University of Minnesota MSTP (MD/PhD)

04/14/2026

Check out the co-author paper by Hannah Bergom in Oncotarget titled "CREB5 regulates stem cell-like transcriptional programs to enhance tumor progression in prostate cancer".

Copyright: © 2026 Makovec et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Prostate g …

04/13/2026

Congratulations to Anisha Adke, who successfully defended her PhD. The title of Anisha's thesis is "VGF in the nucleus accumbens: roles in synaptic and opioid-evoked plasticity"

04/07/2026

Congratulations to John Roy Lozada, who successfully defended his PhD. The title of John's thesis is "Tuning the aperture: a focus on NK cell diversity and dynamics in cancer"

03/30/2026

Check out the co-author paper by Dominique Earland in America Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene titled "The effect of head of household occupation and activity at sunrise and sunset on malaria prevalence in Sussundenga, Mozambique".

There is evidence that outdoor occupations and being active outdoors at night increase the risk of malaria infection. This study aimed to examine the associations between both head of household occupation and whether an individual was active at sunrise and/or sunset on the outcome of malaria infecti...

03/20/2026

Congratulations to our students who matched today! We are so proud of you and look forward to all that you will accomplish in the future.

Taylor Brown, PhD
Mount Sinai - Pathology (AP/NP)

Rebecca Butler, PhD
Northwestern University - General Surgery

Jenna Dick, PhD
Yale University - Dermatology (Research)

Adrina Kocharian, PhD
Stanford University – Neurology

Elizabeth Okafor, PhD
Boston Children's Hospital - Pediatrics

Michael Patterson, PhD
University of North Carolina - Internal Medicine

Riley Shearer, PhD
University of Washington - Internal Medicine (PSTP)

03/02/2026

Check out the first author paper by John Lozada in Cancer Immunology Research titled "Integrated single-cell profiling reveals dichotomous NK cell populations associated with immunosuppression in solid tumors".

Natural killer (NK) cells represent key effectors of antitumor immunity, yet emerging evidence highlights populations with distinct roles in cancer. Despite such expanded diversity within the NK cell repertoire, we lack an understanding of how this heterogeneity impacts immune responses and downstre...

02/02/2026

Check out the first author paper by José Valentín López in Clinical Cancer Research titled "Evolution of AR and non-AR alterations in circulating tumor DNA of metastatic prostate cancer patients treated in the phase 3 Alliance A031201 trial".

AR alterations in ctDNA accumulate at progression in mCRPC patients treated with ARPIs, especially in those with initially durable responses. These findings support the use of liquid biopsy to serially track resistance mechanisms and inform precision therapy in advanced prostate cancer.

01/29/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Drs. Rothlin and Masopust! 🎉 We’re proud to celebrate their recognition by the American Association of Immunologists.

🏆 Carla V. Rothlin, PhD — AAI Lancefield Mid-Career Achievement Award
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🏆 David Masopust, PhD — AAI Meritorious Career Award
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01/26/2026

Check out the first author paper by Saurin Kantesaria in Magnetic Resonance Medicine titled "Designing B1-selective pulses by frequency modulating in a second rotating frame".

By implementing frequency modulation in a second rotating frame, B1-selective excitation and inversion are feasible, even when B0 and B1 are nonuniform.

01/05/2026

Check out the co-author paper by Jacob Noeker in Nature Neuroscience titled "Distinct endocannabinoids specifically signal to astrocytes or neurons in the adult mouse hippocampus".

The endocannabinoid (eCB) system is involved in many processes in brain function. eCBs depress synaptic transmission by directly activating presynaptic CB1 receptors (CB1Rs), and they indirectly potentiate adjacent synapses by activating astrocytic CB1Rs. In contrast to other neurotransmitter system...

12/22/2025

Check out the first author paper by Andrea Maxwell in Scientific Reports titled " JAACAP Open titled "Using explainable machine learning to elucidate social and neurobehavioral risk factors linked to nonmedicinal opioid use in young adults."

Using explainable machine learning to elucidate social and neurobehavioral risk factors linked to nonmedicinal opioid use in young adults

12/17/2025