The UNC Lineberger Cancer Research Training & Education Coordination program honored five graduate and postdoctoral students at its annual trainee awards ceremony June 21.
Graduate Fellow Award in Basic Science
The Graduate Fellow Awards in Basic Science is annual competitive $3,000 award for outstanding graduate students in the research programs of cancer center members who have active, peer-reviewed grant support.
Awardees
Derek Bolhuis
Graduate student, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
Mentor: Nicholas Brown, PhD, and Michael Emanuele, PhD
Alexander Cole Edwards
Graduate student, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology
Mentor: Channing Der, PhD
Award accepted by Channing Der on behalf of awardee
Joseph S. Pagano Award
The Joseph S. Pagano Award is an annual competitive award that recognizes notable papers authored by UNC Lineberger postdoctoral fellows. Authors of the three top papers receive a $3,000 award and are invited to give a talk at a future UNC Lineberger event.
Awardees
Jianfeng Chen, PhD
Liu Lab, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
Mentor: Pengda Liu, PhD
Somatic gain-of-function mutations in BUD13 promote oncogenesis by disrupting Fbw7 function. J Exp Med 2 October 2023; 220 (10): e20222056. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20222056
Min-Guk Cho, PhD
Gupta Lab, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
Mentor: Gaorav Gupta, MD, PhD
MRE11 liberates cGAS from nucleosome sequestration during tumorigenesis. Nature 625, 585–592 (2024). doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06889-6
Susanna Stroik, PhD
Ramsden Lab, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
Mentor: Dale Ramsden, PhD
Stepwise requirements for polymerases δ and θ in theta-mediated end joining. Nature 623:836-841 (2023). doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06729-7
Award accepted by Dale Ramsden on behalf of awardee
About CRTEC
The Cancer Research Training & Education Coordination program, led by Jen Jen Yeh, MD, and Bernard Weissman, PhD, co-associate directors, and Ashley Leak Bryant, PhD, RN, OCN, FAAN, assistant director, is responsible for developing and overseeing training, educational and career development opportunities for basic, translational, clinical and population science students, trainees and faculty members.