Mentor: Bing Li, PhD

Comprehensive Exam:

Elucidating the Transcriptional Target and Molecular Function of Epidermal-Fatty Acid Binding Protein (FABP5) to Potentiate the Pro-Ferroptotic Effect of Omega-3 Fatty Acid (n-3 FA) in Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Publications:

1. Yu J, Hao J, Yorek MS, Han X, Avellino A, Jiang X, et al. Determination of the FABP5 expression profile in skin lesions of an IMQ-induced psoriasis mouse model using flow cytometry. STAR Protoc. 2024;5(2):103018.
2.  Yorek M, Jiang X, Liu S, Hao J, Yu J, Avellino A, et al. FABP4-mediated lipid accumulation and lipolysis in tumor associated macrophages promote breast cancer metastasis. bioRxiv. 2024. PMC11244950