Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program // CU Anschutz

Congratulations to Molecular Biology student Katia Niño of Eric Pietras's lab @ericpietras.bsky.social for a successful PhD defense!

23 Sept

Congratulations to Molecular Biology student Katie Vaeth of Matt Taliaferro's lab @jmtali.bsky.social for a successful PhD defense!

11 Sept

Congratulations to Molecular Biology student Abbie Burtis of Matt Burchill's lab for a successful PhD defense!

7 Aug

Congratulations to Molecular Biology PhD student Abhishek Deshpande for receiving an award for Best Poster at the Gordon Conference on Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation June 19-24, 2026!

29 May

Congratulations to Molecular Biology student Annika Gustafson of Heide Ford's @heidefordlab.bsky.social and Kristin Artinger's labs for a successful PhD defense!

24 May

Congratulations to Molecular Biology student Kaiah Fields of Heide Ford's lab @heidefordlab.bsky.social for a successful PhD defense!

15 Apr

Congratulations to Molecular Biology student Charlie Moffatt of Matt Taliaferro's lab @jmtali.bsky.social for a successful PhD defense!

15 Apr

Congratulations to first-year Molecular Biology PhD student Robert Kidd for being awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! One of only four awards received this year by PhD students on the Anschutz Medical Campus.

19 Mar

Congratulations to Molecular Biology student Rachel Sachs of the Prekeris lab @prekerislab.bsky.social for successfully defending her PhD!

18 Mar

Congratulations to Molecular Biology PhD student Annika Gustafson, who was a Keystone Symposia Future of Science Fund Awardee at the recent Epigenetics and Gene Regulation in Health and Disease meeting in Geneva #KSEpigenetics26

12 Dec 2025

Congratulations to Molecular Biology Program faculty member Tânia Reis for being elected to the Board of Directors of the Genetics Society of America!

Genetics Society of America@genetics-gsa.bsky.social

Join us in welcoming GSA’s newest Board members: VP David Greenstein, Treasurer @marymullins.bsky.social, & Directors Monica Colaiacovo (@colaiacovolab.bsky.social), Tania Reis, & @jrossibarra.bsky.social. We’re grateful for their leadership & excited for what’s ahead. Learn more: buff.ly/7LZjkoP

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We are supported by a T32 Award from NIGMS. Preparing the annual RPPR inspired us to look back at the ~50 publications in 2025 from our students (current or recently graduated). We’re linking to them all below. There is still time to apply to join us! graduateschool.cuanschutz.edu/admissions/a...

Arely Diaz, who also earned her PhD this year, was first author on a review article doi.org/10.3390/biom...

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doi.orgFrontiers | Myogenesis gone awry: the role of developmental pathways in rhabdomyosarcomaRhabdomyosarcoma is a soft-tissue sarcoma that occurs most frequently in pediatric patients and has poor survival rates in patients with recurrent or metasta...

Annika Gustafson, one of our Bolie Scholars, was first author on a review article doi.org/10.3389/fcel...

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doi.orgPDGFRα/β heterodimer activation negatively affects downstream ERK1/2 signaling and cellular proliferation - Nature CommunicationsHere they show that heterodimerization of the receptor tyrosine kinases PDGFRa and PDGFRb negatively affects downstream ERK1/2 signaling and cellular proliferation, due in part to rapid internalizatio...

Andrew Neumann was also co-author on another research article doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Andrew Neumann and Raymundo Lerma were co-authors on a research article doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...

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Andrew Neumann was also co-author on another research article doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Andrew Neumann was first author on a “Preview” of another research article doi.org/10.1016/j.de...

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Abbie Burtis and Destiny Denicola co-authored a research article doi.org/10.1097/hep....

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doi.orgUbiquitylation-dependent Rap2 activation regulates lamellipodia dynamics during cell migrationCell migration is a complex process hallmarked by front-to-back cell polarity that is established by the highly dynamic actin cytoskeleton. Branched actin polymerization creates a lamellipodium at the...

Andrew Neumann was first author on a research article doi.org/10.1242/jcs....

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Abbie Burtis and Destiny Denicola co-authored a research article doi.org/10.1097/hep....

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doi.orgMolybdenum-independent [4Fe-4S]-Catalyzed Sulfate Assimilation Sustains Salmonella VirulenceNontyphoidal Salmonella exploits the metabolic versatility of its 17 molybdenum cofactor (MOCO)-containing MopB family members to respire on substrates as chemically disparate as formate, nitrate, and...

Alyssa Margolis, who also earned her PhD this year, was first author on a preprint doi.org/10.21203/rs....

7 Nov 2025

Congratulations to Molecular Biology PhD student Giovana Maria Breda Veronezi of Srinivas Ramachandran's lab @4everbiochemist.bsky.social for successfully completing her PhD defense!

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4 Nov 2025

Josh Black was a member of the Molecular Biology PhD Program for >10 yrs and served in many ways, including teaching and chairing the Prelim Exam committee. He was always generous with sharing advice, knowledge, and expertise. We are grateful for the time we shared with him and we already miss him.

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We remember and honor Joshua Black, PhD, who passed away on Oct. 25, 2025. Josh was a brilliant scientist, a beloved colleague, and a cherished friend. To honor his legacy and support a research lectureship in his honor, we invite you to contribute in his memory at giving.cu.edu/JBlack.

30 Oct 2025

The Molecular Biology Program is at #NDiSTEM ! Sacnistas interested in the program, please stop by the CU Graduate School booth #1243 in the Expo Hall. Associate Director Michael McMurray @mcmurraylab.bsky.social is at the conference, as well

24 Oct 2025

Congratulations to Molecular Biology student Evan Morrison of Olivia Rissland's lab for successfully completing his PhD defense!

20 Oct 2025

The 2025 Molecular Biology PhD Annual Program Retreat took place this past Thursday afternoon thru Saturday morning (10/16-18) in beautiful Granby, Colorado. Special thanks to keynote speaker David Fay, PhD @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social for your engagement throughout the retreat and for a great talk!

9 June 2025

Congratulations to Molecular Biology student Natasia Paukovich of Beat Vögeli's lab for successfully defending her PhD!

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23 May 2025

Congratulations to Molecular Biology student Roy Khair of Liz Kovacs's lab for successfully defending his PhD!

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22 May 2025

Congratulations to postdoctoral fellow @ecbrooks96.bsky.social who won a poster award and @molbcu.bsky.social graduate student Cassie Minne who received honorable mention at the 4th annual Rocky Mountain RNA Symposium held today at @cuanschutz.bsky.social!

20 May 2025

Congratulations to Molecular Biology student Arely Diaz of Tânia Reis's lab for successfully defending her PhD!

13 May 2025

Congratulations to Molecular Biology student Alyssa Margolis of Andres Vazquez-Torres's lab for successfully defending her PhD!

5 May 2025

Congratulations to Molecular Biology student Chris Alderman from Rui Zhao's lab for successfully defending his PhD!

27 Mar 2025

Congratulations to Molecular Biology student Brandon Buck of Srinivas Ramachandran's lab for successfully defending his PhD!

21 Mar 2025

Congratulations to Molecular Biology student Art Wolin of Heide Ford's lab @heidefordlab.bsky.social for successfully defending his PhD!

15 Mar 2025

Congratulations to Molecular Biology student Luuli Tran @luulitran.bsky.social of Santos Franco's lab @thefrancolab.bsky.social for successfully defending her PhD!

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15 Mar 2025

Congratulations to Molecular Biology PhD Student Kathryn Walters of Neel Mukherjee's lab for successfully defending her PhD! cid:e627e5ef-c536-49b8-aaa8-90ffb75debc4

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19 Feb 2025

Amidst all the chaos, the lab had a great day presenting their research earlier this month at @cuanschutz.bsky.social School of Dental Medicine Research Day. Congratulations to @molbcu.bsky.social student Cassie Minne who won 2nd place poster prize in the graduate student category!

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11 Feb 2025

Congratulations to Chloe Briney of the Rissland lab for successfully defending her PhD on Friday, Feb. 7!

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22 Jan 2025

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This is the final act from Luuli's PhD thesis work in the @molbcu.bsky.social program. Funded by her F31 NRSA, her T32 fellowship, and her Bolie Award. Thesis defense coming up in March!!! If anyone is hiring for bioinformatician positions, please reach out to @luulitran.bsky.social right away!

10 Jan 2025

Congratulations to Molecular Biology student Ben Cooperman (of @mcmurraylab.bsky.social ) for a successful PhD defense!

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19 Dec 2024

Congratulations to Molecular Biology PhD student Arely Diaz for being awarded a DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics. Arely, of the Reis lab in @cuendocrinology.bsky.social is the 1st ever Anschutz Med Campus @cuanschutz.bsky.social awardee. genetics-gsa.org/awards/delil...

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4 Dec 2024

Delighted to share our updated work, led by former @molbcu.bsky.social student Thomas Forman, out now in @elife.bsky.social: elifesciences.org/articles/98531, PDGFRa signaling regulates Srsf3 transcript binding to affect PI3K signaling and endosomal trafficking

elifesciences.orgPDGFRα signaling regulates Srsf3 transcript binding to affect PI3K signaling and endosomal traffickingUpon PDGFRα signaling in mouse embryonic palatal mesenchyme cells, Srsf3 exhibits differential transcript binding, resulting in retention of the receptor in early endosomes and increased downstream PI...