Annual Retreat
Each year PCB sponsors a retreat showcasing the research done by graduate and postdoctoral trainees in the Department. Oral and poster presentations allow for a high volume of information exchange and awards are given to the top poster presenters. We also use this forum to present the Robert J. Fitzgerald Scholars awards to recognize the most important manuscripts published by students, fellows, and staff in the preceding year.
2021 Fitzgerald Scholars
Cytoplasmic sharing through apical membrane remodeling.
eLife 2020 Oct 14;9:e58107
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33051002/
The ABL2 kinase regulates an HSF1-dependent transcriptional program required for lung adenocarcinoma brain metastasis.
PNAS 2020 Dec 29;117(52):33486-33495
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33318173/
Accelerated cell cycles enable organ regeneration under developmental time constraints in the Drosophila hindgut
Dev Cell 2021 Jul26;56(14):2059-2072
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34019841/
Oncogenic KRAS is dependent upon an EFR3A-PI4KA signaling axis for potent tumorigenic activity.
Nat Commun 2021 Sep 9;12(1):5248
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34504076/
Mechanisms that ensure monogamous mating in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Mol Biol Cell 2021 Apr 15;32(8):638-644
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33596113/
Chemotactic movement of a polarity site enables yeast cells to find their mates.
PNAS 2021 Jun 1;118(22):e2025445118
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34050026/
A complex of distal appendage-associated kinases linked to human disease regulates ciliary trafficking and stability.
PNAS 2021 Apr 20;118(16):e2018740118
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33846249/
2022 Poster Awardees
Amy Stewart (Wood Lab)
Abraham Nguyen (Goetz Lab)
Benjamin Mayro (Pendergast Lab)
Telmo Llanga (Sullenger Lab)
Jing Jin Gu (Pendergast Lab)
Archan Chakraborty (Fox Lab)
Christian Cerda-Smith (Wood Lab)
Scott Allen (Fox Lab)
Paige Burrell (Kastan Lab)
Diana Li (Roper Lab) – not shown
