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Touched with fire: how MYC drives life and oncogenesis

Cohn, Gabriel
2025
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MYC is an enigmatic master regulator implicated in nearly every facet of cellular biology. Throughout my PhD research and deep engagement with the literature, my singular goal has been to uncover MYC’s fundamental roles in normal cell function and to understand how these roles become corrupted during oncogenesis.

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Touched with fire: how MYC drives life and oncogenesis
Creator
Cohn, Gabriel : Oregon Health and Science University : (0000-0001-5901-2506)
Contributor
Sears, Rosalie : Advisor : Mentor : PI : (0000-0003-1558-2413) : Oregon Health and Science University
Thayer, Mathew : Chair : (0000-0001-6483-1661) : Oregon Health and Science University
Dai, Mushui : Committee member : (0000-0001-9031-6962) : Oregon Health and Science University
Adey, Andrew : Committee member : (0000-0001-7648-8717) : Oregon Health and Science University
Brody, Jonathan : Committee member : (0000-0003-3680-3270) : Oregon Health and Science University
Agarwal, Anupriya : Committee member : (0000-0002-8319-6162) : Oregon Health and Science University
Publisher
Oregon Health and Science University
Date
2025-09-19
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Oregon--Portland
DOI
https://doi.org/10.6083/bpxhc44788
Language
English
Related Resource
Is original form of: https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2020.00224
Is original form of: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.19.644227
Related work citations

1. Cohn GM, Liefwalker DF, Langer EM and Sears RC (2020) PIN1 Provides Dynamic Control of MYC in Response to Extrinsic Signals. Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 8:224. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00224

2. MYC Serine 62 phosphorylation promotes its binding to DNA double strand breaks to facilitate repair and cell survival under genotoxic stress Gabriel M. Cohn, Colin J. Daniel, Jennifer R. Eng, Xiao-Xin Sun, Carl Pelz, Koei Chin, Alexander Smith, Charles D. Lopez, Jonathan R. Brody, Mu-shui Dai, Rosalie C. Sears bioRxiv 2025.03.19.644227; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.19.644227

Content Type
Dissertation
Degree Type
Ph.D.
Academic Program
Cancer Biology (sunsetting)
Department
Department of Cell, Developmental and Cancer Biology
School
School of Medicine
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NIH
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Record ID
44788
Record Created
2025-09-19
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