An NIH-funded Postdoctoral position is available immediately to study epigenetics. We offer a dynamic research environment with dedicated mentoring to support career development. If interested email ddthomas@Uic.edu and visit https://research.uic.edu/news-stories/postdoctoral-position-in-epigenetics-redox-biology-and-cancer/
Marianne passed her dissertation defense on June 2, 2023. The title of her dissertation was “A Novel Mechanism of Epigenetic Regulation by Nitric Oxide: Inhibition of DNA Demethylation in Cancer” Congratulations Dr. Palczewski!!
Lab member Hannah Petraitis Kuschman successfully defends her thesis, titled “Nitric Oxide is an Epitranscriptomic Regulator of Gene Expression by Inhibiting m6A mRNA Demethylation” Congratulations Dr. Petraitis Kuschman!
Lab members Marianne Palczewski and Hannah Petraitis Kuschman won awards for their posters at the UIC College of Pharmacy Research Day on October 21, 2022. Marianne won the 1st Place UI Cancer Center…
Dr. Thomas was recently quoted in an article in Medical News Today. Check it out here! https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/cancer-and-a-high-fat-diet-whats-the-link
Lab member Marianne Palczewski won 1st place for her oral presentation at the MIKIW Medicinal Chemistry meeting this weekend in Iowa City, IA. The title of her talk was “Nitric Oxide Reprograms DNA…
Thomas Lab alumnus Dr. Divya Vasudevan was recently featured in the College’s “Lessons from the Field” interview series with Dean Schumock. Divya graduated in 2015 with her Ph.D. and now works as Senior…
Marianne won the 1st Place Horizon Award for Excellence in Research (Biology: Molecular and Cell Biology; Mechanisms of Action Category) at the UIC College of Pharmacy Research day on November 12, 2021. Congratulations…
Lab member Marianne Palczewski publishes paper “Vorinostat exhibits anticancer effects in Triple Negative Breast Cancer cells by preventing nitric oxide driven histone deacetylation.” Read it here: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/hsz-2020-0323/html