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Molecular & Cell Biology & Genetics (MCBG) Students & Alumni


Recent Publications

Jasmine Peake, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics

Jasmine Peake
Mentor: Dr. Eishi Noguchi (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)


Dorothy Benton, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Student

Dorothy Benton
Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Chernoff (Fox Chase Cancer Center)


Emily Esquea, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Program

Emily Esquea


Alexa Cannon, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Student

Alexa Cannon
Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Chernoff (Fox Chase Cancer Center)


John Chojnowski, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Student

John Chojnowski
Mentor: Todd Strochlic (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)


Theodore Gurrola, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Student

Theodore Gurrola


Rachel Berman, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Program

Rachel Berman


Beka Abagero, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Program

Beka Abagero


Shabnam Pirestani, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Program

Shabnam Pirestani


Carly DeAntoneo, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Program

Carly DeAntoneo
Mentor: Dr. Siddharth Balachandran (Fox Chase Cancer Center)


Anna Lilly

Anna Lilly
Mentor: Dr. Erica Golemis (Fox Chase Cancer Center)


Nicholas Duchemin
Mentor: Dr. Michael Bouchard (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)


Jill Lawrence, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Program

Jill Lawrence
Mentor: Dr. Michael Nonnemacher (Department of Microbiology & Immunology)


Teddy Nguyen, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics

Teddy Nguyen
Mentor: Dr. Erica Golsmis (Fox Chase Cancer Center)


Mitchell Parker
Mentor: Dr. Roland Dunbrack (Fox Chase Cancer Center)


Lindsay Steele, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics

Lindsay Steele
Mentor: Dr. Boris Polyak (Department of Surgery)


Kristopher Raghavan, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Program

Kristopher Raghavan
Mentor: Dr. Edna Cukierman (Fox Chase Cancer Center)


Tara Fortino, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Program

Tara Fortino
Mentor: Dr. Michael Lane (Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy)


Samuel Flashner, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Program

Samuel Flashner
Mentor: Dr. Jane Clifford (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)


Nima Sarfaraz, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Program

Nima Sarfaraz
Mentor: Dr. Michael Bouchard (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)


Lorela Ciraku, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Student

Lorela Ciraku
Mentor: Dr. Mauricio J. Reginato (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)

  • "O-GlcNAc transferase regulates glioblastoma acetate metabolism via regulation of CDK5-dependent ACSS2 phosphorylation"
    Ciraku L, Bacigalupa ZA, Ju J, Moeller RA, Le Minh G, Lee RH, Smith MD, Ferrer CM, Trefely S, Izzo LT, Doan MT, Gocal WA, D'Agostino L, Shi W, Jackson JG, Katsetos CD, Wellen KE, Snyder NW, Reginato MJ
    Oncogene. 2022 Apr;41(14):2122-2136. doi: 10.1038/s41388-022-02237-6. PMID: 35190642
  • “O-GlcNAcylation regulation of cellular signaling in cancer,” published in Cell Signalling (February 2022)
  • “An Ex Vivo Brain Slice Model to Study and Target Breast Cancer Brain Metastatic Tumor Growth,” published in Journal of Visualized Experiments (September 2021)

Michelle Swift, Molecular & Cell Biology & Genetics

Michelle Swift
Mentor: Dr. Jane Clifford (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)


Konstantin Budagyan
Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Chernoff (Fox Chase Cancer Center)


Timothy Nacarelli, a recent PhD graduate in the Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics program.

Timothy Nacarelli
Mentor: Dr. Christian Sell (Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine).


Alexandra Guffey, MS

Alexandra Guffey, MS
Mentor: Dr. Patrick Loll (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)

  • “Regulation of Resistance in Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci: The VanRS Two-Component System,” published in Microorganism (September 2021)

Jennifer Alexander, Molecular & Cell Biology & Genetics student

Jennifer Alexander
Mentor: Dr. Edna Cukierman (Fox Chase Cancer Center)


Margaret O’Connor

Margaret O’Connor
Mentor: Dr. Elias El Haddad (Department of Medicine)


Allison Yankey, PhD

Allison Yankey
Mentor: Dr. Srinivas Somarowthu (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)


Kritika Hanamshet, Molecular & Cell Biology & Genetics Program

Kritika Hanamshet
Mentor: Dr. Alexander Mazin


Rebecca Holton, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Student

Rebecca Holton
Mentor: Dr. Karen Berkowitz (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)


Katherine Innamorati, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics Student

Katherine Innamorati
Mentor: Dr. Garth Ehrlich (Department of Microbiology & Immunology)


Mihir Shetty, Molecular & Cell Biology & Genetics student

Mihir Shetty
Mentor: Dr. Eishi Noguchi (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)

A Molecular & Cell Biology & Genetics program graduate student working in a laboratory at Drexel University College of Medicine.