2024 Michael R. Green, MD, PhD, Awardees in Graduate Research
Lucas Restrepo - Baehrecke Lab
“Uncovering Mtch: A Novel Regulator of Mitophagy at the Mitochondrial Membrane”
Kensei Kishimoto - Flavahan Lab
“Developing sequencing-based metabolite sensor to study acetyl-CoA metabolism in the nucleus”

Michelle Kelliher, PhD - Professor and Interim Chair
“Tapping RIPK1-mediated immunogenic cell death to promote anti-tumor immunity”

Christopher Lengner, Ph.D. - Chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine

“Colon Cancer: Stem cell origins and mechanisms of metastasis”

Calvin Johnson - Pitarresi Lab
“PTHrP is a potent mediator of immune suppression in pancreatic cancer”
Pradeep Gautam, Ph.D. - Fazzio Lab
“Constructing Epigenomic maps of Glioblastoma”

Julio Aguirre-Ghiso, Ph.D. - Rose C. Falkenstein Chair in Cancer Research
Endowed Professor of Cell Biology
Director, Cancer Dormancy and Tumor Microenvironment Institute
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

“Alveolar macrophages, somatic mosaicism and the control of disseminated cancer cell dormancy”

Avijit Mallick, Ph.D. - Haynes Lab
“Identification of a Pathway that Prevents the Accumulation of Extracellular Protein Aggregates”
Emmet Karner - Mercurio Lab
“Tumor Heterogeneity and Ferroptosis Resistance in Breast Cancer”