Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences

A Ghashghaei-Horowitz collaboration leads to identification of Sp2 as a cell cycle regulator in neural stem cells. Dr. Ghashghaei's lab Maps Areas of the Brain Associated with Affective Aggression in Mice. Dr. Breen's lab Discovers Chromosomal 'Breakpoints' Linked to Canine Cancer. Dr. Piedrahita's lab Finds Gene Regulating Immune System is Linked to Preeclampsia. "Getting to the Guts of Tadpole Carnivory." A News Focus article in the journal Science reports on research in Dr. Nascone-Yoder's lab. Dr. Yoder and Colleagues Enhance Study of Gene Function. Dr. Horowitz and colleagues discover that overproduction of the protein SP2 in stem cells causes those stem cells to form cancerous tumors. Work from Dr. Sannes's lab featured in the "RESULTS" page on the NCSU website.