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Congratulations to Tyler Hoard!
Tyler (Allen Lab) successfully defended his thesis, “The Secret Lives of Semaphorin Receptors: Novel Roles for Plexins and Neuropilins in Hedgehog and Wnt Signaling,” on April 25, 2024.
New Publication by Ryan Passino (Giger Lab)!
"Neutrophil-inflicted vasculature damage suppresses immune-mediated optic nerve regeneration," has been published in Cell Reports.
New Publication from the Giger Lab!
"Structure and function of Semaphorin-5A glycosaminoglycan interactions," has been published in Nature Communications.
Congratulations to Mitre Athaiya!
Mitre (Giger Lab) won the U-M Office of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies 2024 Biomedical Sciences Graduate Student Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award.
Congratulations to Madison Pletan!
Madison (Tsai Lab) successfully defended her thesis, "An Endoplasmic Reticulum Junctional Structure Supports Nuclear Protein Quality Control and Viral Pathogenesis," on April 18, 2024.