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Jeff Rathmell, PhD.
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Current Lab Members

Brian Altman, Graduate Student, Molecular Cancer Biology. The role of autophagy and glucose metabolism in growth factor withdrawal and apoptosis.

Jonathan Coloff, Graduate Student, Pharmacology. Akt-mediated in glucose metabolism and control of Bcl-2 family proteins in cell survival.

Emily Ferguson, MSTP, Molecular Cancer Biology. Regulation of p53 by metabolic pathways and the role of p53 in lymphocyte cell death.
Pankuri-Goraksha-Hicks, PhD, Post-doc. Mechanisms of Glut1 trafficking in lymphocyte activation.
Weihong Hu, Research Tech. Technical support essential to the lab.
Sarah Jacobs, Graduate Student, Molecular Cancer Biology. Mechanisms of Glut1 regulation in T cells by T cell activation or IL-7 stimulation.
Nancie MacIver, MD/PhD. Pediatric Endocrinology Fellow. The role of Leptin and AMPK in T cell metabolism and function.
Ryan Michalek, PhD, Post-doc. The role of glucose metabolism in T cell-mediated inflammation and nuclear hormone receptors in T cell metabolism and function.
 
Past Students
Heather Wieman, PhD. (2008, molecular cancer biology)
Jessica Wofford, PhD. (2007, pharmacology)
Yuxing Zhao, PhD. (2007, pharmacology)
Kathleen O'Hara, M.A. (2009, immunology)
Leigh Ann Samsa (2009, Duke undergraduate)