Student Publications
Our students are actively publishing their research! Below are first author publications and preprints from our MS3 and MS4 students from 2024 and 2025.
Publications
Azzolino VN, et al. Structural Analysis of Inhibitor Binding to Enterovirus-D68 3C Protease. Viruses. 2025 Jan 8;17(1):75. doi: 10.3390/v17010075. PMID: 39861864. Thesis Advisor: Schiffer, CA
Azzolino VN, et al. Elucidating the Substrate Envelope of Enterovirus 68-3C Protease: Structural Basis of Specificity and Potential Resistance. Viruses. 2024 Sep 5;16(9):1419. doi: 10.3390/v16091419. PMID: 39339895. Thesis Advisor: Schiffer, CA
Baier AS, et al. Dual engagement of the nucleosomal acidic patches is essential for deposition of histone H2A.Z by SWR1C. Elife. 2024 May 29;13:RP94869. doi: 10.7554/eLife.94869. PMID: 38809771. Thesis Advisor: Peterson CL
Belgrad J, et al. The N=1 Collaborative: advancing customized nucleic acid therapies through collaboration and data sharing. Nucleic Acids Res. 2025 Apr 22;53(8):gkaf346. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkaf346. PMID: 40277082. Thesis Advisor: Khvorova A
Belgrad J, et al. Nucleic Acid Therapeutics: Successes, Milestones, and Upcoming Innovation. Nucleic Acid Ther. 2024 Apr;34(2):52-72. doi: 10.1089/nat.2023.0068. Epub 2024 Mar 20. PMID: 38507678. Thesis Advisor: Khvorova A
Belgrad J, et al. A programmable dual-targeting siRNA scaffold supports potent two-gene modulation in the central nervous system. Nucleic Acids Res. 2024 Jun 24;52(11):6099-6113. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkae368. PMID: 38726879. Thesis Advisor: Khvorova A
Belgrad J, et al. More than 185 CAG repeats: a point of no return in Huntington's disease biology. Brain. 2024 May 3;147(5):1601-1603. doi: 10.1093/brain/awae105. PMID: 38588052. Thesis Advisor: Khvorova A
Belgrad J, et al. Editorial: Nucleic Acids Research virtual issue dedicated to nucleic acid therapeutics, 2018-2023. Nucleic Acids Res. 2024 Jan 25;52(2):511-512. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkad1148. PMID: 38035373. Thesis Advisor: Khvorova A
Chuprin J, et al. Humanized mouse models for immuno-oncology research. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2023 Mar;20(3):192-206. doi: 10.1038/s41571-022-00721-2. Epub 2023 Jan 12. PMID: 36635480. Thesis Advisor: Rashighi M
Herbert C, et al. Relationship Between Acute SARS-CoV-2 Viral Clearance and Long COVID-19 (Long COVID) Symptoms: A Cohort Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Feb 5;80(1):82-90. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae539. PMID: 39692474. Thesis Advisor: Soni, A
Herbert C, et al. Performance of and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Diagnostics Based on Symptom Onset and Close Contact Exposure: An Analysis From the Test Us at Home Prospective Cohort Study. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 May 31;11(6):ofae304. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofae304. PMID: 38911947. Thesis Advisor: Soni, A
Herbert C, et al. Differential Viral Dynamics by Sex and Body Mass Index During Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Results From a Longitudinal Cohort Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 May 15;78(5):1185-1193. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad701. PMID: 37972270. Thesis Advisor: Soni, A
Herbert C, et al. Persistent False Positive Covid-19 Rapid Antigen Tests. N Engl J Med. 2024 Feb 22;390(8):764-765. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2313517. PMID: 38381681. Thesis Advisor: Soni, A
Kumar A, et al. Neuropilin-2-expressing breast cancer cells mitigate radiation-induced oxidative stress through nitric oxide signaling. J Clin Invest. 2024 Oct 1;134(22):e181368. doi: 10.1172/JCI181368. PMID: 39352757. Thesis Advisor: Mercurio AM
Kwiatkowski ER, et al. Cnidarians are CLOCKing in. Elife. 2024 May 8;13:e98512. doi: 10.7554/eLife.98512. PMID: 38716806. Thesis Advisor: Emery P
Kwiatkowski ER, et al. Clocks at sea: the genome-editing tide is rising. Trends Genet. 2024 May;40(5):387-397. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2024.01.006. Epub 2024 Feb 8. PMID: 38336520. Thesis Advisor: Emery P
Kwiatkowski ER, et al. Crosstalk between the circatidal and circadian clocks mediates behavioral adaptation to tidal patterns. Curr Biol. 2024 Nov 18;34(22):5239-5251.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.09.067. Epub 2024 Oct 22. PMID: 39442519. Thesis Advisor: Emery P
Michener PS, et al. "Expected to happen": perspectives on post-release overdose from recently incarcerated people with opioid use disorder. Harm Reduct J. 2024 Jul 22;21(1):138. doi: 10.1186/s12954-024-01055-1. PMID: 39034384. Thesis Advisor: Friedmann PD
Michener PS, et al. Diffusion of medications for opioid use disorder treatment in jail settings: a convergent mixed methods study of jail staff perspectives. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2024 Feb 12;19(1):10. doi: 10.1186/s13722-024-00440-2. PMID: 38347634. Thesis Advisor: Friedmann PD
Michener PS, et al. Association of random and observed urine drug screening with long-term retention in opioid treatment programs. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2024 Feb 1;255:111067. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.111067. Epub 2023 Dec 24. PMID: 38183832. Thesis Advisor: Friedmann PD
Tse-Kang SY, et al. Patterns of pathogenesis in innate immunity: insights from C. elegans. Nat Rev Immunol. 2025 Sep;25(9):637-648. doi: 10.1038/s41577-025-01167-0. Epub 2025 Apr 17. PMID: 40247006. Thesis Advisor: Pukkila-Worley, R
Tse-Kang SY, et al. Intestinal immunity in C. elegans is activated by pathogen effector-triggered aggregation of the guard protein TIR-1 on lysosome-related organelles. Immunity. 2024 Oct 8;57(10):2280-2295.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2024.08.013. Epub 2024 Sep 18. PMID: 39299238. Thesis Advisor: Pukkila-Worley, R
Tse-Kang SY, et al. Lysosome-related organelle integrity suppresses TIR-1 aggregation to restrain toxic propagation of p38 innate immunity. Cell Rep. 2024 Sep 24;43(9):114674. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114674. Epub 2024 Sep 18. PMID: 39299237. Thesis Advisor: Pukkila-Worley, R
Preprints
Belgrad J, et al. Blocking somatic repeat expansion and lowering huntingtin via RNA interference synergize to prevent Huntington's disease pathogenesis in mice. bioRxiv[Preprint]. 2025 Jun 25:2025.06.24.661398. doi: 10.1101/2025.06.24.661398. PMID: 40667291. Thesis Advisor: Khvorova A
Kumar A, et al. Resistance to Radiation Enhances Metastasis by Altering RNA Metabolism. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Feb 25:2025.02.19.638943. doi: 10.1101/2025.02.19.638943. PMID: 40060410. Thesis Advisor: Mercurio AM