Chloe Emerson

I’m a PhD candidate in the Hammarlund Lab exploring genetic control of programmed cell death in C. elegans.

Education

PhD Candidate, Genetics, Yale University

BA in Biological Sciences, Minor in Philosophy, 2015 Wellesley College

Publications

MAPK pathway suppression unmasks latent DNA repair defects and confers a chemical synthetic vulnerability in BRAF-, NRAS-, and NF1-mutant melanomas.

mTOR and HDAC inhibitors converge on the TXNIP/thioredoxin pathway to cause catastrophic oxidative stress and regression of RAS-driven tumors.

Ocean acidification impacts spine integrity but not regenerative capacity of spines and tube feet in adult sea urchins.

Tissue regeneration and biomineralization in sea urchins: role of Notch signaling and presence of stem cell markers.