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2012 Postdoctoral Candidate Pelotonia Scholars

Learn more about the postdoctoral candidates who received a scholarship award in 2012.

Timothy Chlon, PhD
Project – Exploring the Role of the Fanconi Anemia Pathway in Somatic Cell Reprogramming Through Human Papillomavirus Oncogenes

Roberta Galli, PhD
Project – Control of Microvesicles Secretion: A New Approach in Cancer Treatment

Sigurdis Haraldsdottir, MD
Project – Incidence of Lynch Syndrome and the Microsatellite Instablilty Pathway in Colorectal Cancer Patients in Iceland

Tiffany Hughes, PhD
Project – The Role of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Activation in Multiple Myeloma

Zeenia Kaul, PhD
Project – Tumor-Specific Plasticity in Mechanisms of Telomere Maintenance

Nikola Kovinich, PhD
Project – New Frontiers in the Chemical Arsenal Against Cancer: Combining Modules of Semi-Synthesis and Synthetic Biology

Joseph Markowitz, MD, PhD
Project – Inhibiting Immune Suppressor Cells in Pancreatic Cancer

Antonio Perez-Castro, PhD
Project – The Control of PTEN Protein Stability and its Role in Endometrial Cancer

Vasudha Shukla, PhD
Project – Influence of Biomechanical Forces in the Lung on EGFR Signaling and Response to Therapy

Lawrence Shirley, MD
Project – Targeting the Warburg Effect to Overcome Gemcitabine Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer

Jared Talbot, PhD
Project – Zebrafish Models of SIX1-Mediated Muscle Metastasis

Nissar Wani, PhD
Project – Role of S100A7/RAGE in Breast Cancer Metastasis to Bone