Home Department: Biology
Supported by: The Rose Hills Foundation and Bio-X
Mentor: Paul Khavari, Dermatology

Christie Nguyen is identifying and investigating genes with a causative role in the tumorigenesis of human cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, and using this research to advance our understanding of disease mechanisms in this malignancy.

Poster presented at the Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Symposium on August 27, 2014:

Recurrent Mutations in KNSTRN and Disruption of Multiple Notch Signaling Genes in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Christie B. Nguyen¹, Carolyn S. Lee¹, Aparna Bhaduri¹, Angela Mah¹, Whitney Johnson¹, Cody J. Aros¹, Alexander Ungewickell¹, Zurab Siprashvili¹, Aaron Straight¹, Jinah Kim¹, Sumaira Aasi¹, Paul A. Khavari¹
[Program in Epithelial Biology¹, Stanford University]