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Rhonda Caston, Ph.D.
Timothy Cover Lab
I study toxin-host interactions and protein secretion by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, the only bacterial species that commonly causes cancer in humans, using cell lines, gastric organoids, and mouse models.
Recent Papers: J Proteomics. 2019 Jun 30;202:103374
How Vanderbilt made an impact: IMSD (including serving as an instructor for the Discovering Biomedical Research Program) and the Office of Career Development (the resume help and career symposiums events are extremely helpful)
Next plans: Postdoctoral research