New Publications
MSTPublications: December 2019
Dec. 19, 2019—Specific Molecular Recognition as a Strategy to Delineate Tumor Margin Using Topically Applied Fluorescence Embedded Nanoparticles. Barton S, Li B, Siuta M, Vaibhav J, Song J, Holt CM, Tomono T, Ukawa M, Kumagai H, Tobita E, Wilson K, Sakuma S, Pham W. Precis Nanomed. 2018 Nov 25;1(3):194-207. doi: 10.33218/prnano1(3).181009.1. Epub 2018 Oct 29. The Thomsen-Friedenreich...
MSTPublications: October 2019
Oct. 29, 2019—Towards Machine Learning Prediction of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Intra-operative Efficacy Maps. Bermudez C, Rodriguez W, Huo Y, Hainline AE, Li R, Shults R, D’Haese PD, Konrad PE, Dawant BM, Landman BA. Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng. 2019 Mar;10949. pii: 1094922. doi: 10.1117/12.2509728. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has the potential to improve the quality...
MSTPublications: September 2019
Sep. 27, 2019—The intrinsically disordered region of the cytokinetic F-BAR protein Cdc15 provides a unique essential function in maintenance of cytokinetic ring integrity. Mangione MC, Snider CE, Gould KL. Mol Biol Cell. 2019 Sep 11:mbcE19060314. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E19-06-0314. [Epub ahead of print] Successful separation of two daughter cells (i.e. cytokinesis) is essential for life. Many eukaryotic cells divide...
MSTPublications: August 2019
Aug. 27, 2019—Combination immunotherapy and radiotherapy causes an abscopal treatment response in a mouse model of castration resistant prostate cancer. Dudzinski SO, Cameron BD, Wang J, Rathmell JC, Giorgio TD, Kirschner AN. J Immunother Cancer. 2019 Aug 14;7(1):218. doi: 10.1186/s40425-019-0704-z. Background: Prostate cancer is poorly responsive to immune checkpoint inhibition, yet a combination with radiotherapy may enhance...
MSTPublications: July 2019
Jul. 30, 2019—Anatomical context improves deep learning on the brain age estimation task. Bermudez C, Plassard AJ, Chaganti S, Huo Y, Aboud KE, Cutting LE, Resnick SM, Landman BA. Magn Reson Imaging. 2019 Jun 24. pii: S0730-725X(18)30609-X. doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2019.06.018. [Epub ahead of print] Deep learning has shown remarkable improvements in the analysis of medical images without the...
MSTPublications: June 2019
Jun. 25, 2019—p73 regulates epidermal wound healing and induced keratinocyte programming. Beeler JS, Marshall CB, Gonzalez-Ericsson PI, Shaver TM, Santos Guasch GL, Lea ST, Johnson KN, Jin H, Venters BJ, Sanders ME, Pietenpol JA. PLoS One. 2019 Jun 19;14(6):e0218458. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218458. eCollection 2019. p63 is a transcriptional regulator of ectodermal development that is required for basal cell...
MSTPublications: May 2019
May. 30, 2019—Autism-linked dopamine transporter mutation alters striatal dopamine neurotransmission and dopamine-dependent behaviors. DiCarlo GE, Aguilar JI, Matthies HJ, Harrison FE, Bundschuh KE, West A, Hashemi P, Herborg F, Rickhag M, Chen H, Gether U, Wallace MT, Galli A. J Clin Invest. 2019 May 16;130. pii: 127411. doi: 10.1172/JCI127411. The precise regulation of synaptic dopamine (DA) content...
MSTPublications: April 2019
Apr. 29, 2019—Respiratory Heterogeneity Shapes Biofilm Formation and Host Colonization in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli. Beebout CJ, Eberly AR, Werby SH, Reasoner SA, Brannon JR, De S, Fitzgerald MJ, Huggins MM, Clayton DB, Cegelski L, Hadjifrangiskou M. MBio. 2019 Apr 2;10(2). pii: e02400-18. doi: 10.1128/mBio.02400-18. Biofilms are multicellular bacterial communities encased in a self-secreted extracellular matrix comprised of...
MSTPublications: March 2019
Mar. 28, 2019—J-N Gallant’s recent first-author paper was featured here in the VUMC Reporter! Katherine Konvinse’s recent first-author paper was featured here in the VUMC Reporter! Applied Bioengineering in Tissue Reconstruction, Replacement, and Regeneration. Colazo JM, Evans BC, Farinas AF, Al-Kassis S, Duvall C, Thayer WP. Tissue Eng Part B Rev. 2019 Mar 21. doi:...
Training the Physician-Scientist: Views from Program Directors and Aspiring Young Investigators
Feb. 26, 2019—Read MSTP Director Christopher Williams, MD, PhD‘s Op-Ed published recently in JCI Insight. Training the physician-scientist: views from program directors and aspiring young investigators. Williams CS, Iness AN, Baron RM, Ajijola OA, Hu PJ, Vyas JM, Baiocchi R, Adami AJ, Lever JM, Klein PS, Demer L, Madaio M, Geraci M, Brass LF, Blanchard M, Salata...