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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz

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A collegial, interdisciplinary Ph.D. training program on the Anschutz Medical Campus of the University of Colorado www.cuanschutz.edu/graduate-program…

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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Congratulations to Molecular Biology student Katia Niño of Eric Pietras's lab @ericpietras.bsky.social for a successful PhD defense!
Flyer advertising the PhD defense of Molecular Biology student Katia Niño
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Congratulations to Molecular Biology student Katie Vaeth of Matt Taliaferro's lab @jmtali.bsky.social for a successful PhD defense!
Flyer advertising the thesis defense of Katie Vaeth, 9/22/2026
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Congratulations to Molecular Biology student Abbie Burtis of Matt Burchill's lab for a successful PhD defense!
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Congratulations to Molecular Biology PhD student Abhishek Deshpande for receiving an award for Best Poster at the Gordon Conference on Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation June 19-24, 2026!
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Congratulations to Molecular Biology student Annika Gustafson of Heide Ford's @heidefordlab.bsky.social and Kristin Artinger's labs for a successful PhD defense!
Flyer advertising the PhD thesis defense of Molecular Biology student Annika Gustafson
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Congratulations to Molecular Biology student Kaiah Fields of Heide Ford's lab @heidefordlab.bsky.social for a successful PhD defense!
Flyer advertising the thesis defense of Molecular Biology PhD student Kaiah Fields
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Congratulations to Molecular Biology student Charlie Moffatt of Matt Taliaferro's lab @jmtali.bsky.social for a successful PhD defense!
Flyer advertising the PhD thesis defense of Molecular Biology student Charlie Moffatt
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Congratulations to first-year Molecular Biology PhD student Robert Kidd for being awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! One of only four awards received this year by PhD students on the Anschutz Medical Campus.
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Congratulations to Molecular Biology student Rachel Sachs of the Prekeris lab @prekerislab.bsky.social for successfully defending her PhD!
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Congratulations to Molecular Biology PhD student Annika Gustafson, who was a Keystone Symposia Future of Science Fund Awardee at the recent Epigenetics and Gene Regulation in Health and Disease meeting in Geneva #KSEpigenetics26
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Congratulations to Molecular Biology Program faculty member Tânia Reis for being elected to the Board of Directors of the Genetics Society of America!
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
T32-appointee Kate Matlin, with Christopher Alderman and Art Wolin (who both earned their PhDs this year), are co-authors on a preprint doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Kaiah Fields, Annika Gustafson, and Art Wolin (who earned his PhD this year) are co-authors on a research article doi.org/10.1126/scia...
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EYA3 regulation of NF-κB and CCL2 suppresses cytotoxic NK cells in the premetastatic niche to promote TNBC metastasis
EYA3 promotes evasion of cytotoxic NK cells to enable metastasis, highlighting a therapeutic target in metastatic breast cancer.
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Roy Khair, who also earned his PhD this year, is a co-author on a research article doi.org/10.1093/jbcr...
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Advanced Age Worsens Respiratory Function and Pulmonary Inflammation After Burn Injury and This Correlates With Changes in the Fecal Microbiome in Mice
Abstract. Cutaneous burn injury in the elderly is associated with poor clinical outcomes and increased pulmonary-related complications. We and others have
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Roy Khair, who also earned his PhD this year, is first author on a research article doi.org/10.1093/jbcr...
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Post-burn Lung Inflammation Is Associated With Induction of Pulmonary Cathelicidin-related Antimicrobial Peptide and S100a8 in Mice
Abstract. Burn trauma triggers dysregulated systemic inflammation, leading to multiorgan dysfunction. Respiratory failure often follows burn injury, result
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Randi Yeager, who earned her PhD in 2023, is first author on a research article doi.org/10.1093/g3jo...
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Wild yeast isolation by middle-school students reveals features of populations residing on North American oaks
Abstract. Features of the natural life cycle of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae were crucial to its domestication as a laboratory experimental m
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Rachael Kostelecky, a T32 appointee, is a co-author on another research article doi.org/10.3389/fimm...
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Frontiers | Micro- and nano-plastics induce inflammation and cell death in human cells
IntroductionThe presence of micro- and nano-plastics (MNPLs) in the environment has increased significantly in the past decades. However, the direct impact o...
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Rachael Kostelecky, a T32 appointee, is a co-author on a research article doi.org/10.1080/1949...
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E. coli genetically modified for purine nucleobase release promotes butyrate generation and colonic wound healing during DSS insult
The gut microbiota transforms energy stored as undigestible carbohydrates into a remarkable number of metabolites that fuel intestinal bacterial communities and the host tissue. Colonic epithelial ...
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Rachel Sachs, one of our Bolie Scholars, is first author on a preprint doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Nate Nowling is a co-author on a review article doi.org/10.1042/BCJ2...
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Expanding the tagging toolbox for visualizing translation live
Translation is a highly regulated process that includes three steps: initiation, elongation, and termination. Tremendous efforts have been spent to study the regulation of each translation step. In th...
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Nate Nowling is a co-author on a preprint doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Natasia Paukovich, who also earned her PhD this year, is first author on a research article, on which MOLB student Nate Nowling is a co-author doi.org/10.1016/j.jb...
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Michael Brown is first author on a review article doi.org/10.1098/rsob...
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Stepwise order in protein complex assembly: approaches and emerging themes | Open Biology
Protein-based nanomachines drive every cellular process. An explosion of high-resolution structures of multiprotein complexes has improved our understanding of what these machines look like and how th...
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Luuli Tran, who also earned her PhD this year, is a co-author on a research article doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Luuli Tran, who also earned her PhD this year, is first author on a research article doi.org/10.1101/gad....
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Epigenetic priming of neural progenitors by Notch enhances Sonic hedgehog signaling and establishes gliogenic competence
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Linnea Wethekam, who earned her PhD in 2023, is first author on a research article doi.org/10.1091/mbc....
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αβ-tubulin heterodimers: Origins and regulation of microtubule build blocks | Molecular Biology of the Cell
αβ-tubulin is an essential protein that is found in all eukaryotic cells. αβ-tubulins assemble into microtubule polymers that form intracellular transport networks, mitotic and meiotic spindles and pr...
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Kirsten Cosper is a co-author on a preprint doi.org/10.1101/2024...
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Charlie Moffatt is first author on a preprint, and Katie Vaeth is a co-author doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Katie Vaeth is a co-author on a research article on which Roberto Castro-Gutierrez, who earned his PhD in 2022, is first author doi.org/10.3390/cell...
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Katie Vaeth co-authored a research article doi.org/10.1242/jcs....
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Rab40 GTPases regulate AMBRA1-mediated transcription and cell migration
Summary: Rab40 GTPases interact with AMBRA1 and cause its non-degradative ubiquitylation. AMBRA1 regulates cancer cell migration, and RNA sequencing reveals global gene profiles regulated by AMBRA1.
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Katie Vaeth and T32 appointee Kate Matlin co-authored a research article doi.org/10.1158/1541...
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Ribosome Profiling Reveals Translational Reprogramming via mTOR Activation in Omacetaxine-Resistant Multiple Myeloma
AbstractProtein homeostasis is critical to the survival of multiple myeloma cells. Although this is targeted with proteasome inhibitors, mRNA translation inhibition has not entered trials. Recent work...
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Kathryn Walters, who also earned her PhD this year, was first author on a research article doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Kathryn Walters, who also earned her PhD this year, was first author on a research article also co-authored by MOLB student Roberto Castro-Gutierrez (who earned his PhD in 2022) doi.org/10.2337/db24...
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Proteogenomic Discovery of Novel Open Reading Frames With HLA Immune Presentation on Human β-Cells
Ribosome profiling (Ribo-seq) measures translational regulation and reveals novel or unannotated open reading frames (nuORFs) otherwise difficult to identi
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Kaiah Fields co-authored a review article doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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Masters of adaptation: How cancer and immune cell plasticity mediates tumor progression
The ability of cancer cells and immune cells cell to dynamically change their phenotype contributes to tumor progression and therapy resistance. This Essay explores the mutual plasticity of various ce...
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Joelle Lo, who earned her PhD in 2024, was first author on a research article also co-authored by MOLB students Katie Vaeth and Camille Goo doi.org/10.1091/mbc....
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The RNA-binding protein HNRNPA2B1 regulates neurite RNA abundance and motor-dependent cargo transport | Molecular Biology of the Cell
RNA molecules are localized to subcellular regions through interactions between localization-regulatory cis-elements and trans-acting RNA binding proteins (RBPs). However, the identities of RNAs whose...
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Ira Fleming co-authored a research article www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A specific gene expression program underlies antigen archiving by lymphatic endothelial cells in mammalian lymph nodes - Nature Communications
Dendritic cells are supplied antigens by other cells such as lymphatic endothelial cells (LEC) at late time points after immunization. Here the authors show antigen archiving is defined by a transcrip...
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Grant Lo, who earned his PhD in 2024, was first author on a research article also co-authored by MOLB students Rae Goering (who earned her PhD in 2022), Joelle Lo (who earned her PhD in 2024), and Megan Pockalny doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
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Quantification of subcellular RNA localization through direct detection of RNA oxidation
Abstract. Across cell types and organisms, thousands of RNAs display asymmetric subcellular distributions. Studying this process requires quantifying abund
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Grace Gustafson and Raisa Bailon-Zambrano (who earned her PhD in 2024) were co-authors on a research article doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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A quadratic paradigm describes the relationship between phenotype severity and variation - Nature Communications
Phenotype variation is higher in mutants than wild types. Examining a range of mutant severities, this study unexpectedly found that variation decreases in severe conditions. A quadratic trend best fi...
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Giovana Breda Veronezi, who also earned her PhD this year, co-authored a review article doi.org/10.1042/BCJ2...
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The impact of cell states on heterochromatin dynamics
Establishing, maintaining, and removing histone post-translational modifications associated with heterochromatin is critical for shaping genomic structure and function as a cell navigates different st...
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Giovana Breda Veronezi, who also earned her PhD this year, was first author on a research article doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Evan Morrison, who also earned his PhD this year, was first author on a review article doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Dylan Sarbaugh, who also earned his PhD this year, co-authored a review article doi.org/10.3389/fend...
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Frontiers | Leveraging the strengths of mice, human stem cells, and organoids to model pancreas development and diabetes
Diabetes is an epidemic with increasing incidence across the world. Most individuals who are afflicted by this disease have type 2 diabetes, but there are ma...
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Dylan Sarbaugh, who also earned his PhD this year, was first author on a preprint doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Divya Kolakada, who earned her PhD in 2024, was first author on a research article doi.org/10.1016/j.xg...
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Devi Rao, who earned her PhD in 2024, was first author on a research article also co-authored by MOLB students Chloe Barrington, Chloe Briney, and Evan Morrison doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Christopher Alderman, who also earned his PhD this year, co-authored a research article doi.org/10.1016/j.jb...
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Chloe Briney, who also earned her PhD this year, was first author on a research article doi.org/10.1038/s443...
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Muskelin is a substrate adaptor of the highly regulated Drosophila embryonic CTLH E3 ligase | EMBO reports
imageimageIn Drosophila, degradation of maternal protein ME31B and its cofactors is restricted by the developmental expression profile of the CTLH E3 ligase subunit Muskelin. Muskelin is autoregulated...
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Catherine Nicholas, who earned her PhD in 2024, was first author on a research article doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Ben Cooperman, who also earned his PhD this year, was first author on a research article doi.org/10.1091/mbc....
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Roles for the canonical polarity machinery in the de novo establishment of polarity in budding yeast spores | Molecular Biology of the Cell
The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae buds at sites predetermined by cortical landmarks deposited during prior budding. During mating between haploid cells in the lab, external pheromone cues override th...
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Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz @molbcu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Bailey McCurdy, one of our Bolie Scholars, co-authored a preprint doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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