Email

malcolmm@bcm.edu

Positions

Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD)

Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

McNair Medical Institute at The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation

McNair MD/PhD Scholar

GS4

Development, Disease Models & Therapeutics
Baylor College of Medicine

Mentor - Benjamin Deneen, PhD Mentor - Ganesh Rao, MD

Education

BS from Duke University

05/2018 - Durham, North Carolina United States

Neuroscience

Selected Publications

• Amanda H Lewis, Alisa F Cui, Malcolm F McDonald, Jorg Grandl "Transduction of Repetitive Mechanical Stimuli by Piezo1 and Piezo2 Ion Channels." Cell Rep. 2017 Jun 20;19(12):2572-2585. Pubmed PMID: 28636944
• Curry, R. N., Aiba, I., Meyer, J., Lozzi, B., Ko, Y., McDonald, M. F., Rosenbaum, A., Cervantes, A., Huang-Hobbs, E., Cocito, C., Greenfield, J. P., Jalali, A., Gavvala, J., Mohila, C., Serin Harmanci, A., Noebels, J., Rao, G., & Deneen, B. "Glioma epileptiform activity and progression are driven by IGSF3-mediated potassium dysregulation." Neuron. 2023 Mar 1;111(5):682-695. Pubmed PMID: 36787748
• Huang-Hobbs, E., Cheng, Y. T., Ko, Y., Luna-Figueroa, E., Lozzi, B., Taylor, K. R., McDonald, M., He, P., Chen, H. C., Yang, Y., Maleki, E., Lee, Z. F., Murali, S., Williamson, M. R,...Monje, M.,Noebels, J.L., Harmanci, A.S., Rao, G. Deneen, B. "Remote neuronal activity drives glioma progression through SEMA4F." Nature. 2023 Jun 28;
• McDonald, M. F., Athukuri, P., Anand, A., Gopakumar, S., Jalali, A., Patel, A. J., Rao, G., Goodman, J. C., Lu, H. C., & Mandel, J. J. "Varied histomorphology and clinical outcomes of FGFR3-TACC3 fusion gliomas." Neurosurg Focus. 2022 Dec;53(6) Pubmed PMID: 36455273

Funding

McNair MD/PhD Scholar

McNair Medical Institute at The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation