(10): 1052-1060.

Hitotsumatsu O, Ahmad RC, Tavares R, Wang M, Philpott D, Turer EE, Lee BL, Shifrin N, Advincula R, Malynn BA, Werts C, and Ma A. The Ubiquitin-Editing Enzyme A20 Restricts Nucleotide-Binding Oligomerization Domain Containing 2-Triggered Signals. Immunity. 2008 Mar; 28(3): 381-390.

Turer EE*, Tavares RM*, Mortier E, Hitotsumatsu O, Advincula R, Lee B, Shifrin N, Malynn BA, and Ma A.. Homeostatic MyD88-dependent signals cause lethal inflammation in the absence of A20. Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2008 Feb; 205(2): 451-464.

Ma A, Turer E. E2 enzymes: expanding the 'ubi-verse' of immune signaling. Nature Immunology. 2006, September.

Eric Vikingstad, MD, PhD, Medical Physics

Neuroimaging of language and aphasia after stroke.  Cao Y, George KP, Ewing JR, Vikingstad EM, Johnson AF.  J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 1998 Jul-Aug;7(4):230-3.  PMID: 17895089.

Language hemispheric dominance in patients with congenital lesions of eloquent brain.  Vikingstad EM, Cao Y, Thomas AJ, Johnson AF, Malik GM, Welch KM.  Neurosurgery. 2000 Sep;47(3):562-70.  PMID: 10981742.

Cortical language lateralization in right handed normal subjects using functional magnetic resonance imaging.  Vikingstad EM, George KP, Johnson AF, Cao Y.  J Neurol Sci. 2000 Apr 1;175(1):17-27.  PMID: 10785252.

Cortical language activation in stroke patients recovering from aphasia with functional MRI.  Cao Y, Vikingstad EM, George KP, Johnson AF, Welch KM.  Stroke. 1999 Nov;30(11):2331-40.  PMID: 10548667.

Functional MRI-BOLD of visually triggered headache in patients with migraine.  Cao Y, Welch KM, Aurora S, Vikingstad EM.  Arch Neurol. 1999 May;56(5):548-54.  PMID: 10328249

MRI of the occipital cortex, red nucleus, and substantia nigra during visual aura of migraine.  Welch KM, Cao Y, Aurora S, Wiggins G, Vikingstad EM.  Neurology. 1998 Nov;51(5):1465-9.  PMID: 9818884.

Pilot study of functional MRI to assess cerebral activation of motor function after poststroke hemiparesis.  Cao Y, D'Olhaberriague L, Vikingstad EM, Levine SR, Welch KM.  Stroke. 1998 Jan;29(1):112-22.  PMID: 9445338.

Hemodynamically independent analysis of cerebrospinal fluid and brain motion observed with dynamic phase contrast MRI.  Alperin N, Vikingstad EM, Gomez-Anson B, Levin DN. Magn Reson Med. 1996 May;35(5):741-54.  PMID: 8722826.

Functional magnetic resonance studies of the reorganization of the human hand sensorimotor area after unilateral brain injury in the perinatal period.  Cao Y, Vikingstad EM, Huttenlocher PR, Towle VL, Levin DN.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994 Sep 27;91(20):9612-6.  PMID: 7937815.

Gregory Vlacich, MD, PhD, Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology

Vlacich G, Roe C, Webb GC.  Technology insight: microarrays-- research and clinical applications.  Nat Clin Pract Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Aug;3(8):594-605. PMID 17643130.

Terrence Wong, MD, PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Wong TN, Sosnick TR, and Pan T. (2007) Folding of Noncoding RNAs during Transcription Facilitated by Pausing-induced Nonnative Structures. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A 104, 17995-1800.

Wong T, Sosnick TR, and Pan T. (2005) Mechanistic Insights on the Folding of a Large Ribozyme during Transcription. Biochemistry 44, 7535-7542.

Current MSTP Students

MSTP trainees published peer reviewed publications, invited reviews, and book chapters during the 2008-09 academic year.  The below listing is not comprehensive, but is a selected sample.  MSTP trainees were first or second author in 73% of those cited below.

Sogyong Auh, Pathology

Zhao J, Kim KD, Yang X, Auh S, Fu YX, Tang H.  Hyper innate responses in neonates leadto increased morbidity and mortality after infection.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 May 27;105(21):7528-33.

Kim KD, Zhao J, Auh S, Yang X, Du P, Tang H, Fu YX.  Adaptive immune cells temper initialinnate responses.  Nat Med. 2007 Oct;13(10):1248-52.

Bradbury AR, Dignam JJ, Ibe CN, Auh SL, Hlubocky FJ, Cummings SA, White M, Olopade OI, Daugherty CK.  How often do BRCA mutation carriers tell their young children of the family's risk for cancer? A study of parental disclosure of BRCA mutations to minors and young adults.  J Clin Oncol. 2007 Aug 20;25(24):3705-11.

Yu P, Lee Y, Wang Y, Liu X, Auh S, Gajewski TF, Schreiber H, You Z, Kaynor C, Wang X, Fu YX.  Targeting the primary tumor to generate CTL for the effective eradication of spontaneous metastases.  J Immunol. 2007 Aug 1;179(3):1960-8.

Markus Boos, Immunology

Boos, M., Y. Yokota, G. Eberl and B. Kee. 2007.  Mature Natural Killer Cell and Lymphoid Tissue Inducing Cell Development Requires Id2-Mediated Suppression of E-protein Activity.  J. Exp. Med.  204:1119-1130.

Boos, M., K. Ramirez and B. Kee.  2008.  Extrinsic and Intrinsic Regulation of Early Natural Killer Cell Development.  Immunologic. Res. 40 (3):193-207.

Jonathan Budzik, Microbiology

Budzik JM, Oh SY, Schneewind O. Cell wall anchor structure of BcpA PILI in bacillus anthracis. J Biol Chem. 2008 Oct 21. PMID: 18940793

Budzik JM, Marraffini LA, Souda P, Whitelegge JP, Faull KF, Schneewind O.

Amide bonds assemble pili on the surface of bacilli. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Jul 22;105(29):10215-20. Epub 2008 Jul 11. PMID: 18621716

Budzik JM, Marraffini LA, Schneewind O. Assembly of pili on the surface of Bacillus cereus vegetative cells. Mol Microbiol. 2007 Oct;66(2):495-510. PMID: 17897374 .

Alice Cheng, Microbiology

A new oxidative sensing and regulation pathway mediated by the MgrA homologue SarZ in Staphylococcus aureus., Chen PR, Nishida S, Poor CB, Cheng A, Bae T, Kuechenmeister L, Dunman PM, Missiakas D, He C. Mol Microbiol. 2008 Nov 5. PMID: 19007410

Scott DeBoer, Neurobiology

DeBoer SR, You Y, Szodorai A, Kaminska A, Pigino G, Nwabuisi E, Wang B, Estrada-Hernandez T, Kins S, Brady ST, Morfini G (2008). “Conventional Kinesin Holoenzymes are Composed of Heavy and Light Chain Homodimers.” Biochemistry 47(15):4535-43. PMID: 18361505.

Adam Dickey, Computational Neuroscience

Misler S, Dickey A, Barnett DW.  Maintenance of stimulus-secretion coupling and single beta-cell function in cryopreserved-thawed human islets of Langerhans.  Pflugers Arch. 2005 Sep;450(6):395-404.

Silva AM, Liu-Gentry J, Dickey AS, Barnett DW, Misler S.  alpha-Latrotoxin increases spontaneous and depolarization-evoked exocytosis from pancreatic islet beta-cells.  J Physiol. 2005 Jun 15;565(Pt 3):783-99.

Wallisch P, Lusignan M, Benayoun M, Baker TI, Dickey AS, Hatsopoulos NG.  Matlab for Neuroscientists: An Introduction to Scientific Computing in Matlab.  Elsevier, 2009.

Alleda Flagg, Developmental Biology

FOG-2 attenuates endothelial-to-mesenchymal transformation in the endocardial cushions of the developing heart.  Flagg AE, Earley JU, Svensson EC.  Dev Biol. 2007 Apr 1;304(1):308-16. Epub 2006 Dec 21.  PMID: 17274974.

Martin King, Medical Physics

M King, X Pan, L Yu and M Giger, Region-of-interest reconstruction of motion-contaminated data using a weighted backprojection filtration algorithm”, Med. Phys., 33 (2006) 1222-1238.

M King, M Giger, K Suzuki, and X Pan, “Feature-based characterization of motion-contaminated calcified plaques in cardiac multidetector CT”, Med Phys., 34 (2007) 4860-4875.

M King, M Giger, K Suzuki, D Bardo, B Greenberg, L Lan, and X Pan, “Computerized assessment of motion-contaminated calcified plaques in cardiac multidetector CT”, Med. Phys. (2007) 4876-4889.

Selene Koo, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Koo, S., Novak, T., Piccirilli, J.A.  Catalytic Mechanism of the HDV Ribozyme.  In Ribozymes and RNA Catalysis; Lilley, D. and Eckstein, F., Eds.; Royal Society of Chemistry: Cambridge; 92-122 (2007).

Jennifer Lanning, Pathology

Oalwash IM, Boire A, Lanning J, Krausz T, Pytel P, Meredith SC.  Site-specific effects of peptide lipidation on beta-amyloid aggregation and cytotoxicity.  J Biol Chem. 2007 Dec 21:282(51):36987-97.

Atul Mallik, Neurobiology

Rapid and sensitive mapping of long range connections in vitro using flavoprotein autofluofluorescence imaging combined with laser photostimulation. Llano DA, Theyel BB, Mallik AK, Sherman SM, Issa NP.J Neurophysiol. 2009 Mar 25.  PMID: 19321634 .

The organization of spatial frequency maps measured by cortical flavoprotein autofluorescence.  Mallik AK, Husson TR, Zhang JX, Rosenberg A, Issa NP.  Vision Res. 2008 Jun;48(14):1545-53. Epub 2008 Jun 3.  PMID: 18511098.

Glomerular activation patterns and the perception of odor mixtures.  Grossman KJ, Mallik AK, Ross J, Kay LM, Issa NP.  Eur J Neurosci. 2008 May;27(10):2676-85. Epub 2008 Apr 26.  PMID: 18445053.

Stephanie McGregor (Graves), Cancer Biology

El Andaloussi A,*, Graves S*, Meng F, Mandal M, Mashayekhi M and Aifantis I.  (2006)  The Hedgehog signaling network controls lymphoid progenitor homeostasis and differentiation in the thymus.  Nature Immunology, 7(4):418-426.  (* denotes these authors contributed equally).  PMID: 16518394.

Kent Mouw, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Mouw, K.W., Rowland, S.J., Gajjar, M.M., Boocock, M.R., Stark, W.M., Rice, P.A. (2008). Architecture of a serine recombinase-DNA regulatory complex. Mol. Cell. 30, 145-155.

Mouw, K.W. & Rice, P.A. (2007). Shaping the Borrelia burgdorferi genome: crystal structure and binding properties of the DNA bending protein Hbb.  Mol. Micro. 63, 1319-1330.

Luka Pocivavsek, Chemistry

Luka Pocivavsek, Robert Dellsy, Andrew Kern, Sebastian Johnson, Binhua Lin, Ka Yee C. Lee, Enrique Cerda, Stress and Fold Localization in Thin Elastic Membranes, Science 320, 912 (2008).

Luka Pocivavsek, Shelli L. Frey, Kapilanjan Krishan, Kseniua Gavrilov, Piotr Ruchala, Alan J. Waring, Frans J. Walther, Michael Dennin, Thomas A. Witten, Ka Yee C. Lee, Lateral Stress Relaxation and Collapse in Lipid Monolayers, Soft Matter 4, 2019 (2008).

Cara Rabik, Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology

Rabik CA, Fishel ML, Holleran, JL, Kasza K, Kelley, MR, Egorin MJ, Dolan ME. Enhancement of cisplatin cytotoxicity by O6-benzylguanine involves endoplasmic reticulum stress. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2008 Jul 29 (epub). PMID: 18664592.

Rabik CA, Dolan ME. Molecular mechanisms of resistance and toxicity  associated with platinating agents. Cancer Treat Rev 2007 Feb; 33(1):9-23. PMID: 17084534.

Rabik CA, Njoku MC, Dolan ME. Inactivation of O6-alkylguanine DNA alkyltransferase as a means to enhance chemotherapy. Cancer Treat Rev 2006 Jun; 32(4): 261-76. PMID: 16698182.

Fishel ML, Rabik CA, Bleibel WK, Li S, Moschel RC, Dolan ME. Role of GADD34 in modulation of cisplatin cytotoxicity. Biochem Pharmacol. 2006 Jan 12; 71(3):239-47. PMID: 16325149.

Rabik CA, Marion EB, Kasza K, Shafer J, Bartnik CM, Dolan ME. Role of copper transporters in resistance to platinating agents. Accepted to Cancer Chemother Pharmacol, 11 October 2008.

Kelly Riordan, Microbiology

Blaylock, B, Riordan, KE, Missiakas, DM, Schneewind, O. 2006. Characterization of the Yersinia enterocolitica type III secretion ATPase YscN and its regulator, YscL. J Bacteriol. 188 (10): 3525-34.

Riordan, KE and Schneewind, O. 2008. YscU cleavage and the assembly of Yersinia type III secretion machine complexes. Mol Microbiol. 68 (6): 1485-501.

Riordan, KE, Sorg, JA, Berube, BJ, Schneewind, O. 2008. Impassable YscP substrates and their impact on the Yersinia enterocolitica type III secretion pathway. J Bacteriol. 190 (18): 6204-16.

Evelyn Shih, Neurobiology

Chizhikov V, Davenport J, Zhang Q, Shih EK, Cabello OA, Fuchs JL, Yoder BK, Millen KJ. (2007) Cilia proteins control cerebellar morphogenesis by promoting expansion of the granule progenitor pool.  Journal of Neuroscience 27(36): 9780-9789.

Eric Sun, Business Economics

Goldman, Dana; Jena, Anupam B.; Philipson, Tomas J,; Sun, Eric (2008), “Drug Licenses:  A Promising Model of Pharmaceutical Pricing”, Health Affairs 27(1), pp.122-129.

Philipson, Tomas J.; Sun, Eric (2008), “Is the FDA Safe and Effective?  Journal of Economic Perspectives 22(1), pp.85-102.

Sun, Eric; Goedert, James J., and Fears,Thomas R (1007), “Epidemiology of squamous cell conjunctival cancer,” Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 1997;6: 73-77.

Sun, Eric; Curtis, Rochelle; Hankey, Benjamin; Melbye, Mads; Goedert, James (1999), “Salivary Gland Cancer in the United States,’ Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 1999; 8:1095-1100.

Benjamin Thompson, Immunology

Thompson BJ, Jankovic V, Gao J, Buonamici S, Vest A, Lee JM, Zavadil J, Nimer SD, Aifantis I.  Control of hematopoietic stem cell quiescence by the E3 ubiquitin ligase Fbw7.  J Exp Med.  2008 Jun 9;205(6):1395-408.

Thompson BJ, Buonamici S, Sulis ML, Palomero T, Vilimas T, Basso G, Ferrando A, Aifantis I.  The SCFFBW7 ubiquitin ligase complex as a tumor suppressor in T cell leukemia.  J Exp Med.  2007 Aug 6;204(8):1825-35.

Vilimas T, Mascarenhas J, Palomero T, Mandal M, Buonamici S, Meng F, Thompson B, Spaulding C, Macaroun S, Alegre ML, Kee BL, Ferrando A, Miele L, Aifantis I.  Targeting The NF-kappaB signaling pathway in Notch1-induced T-cell leukemia.  Nat Med.  2007 Jan;13(1):70-7.

Angela Viaene, Computational Neuroscience

Warren G. Darling,  Angela N. Viaene, Clayton R. Peterson,  James P. Schmiedeler (2008)  Perception of hand motion direction uses a gravitational reference.  Exp Brain Res 186:237–248.

John Wojcik, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Clark MC, McElheny D, Wojcik J, Kurutz J, Rosner MR & Koide S, (2005) NMR assignment of rat Raf kinase inhibitor protein. J Biomol NMR.

Wojcik J, Koide A & Koide S. Probing the limits of specificity in restricted diversity interfaces. Keystone Symposium: Frontiers in Structural Biology, January 6-11, 2008.

Wojcik J, Koide A & Koide S. An improved phage display platform for the rapid selection of FN3 monobodies. IBC Antibody Engineering Conference, December 7-11 2008.

Jose Quintans

The Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago has a longstanding tradition of training academic physicians and physician scientists which set the stage for the establishment in 1967 of the NIH funded MSTP. Not surprisingly, we were among the earliest schools to obtain federal funding, which has remained uninterrupted for nearly 40 years.- Jose Quintans, MD, PhD; Director, MSTP Program