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Eric Hyun

Developmental Biology

Undergraduate Institution: University of Michigan

Year: Seventh-Year Graduate Student

Mentor: Huda Zoghbi, M.D.

Thesis Title: The role of AXH domain of Ataxin-1 function and Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type I Pathogenesis

Publications:

Hamaratoglu F, Willecke M, Kango-Singh M, Nolo R, Hyun E, Tao C, Jafar-Nejad H, Halder G. The tumour-suppressor genes NF2/Merlin and Expanded act through Hippo signalling to regulate cell proliferation and apoptosis. Nat Cell Biol. 2006 Jan; 8(1):27-36.

Lam YC, Bowman AB, Jafar-Nejad P, Lim J, Richman R, Fryer JD, Hyun ED, Duvick LA, Orr HT, Botas J, Zoghbi HY. ATAXIN-1 interacts with the repressor Capicua in its native complex to cause SCA1 neuropathology. Cell. 2006; (127)7:1335-47.