August 2019
Emmet was awarded the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (1F31CA243382-01)!
Emmet studies how EphA7, an axon guidance gene, may drive tumor cell invasion. Congratulations Emmet!
July 2019
We have a new review article titled "The Emerging Nature of Astrocyte Diversity” published at Annual Review of Neuroscience!
Baljit S. Khakh and Benjamin Deneen
Annu Rev Neurosci. 2019 Jul 8;42:187-207. doi: 10.1146/annurev-neuro-070918-050443
June 2019
We had our summer retreat with a barbecue and softball game.
We were very happy to have Dr. Hyun-Kyoung Lee and Dr. Benjamin Arenkiel’s labs with us!
May 2019
Ben was awarded Dr. Russell J. and Marian K. Blattner Endowed Chair!
We celebrated it with a cake and drinks. Congratulations Ben!
January 2019
Ben was interviewed on our lab’s research and mentorship.
You can access the interview here. He talked about transcriptional regulators, astrocyte diversity and glioma. He also gave advice to young scientist: “Have complete trust in yourself.”
January 2019
We had a baby shower for Rachel!
Later this month little baby Caia Curry is born! Wish you a happy and healthy life with full of science Caia!
November 2018
Ben was interviewed on astrocyte research by Nature publishing group.
Ben was interviewed on new tools to study astrocyte diversity by Nature publishing group as a part of their technology feature. You can reach the article here.
October 2018
Debosmita and Yi-Ting prepared an informational poster on Astrocyte Development and Function.
You can access it here.
October 2018
The Deneen Lab is at the 6th International Conference on Glial Biology in Medicine at Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute.
Ben gave a talk on “Developmental Insights into Astrocyte Function” while Anna, Ekin and John presented their posters.
October 2018
Ben was interviewed on glioma research by Nature publishing group.
Ben was interviewed on decoding glioma-associated mutations. You can read the article here.
Nature 561, S54-S55 (2018) doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-06711-8
September 2018
We had a RNA sequencing workshop led by Brittney Lozzi.
Now, all Deneen Lab members can analyze their sequencing data.
September 2018
Dr. Stacey Glasgow will start her new position at University of California, San Diego!
She will be an Assistant Professor at Section of Neurobiology at Division of Biological Sciences. Congratulations Stacey! We had a farewell lunch to thank her for all her contributions to the lab.
May 2018
We have a new review article titled "A glial blueprint for gliomagenesis" on Nature Reviews Neuroscience!
Dylan Laug, Stacey M. Glasgow & Benjamin Deneen
Nat Rev Neurosci. 2018 May 18. doi: 10.1038/s41583-018-0014-3. [pub]
April 2018
Taking a break from our Annual Clean-up day with Thai food.
February 2018
Dylan Lau defended his thesis!
His thesis's title is "Nuclear Factor IA at the Intersection of Development and Disease".
Congratulations Dylan!
December 2017
We celebrated our lab's new publications, grants, thesis defenses and qualifier exams this past year.
We are looking forward to upcoming exciting new year!
November 2017
Deneen Lab had a paintball match with our long-lasting collaborator Arenkiel lab.
There was paint everywhere!
November 2017
Wenyi's paper " Daam2 driven degradation of VHL promotes gliomagenesis" published in Elife!
Wenyi Zhu, Saritha Krishna, Cristina Garcia, Chia-Ching John Lin, Bartley D Mitchell Kenneth L Scott, Carrie A Mohila, Chad J Creighton, Seung-Hee Yoo, Hyun Kyoung Lee, Benjamin Deneen
Elife. 2017 Oct 20;6. pii: e31926. doi: 10.7554/eLife.31926. [pub]
October 2017
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society recently selected Dr. Ben Deneen as its Volunteer Hall of Fame: 2018 Scientific Researcher award recipient!
This award honors individuals who has been a leader in MS movement and whose contributions are impressive and sincerely appreciated. We are proud of you Ben!
September 2017
Stacey's paper published in Nature Neuroscience! Her paper's title is "Glia-specific enhancers and chromatin structure regulate NFIA expression and glioma tumorigenesis".
Stacey M Glasgow, Jeffrey C Carlson, Wenyi Zhu, Lesley S Chaboub, Peng Kang, Hyun Kyoung Lee, Yoanne M Clovis, Brittney E Lozzi, Robert J McEvilly, Michael G Rosenfeld, Chad J Creighton, Soo-Kyung Lee, Carrie A Mohila & Benjamin Deneen
Nat Neurosci. 2017 Nov;20(11):1520-1528. doi: 10.1038/nn.4638 [pub]
April 2017
Wenyi Zhu defended her thesis!
Her thesis's title is “Functional Interrogation of Glial Determinants in Glioma”.
Congratulations Wenyi!
January 2017
John's paper on astrocyte heterogeneity published in Nature Neuroscience!
"Identification of diverse astrocyte populations and their malignant analogs"
Chia-Ching John Lin, Kwanha Yu, Asante Hatcher, Teng-Wei Huang, Hyun Kyoung Lee, Jeffrey Carlson, Matthew C Weston, Fengju Chen, Yiqun Zhang, Wenyi Zhu, Carrie A Mohila, Nabil Ahmed, Akash J Patel, Benjamin R Arenkiel, Jeffrey L Noebels, Chad J Creighton & Benjamin Deneen
Nature Neuroscience 20, 396–405 (2017) doi:10.1038/nn.4493 [pub]
November 2016
Lesley's paper published in Journal of Neuroscience!
Her paper is titled "Temporal Profiling of Astrocyte Precursors Reveals Parallel Roles for Asef during Development and after Injury".
Lesley S. Chaboub, Jeanne M. Manalo, Hyun Kyoung Lee, Stacey M. Glasgow, Fengju Chen, Yoshihiro Kawasaki, Tetsu Akiyama, Chay T. Kuo, Chad J. Creighton, Carrie A. Mohila and Benjamin Deneen
Journal of Neuroscience , 36 (47) 11904-11917; doi: JNEUROSCI.1658-16.2016 [pub]
Ben was a guest at Great Day Houston Show!
Great Day Houston show had a special segment, "Hope For An MS Cure", where Deborah Duncan talks with Wendy Bedortha and Griff Jaggard about living with MS, and our own Benjamin Deneen about recent research in our lab.
You can watch the show here.
August 2016
Lesley defended her thesis!
Her talk's title was "Probing Gliogenesis:The link between Development and Neurological Disorders".
Great talk Lesley!
Ben joined National Multiple Sclerosis Society Leadership Conference!
Ben talks about developmental and model systems elucidating Multiple Sclerosis disease mechanisms and future remyelination therapies.