Spatial Transcriptomic Teconstruction of Spiralian Embryonic Patterning | December 5, 2024 • 4:00 PM | Dr. Cat Schrankel
Laura Sisk-Hackworth explores the mystery of microbes, paving an impressive legacy before graduating in May.
NASA awards SDSU researchers for innovative projects in sustainable guacamole for astronauts and autonomous drone safety.
Students enrolled in the SDSU / UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Cell and Molecular Biology benefit from taking graduate core courses from UC San Diego's School of Biological Sciences with research training provided by SDSU Faculty in departments such as Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, and Psychology. Students take cell and molecular biology, genetics, and ethics courses and a choice of electives during their time in the program. Students spend one year enrolled at UC San Diego and will complete at least three laboratory rotations with SDSU faculty. The diverse faculty research interests address a wide range of biological questions and reflect the interdisciplinary nature of modern biology.
Investigates tumor heterogeneity, drug resistance, and signaling pathways in various cancers.
Focuses on muscle, heart development, stem cells, and neural crest studies.
Explores microbial ecology, coral disease, and environmental impacts of climate change.
Studies DNA recombination, CRISPR, gene-editing, and epigenetic regulation of gene expression.
Examines host-microbe interactions, microbial genetics, parasitology, and immune system responses.
Utilizes big data, metabolic modeling, and genomics to understand biological systems.
Mallory Cathell | Monday, May 28, 2025.
Tiffany Luong | Wednesday, August 28, 2024.
Elizabeth Trujillo | Tuesday, August 27, 2024.
Nathalie Delherbe | Tuesday, August 20, 2024.
Richard Hamilton | Wednesday, July 31, 2024.
Our doctoral students regularly publish in prestigious journals. Here are some of their recent publications:
Nesbit K, Hargadon C, Renaudin G, Lee Y, Darin E, Hamdoun A, Schrankel C. (2024). Characterization of cellular and molecular immune components of the painted white sea urchin Lytechinus pictus in response to bacterial infection. Immunology and Cell Biology.
Farrell, M. V.; Airkin, M. Y.; Ali, T. N.; Altoblani, Z. S.; Bowman, C. R.; Diaz, A. A. B.; Faurot, P. F.; Frausto, J. E.; Haji, S. F.; Hamad, B. A.; Lively, J. B.; Luistro, D. C. C.; Macias, Y.; Mathew, S.; McKinley, K. M.; Nasirimoseloo, S.; Tran, B. P.; Trinh, A. N.; Shikuma, N. J. Draft Genome Sequence of Exiguobacterium Sp. Strain MMG028 Isolated from a Salt Marsh. Microbiology Resource Announcements 2024, 0 (0), e00116-23.
Cruz, L. S., Robinson, M., Stevenson, D., Amador, I. C., Valenica, S., Jordan, G. J., Navarrete, C., House, C. D.; Chemotherapy enriches for pro-inflammatory macrophage phenotypes that support cancer stem-like cells and disease progression in ovarian cancer. (2024). Cancer Research Communications.
Filipowska, J., Cisneros, Z., Leon-Rivera, N., Wang, P., Kang, R., Lu, G., Yuan, Y. C., Bhattacharya, S., Dhawan, S., Garcia-Ocaña, A., Kondegowda, N. G., & Vasavada, R. C.(2024). LGR4 is essential for maintaining β-cell homeostasis through suppression of RANK. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2024.05.10.593645.
Robinson, E. et al. (2024) ‘pJoseph2: a family of plasmids as positive controls for bacterial protein expression, transfections, and western blots‘, Biotechniques, 76(7), pp. 299-309. doi: 10.1080/07366205.2024.2343609
Spatial Transcriptomic Teconstruction of Spiralian Embryonic Patterning | December 5, 2024 • 4:00 PM | Dr. Cat Schrankel
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Laura Sisk-Hackworth explores the mystery of microbes, paving an impressive legacy before graduating in May.
NASA awards SDSU researchers for innovative projects in sustainable guacamole for astronauts and autonomous drone safety.