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Dr. Altinok successfully defended her thesis “Domain-Specific Changes in CHIP Function Explain Distinct Clinical Features in SCA48 Patients” on June 6.

Selin-Altinok, PhD Defense

Dr. Altinok completed her PhD research under the direction ofJonathan Schisler, Ph.D. 

Publications

Mishra-Gorur K, Barak T, Kaulen LD, Henegariu O, Jin SC, Aguilera SM, Yalbir E, Goles G, Nishimura S, Miyagishima D, Djenoune L, Altinok S, Rai DK, Viviano S, Prendergast A, Zerillo C, Ozcan K, Baran B, Sencar L, Goc N, Yarman Y, Ercan-Sencicek AG, Bilguvar K, Lifton RP, Moliterno J, Louvi A, Yuan S, Deniz E, Brueckner M, Gunel M. Pleiotropic role of TRAF7 in skull-base meningiomas and congenital heart disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Apr 18;120(16):e2214997120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2214997120. Epub 2023 Apr 12. PMID: 37043537; PMCID: PMC10120005.

Apriamashvili G, Vredevoogd DW, Krijgsman O, Bleijerveld OB, Ligtenberg MA, de Bruijn B, Boshuizen J, Traets JJH, D’Empaire Altimari D, van Vliet A, Lin CP, Visser NL, Londino JD, Sanchez-Hodge R, Oswalt LE, Altinok S, Schisler JC, Altelaar M, Peeper DS. Ubiquitin ligase STUB1 destabilizes IFNγ-receptor complex to suppress tumor IFNγ signaling. Nat Commun. 2022 Apr 8;13(1):1923. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-29442-x. PMID: 35395848; PMCID: PMC8993893.

Barak T, Ristori E, Ercan-Sencicek AG, Miyagishima DF, Nelson-Williams C, Dong W, Jin SC, Prendergast A, Armero W, Henegariu O, Erson-Omay EZ, Harmancı AS, Guy M, Gültekin B, Kilic D, Rai DK, Goc N, Aguilera SM, Gülez B, Altinok S, Ozcan K, Yarman Y, Coskun S, Sempou E, Deniz E, Hintzen J, Cox A, Fomchenko E, Jung SW, Ozturk AK, Louvi A, Bilgüvar K, Connolly ES Jr, Khokha MK, Kahle KT, Yasuno K, Lifton RP, Mishra-Gorur K, Nicoli S, Günel M. PPIL4 is essential for brain angiogenesis and implicated in intracranial aneurysms in humans. Nat Med. 2021 Dec;27(12):2165-2175. doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01572-7. Epub 2021 Dec 9. PMID: 34887573; PMCID: PMC8768030.

Altinok S, Sanchez-Hodge R, Stewart M, Smith K, Schisler JC. With or without You: Co-Chaperones Mediate Health and Disease by Modifying Chaperone Function and Protein Triage. Cells. 2021 Nov 11;10(11):3121. doi: 10.3390/cells10113121. PMID: 34831344; PMCID: PMC8619055.

McDonald JT, Enguita FJ, Taylor D, Griffin RJ, Priebe W, Emmett MR, Sajadi MM, Harris AD, Clement J, Dybas JM, Aykin-Burns N, Guarnieri JW, Singh LN, Grabham P, Baylin SB, Yousey A, Pearson AN, Corry PM, Saravia-Butler A, Aunins TR, Sharma S, Nagpal P, Meydan C, Foox J, Mozsary C, Cerqueira B, Zaksas V, Singh U, Wurtele ES, Costes SV, Davanzo GG, Galeano D, Paccanaro A, Meinig SL, Hagan RS, Bowman NM; UNC COVID-19 Pathobiology Consortium; Wolfgang MC, Altinok S, Sapoval N, Treangen TJ, Moraes-Vieira PM, Vanderburg C, Wallace DC, Schisler JC, Mason CE, Chatterjee A, Meller R, Beheshti A. Role of miR-2392 in driving SARS-CoV-2 infection. Cell Rep. 2021 Oct 19;37(3):109839. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109839. Epub 2021 Sep 30. PMID: 34624208; PMCID: PMC8481092.

McDonald JT, Enguita FJ, Taylor D, Griffin RJ, Priebe W, Emmett MR, Sajadi MM, Harris AD, Clement J, Dybas JM, Aykin-Burns N, Guarnieri JW, Singh LN, Grabham P, Baylin SB, Yousey A, Pearson AN, Corry PM, Saravia-Butler A, Aunins TR, Sharma S, Nagpal P, Meydan C, Foox J, Mozsary C, Cerqueira B, Zaksas V, Singh U, Wurtele ES, Costes SV, Davanzo GG, Galeano D, Paccanaro A, Meinig SL, Hagan RS, Bowman NM; UNC COVID-19 Pathobiology Consortium; Wolfgang MC, Altinok S, Sapoval N, Treangen TJ, Moraes-Vieira PM, Vanderburg C, Wallace DC, Schisler J, Mason CE, Chatterjee A, Meller R, Beheshti A. The Great Deceiver: miR-2392’s Hidden Role in Driving SARS-CoV-2 Infection. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2021 Aug 18:2021.04.23.441024. doi: 10.1101/2021.04.23.441024. Update in: Cell Rep. 2021 Oct 19;37(3):109839. PMID: 33948587; PMCID: PMC8095194.

Bai H, Harmancı AS, Erson-Omay EZ, Li J, Coşkun S, Simon M, Krischek B, Özduman K, Omay SB, Sorensen EA, Turcan Ş, Bakırcığlu M, Carrión-Grant G, Murray PB, Clark VE, Ercan-Sencicek AG, Knight J, Sencar L, Altınok S, Kaulen LD, Gülez B, Timmer M, Schramm J, Mishra-Gorur K, Henegariu O, Moliterno J, Louvi A, Chan TA, Tannheimer SL, Pamir MN, Vortmeyer AO, Bilguvar K, Yasuno K, Günel M. Integrated genomic characterization of IDH1-mutant glioma malignant progression. Nat Genet. 2016 Jan;48(1):59-66. doi: 10.1038/ng.3457. Epub 2015 Nov 30. PMID: 26618343; PMCID: PMC4829945.

We wish you all the best, Selin!

Pics from Selin’s defense and party (click for larger view)