BS- Biology (Genetics), University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (2017)
I am a PhD candidate interested in hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) biology in both homeostatic and disease states. ETV6 is the most commonly mutated gene in childhood leukemia and recently germline variants have been identified that predispose individuals to hematologic malignancies. My thesis project focuses on understanding the role of the transcription factor, ETV6, in HSCs and how perturbation leads to hematopoietic diseases.
Bloom, M., Maciaszek, JL., Clark, ME., Pui, CH., Nichols, KE., Recent Advances in Genetic Predisposition to Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Expert Review of Hematology, Epub ahead of print, doi.org/10.1080/17474086.2020.1685866, 2019. Role: Co-First Author.
Last update: November 2019