Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

01/03/2025

Check out the recent publications from our students!

Woldetsadik YA, Lazinski DW, Camilli A. 2024. A Vibrio cholerae anti-phage system depletes nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide to restrict virulent bacteriophages. mBio. Oct 8:e0245724. doi: 10.1128/mbio.02457-24. (Yishak Woldetsadik – Micro)

Antonoudiou P, Teboul E, Amaya KA, Stone BT, Dorst KE, Maguire JL. 2024. Biased information routing through the basolateral amygdala, altered valence processing, and impaired affective states associated with psychiatric illnesses. Biol Psychiatry. Oct 10:S0006-3223(24)01652-4. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2024.10.003. (Eric Teboul – Neuroscience)

Parthasarathy S, Moreno de Lara L, Carrillo-Salinas FJ, Werner A, Borchers A, Iyer V, Vogell A, Fortier JM, Wira CR, Rodriguez-Garcia M. 2024. Human ge***al dendritic cell heterogeneity confers differential rapid response to HIV-1 exposure. Front Immunol. Oct 25;15:1472656. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1472656. (Sid Parthasarathy, Alexandra Werner – Immunology)

Huang AS, Wimmer RD, Lam NH, Wang BA, Suresh S, Roeske MJ, Pleger B, Halassa MM, Woodward ND. 2024. A prefrontal thalamocortical readout for conflict-related executive dysfunction in schizophrenia. Cell Rep Med. Oct 22:101802. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2024.101802. (Sahil Suresh – Neuroscience & MSTP)

Camarda ND, Lu Q, Tesfu AF, Liu RR, Ibarrola J, Jaffe IZ. 2024. Mineralocorticoid receptor in endothelial cells contributes to VEGF receptor inhibitor-induced vascular and kidney damage. Am J Hypertens. Nov 8:hpae140. doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpae140. (Nick Camarda – GMCB & MSTP)

Hershkovitz D, Chen EJ, Ensminger AW, Dugan AS, Conway KT, Joyce AC, Segal G, Isberg RR. 2024. Genetic evidence for a regulated cysteine protease catalytic triad in LegA7, a Legionella pneumophila protein that impinges on a stress response pathway. mSphere. Aug 21:e0022224. doi: 10.1128/msphere.00222-24. (Emy Chen – Genetics & MSTP)

Mostafa SM, Wang L, Tian B, Graber J, Moore C. 2024. Transcriptomic analysis reveals regulation of adipogenesis via long non-coding RNA, alternative splicing, and alternative polyadenylation. Sci Rep. 2024 Jul 23;14(1):16964. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-67648-9. (Salwa Mostafa – GMCB)

Singh P, Jay DG.The Role of eHsp90 in extracellular matrix remodeling, tumor invasiveness, and metastasis. Cancers (Basel). 2024 Nov 19;16(22):3873. doi: 10.3390/cancers16223873. (Pragya Singh – GMCB)

Gelbard MK, Grace M, von Schoeler-Ames A, Gnanou I, Munger K. 2024. The HPV101 E7 protein shares host cellular targets and biological activities with high-risk HPV16 E7. Tumour Virus Res. Dec 4:200300. doi: 10.1016/j.tvr.2024.200300. (Maya Gelbard – GMCB)

DiLeo A, Antonodiou P, Blandino K, Conlin E, Melón L, Maguire JL. 2024. Alcohol Modulates Frontal Cortex and BLA Network States Which Correlate with Future Voluntary Alcohol Consumption. eNeuro. Dec 12;11(12):ENEURO.0017-24.2024. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0017-24.2024. (Alyssa DiLeo, Katrina Blandino – Neuroscience)

Hisey JA, Masnovo C, Mirkin SM. 2024. Triplex H-DNA structure: the long and winding road from the discovery to its role in human disease. NAR Mol Med. Dec 5;1(4):ugae024. doi: 10.1093/narmme/ugae024. (Julia Hisey – GMCB & MSTP)

Coleman EM, White M, Antonoudiou P, Weiss GL, Scarpa G, Stone B, Maguire J. 2024. Early life stress influences epilepsy outcomes in mice. Epilepsy Behav. Dec 16;163:110217. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2024.110217. (Garrett Scarpa – Neuro)

12/20/2024

Looking forward to relaxing over the holidays? Check out Tufts recommendations for movies, podcasts, and fun TV.

Looking for recommendations for music, movies, TV, and podcasts? Tufts faculty and staff share their favorites

12/03/2024

Celebrating our new SACNAS Chapter - Learn More

This story was developed by Ivan Albino Flores and members of the Tufts SACNAS Executive Board, including Iris Montes, Andrea Rebolledo Viveros, and Ariana Calderon Zavala. Aimee Shen, PhD, a member of our Molecular Microbiology program, serves as the advisor for the group.

12/02/2024

Remember GSBS on Giving Tuesday!

An important tradition continues, . You can help us to secure challenge funds from generous donors that will make an immediate and direct impact for GSBS students. Visit https://go.tufts.edu/gt4gsbs to learn more and to make your gift.

11/27/2024

Read a book during the holidays! Check out the winter book recommendations from Tufts colleagues.

The Tufts community weighs in with recommendations for more than 30 books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry

11/14/2024

For a limited time, every donation made to the Greenwald Endowed Fund for Graduate Student Mental Health and Resilience will be matched dollar for dollar up to $10,0000 doubling the impact of your gift. This is an incredible chance to support wellness initiatives and resilience building programs that will make a lasting difference in the lives of our students and faculty.

Make a donation online at https://give.tufts.edu/greenwald-endowed-fund-for-graduate-student-mental-health-resilience by November 16.

Whether you’re a loyal donor or considering making your first gift, now is the perfect time to join us. A huge thank you to Dave and Lauren for their ongoing commitment and leadership in supporting mental health! Together, we can achieve something truly special.

11/11/2024

We are proud of our six PhD students who have received travel awards to attend this year's ABRCMS meeting in Pittsburgh. Learn more about GSBS attendees at this years meeting, which begins later this week.

Top row left to right - Ashley Luo, Claudia Manan Mejias, Wendelin MarmolBottom row left to right - Andrea Rebolledo Vivero, Liz Tan, Yishak Woldetsadik

10/19/2024

GSBS will be at SACNAS this year!
Stop and see us at Booth 212.
We will be represented by Dean Michael Chin, MD, PhD, and two of our PhD students from the Molecular Microbiology program, Andrea Rebolledo Viveros and Ivan Albino Flores. Andrea and Ivan are members of the Tufts SACNAS chapter.

09/08/2024

GSBS Congratulates its August grads!

Congratulations to the students who graduated on August 31. GSBS wishes them every success as they continue their career journey.

09/04/2024

Congratulations to Alex Flynn (second from the left), E26, member of the Jumbo rowing team, and silver medalist as member of the Para Rowing mixed coxed four team at the Paralympics

Tufts junior Alex Flynn, E26, member of the Jumbo rowing team, medals as member of the Para Rowing mixed coxed four team at the Paris Paralympic Games

08/29/2024

GSBS Welcomes Michael Chin, MD, PhD as its permanent dean.

Michael Chin, MD, PhD, who has served as Interim Dean of GSBS since July of 2023, has been appointed the permanent dean of the school.

08/07/2024

GSBS congratulates the newly named Dean's Fellows and Rosenberg Fellows.

Learn more.

Top Row (left to right) Hanan Bloomer and Ioannis Siokas - Rosenberg Fellow RecipientsBottom Row (left to right) Jennifer Judge and Maggie Kerwin - Dean's Fellow Recipients