Rachel Naomi Curry

Postdoctoral Fellow

Email

rachel.curry@bcm.edu

Positions

Postdoctoral Fellow: Pediatrics
Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Program
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Education

BA from University of Chicago: 06/2009 - Chicago, Illinois, United States; Immunology, Neuroscience

PhD from Baylor College of Medicine: 07/2024 - Houston, Texas, United States; Cell and Cancer Biology

Honors & Awards

High Honors, Biological Sciences: University of Chicago (06/2009)

Lehmann Award for Outstanding Graduating Student: Baylor College of Medicine (03/2025)

Dean’s Award of Excellence: Baylor College of Medicine (06/2021)

Dean’s Award of Excellence: Baylor College of Medicine (06/2023)

Selected Publications

KE Schultheiss, YG Jang, RN Yanowitch, J Tolentino, DJ Curry, J Lüders, F Asgarzadie-Gadim, RL Macdonald. " Fat and neurosurgery: does obesity affect outcome after intracranial surgery " Neurosurgery. 2009 Feb 1; 64 (2) : 316-327.
Pubmed PMID: 19190459.
MA Jensen, RN Yanowitch, AT Reder, DM White, BGW Arnason. " Immunoglobulin-like transcript 3, an inhibitor of T cell activation, is reduced on blood monocytes during multiple sclerosis relapses and is induced by interferon beta-1b. " Mult Scler. 2009 Dec 9; 16 (1) : 30-38.
Pubmed PMID: 20007427.
R Yanowitch, EF Coccaro. " The neurochemistry of human aggression. " Adv Genet. 2011 Nov 10; 75 : 151-169.
Pubmed PMID: 22078480.
P Rajappa, WS Cobb, E Vartanian, Y Huang, L Daly, C Hoffman, J Zhang, B Shen, R Yanowitch, K Garg, B Cisse, S Haddock, J Huse, DJ Pisapia, TA Chan, DC Lyden, JF Bromberg, JP Greenfield. " Malignant astrocytic tumor transformation potentiated by JAK-mediated recruitment of myeloid cells. " Clin Cancer Res. 2017 Jun 15; 23 (12) : 3109-3119.
Pubmed PMID: 28039266.
RN Curry, SM Glasgow. " The role of neurodevelopmental pathways in brain tumors. " Front Cell Dev Biol. 2021 Apr 27; 9
Pubmed PMID: 34012965.
Sardar D, Chen HC, Reyes A, Varadharajan S, Jain A, Mohila C, Curry R, Lozzi B, Rajendran K, Cervantes A, Yu K, Jalali A, Rao G, Mack SC, Deneen B. " Sox9 directs divergent epigenomic states in brain tumor subtypes. " Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Jul 19; 119 (29)
Pubmed PMID: 35858326.
Yu K, Kong K, Lozzi B, Luna-Figueroa E, Cervantes A, Curry R, Mohila CA, Rao G, Jalali A, Mills GB, Scott KL, Deneen B. " In vivo functional characterization of EGFR variants identifies novel drivers of glioblastoma. " Neuro Oncol. 2023 Mar 14; 25 (3) : 471-481.
Pubmed PMID: 36044040.
Curry RN, Aiba I, Meyer J, Lozzi B, Ko Y, McDonald MF, Rosenbaum A, Cervantes A, Huang-Hobbs E, Cocito C, Greenfield JP, 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.
Curry RN, Ma Q, McDonald MF, Ko Y, Srivastava S, Chin PS, He P, Lozzi B, Athukuri P, Jing J, Wang S, Harmanci AO, Arenkiel B, Jiang X, Deneen B, Rao G, Serin Harmanci A. " Integrated electrophysiological and genomic profiles of single cells reveal spiking tumor cells in human glioma " Cancer Cell. 2024 Oct 14; 42 (10) : 1713-1728.
Pubmed PMID: 39241781.
Y Huang, P Rajappa, W Hu, C Hoffman, B Cisse, JH Kim, E Gorge, R Yanowitch, W Cope, E Vartanian, R Xu, T Zhang, D Pisapia, J Xiang, J Huse, I Matei, H Peinado, J Bromberg, E Holland, BS Ding, S Rafii, D Lyden, J Greenfield. " A proangiogenic signaling axis in myeloid cells promotes malignant progression of glioma.. " J Clin Invest. 2017 May 1; 127 (5) : 1826-1838.
EF Coccaro, CS Sripada, RN Yanowitch, KL Phan. " Corticolimbic function in impulsive-aggressive behavior. " Biol Psychiatry. 2011 May 3; 69 (12) : 1153-1159.
Pubmed PMID: 21531387.

Funding

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31): Grant funding from National Institutes of Health

NCI Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00): Grant funding from National Institutes of Health