Nicole Carter, BMB Alum, Receives NIH Predoctoral Award
The BMB Program congratulates Nicole Carter (CAS ’17) on receiving the Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual Research Service Award. This award allows predoctoral students to have mentored research training while working on their dissertation research.
Nicole is currently a student at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, pursuing her PhD in Biochemistry, Cellular, and Molecular Biology. Nicole’s research is in Dr. Joel Pomerantz’s lab, which focuses on CARD11, a critical signaling hub for activation of B and T cells. Nicole reports,
“CARD11 signaling is frequently dysregulated in lymphoma and other cancers. We believe we have identified a novel suppressor of normal and oncogenic CARD11 signaling, and characterization of this novel suppressor is the focus of my PhD work. The F31 National Research Service Award from the National Cancer Institute will provide financial support to continue this research for the remainder of my PhD.”
Nicole graduated with Honors in BMB in 2017. Her Honors Research was completed with Professor Tom Gilmore. Congratulations again to Nicole for this award!