| Apr 01, 2026 | Co-authored paper in Molecular Cell: in pancreatic cancer, tumor fluid together with low oxygen protects cells from ferroptosis, an iron-dependent form of cell death, and the factor HIF-2 coordinates that protection. |
| Nov 24, 2025 | Last-author paper in npj Systems Biology and Applications: simple gene-circuit models show how a cell can respond to cycling hypoxia differently from stable hypoxia, and experiments point to p53 and Notch1 as partners of HIF-1. |
| Oct 01, 2025 | Started as an Assistant Professor at the UConn Health Center, supported by my NICHD R00 award for AI models of maternal-fetal disorders. |
| Sep 04, 2025 | Co-authored paper in PNAS: invasive trophoblasts reshape the maternal stroma through IL-11, and the stroma has adapted in turn, so deep placental invasion evolved through changes on both the fetal and the maternal side. |
| Aug 22, 2025 | First-author paper in npj Systems Biology and Applications: an evolution-guided gene set that marks stromal vulnerability to invasion, with Nr2f6 and JDP2 shown to regulate stromal resistance in human fibroblasts. |
| Jan 03, 2025 | First-author paper in Cells & Development: invading trophoblasts secrete the TGFβ antagonists Emilin-1 and Gremlin-1, which partly undo the matrix-producing defenses that decidual cells build against invasion. |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Co-authored paper in Nature Communications: scar matrix from cesarean surgery activates the mechanosensitive channel Piezo1 in uterine stromal cells, triggering inflammatory signals that draw trophoblasts in, a mechanism behind placenta accreta spectrum. |
| Aug 16, 2024 | First-author paper in Molecular Carcinogenesis: oscillating oxygen changes gene expression in breast cancer cells differently from stable hypoxia, and the resulting signature predicts lower survival in breast cancer patients. |