LukeJWhitesellMDM.Phil.

Senior Research Scientist

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National Capital ConsortiumFellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 1989 - 1990
Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterInternship, Pediatrics, 1984 - 1987
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 1984

PubMed

2 citations
An HSF1-JMJD6-HSP feedback circuit promotes cell adaptation to proteotoxic stress.
Milad J Alasady, Martina Koeva, Seesha R Takagishi, Dmitri Segal, David R Amici
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2024-07-16
18 citations
Inhibition of translation initiation factor eIF4a inactivates heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) and exerts anti-leukemia activity in AML.
Yuki Nishida, Ran Zhao, Lauren Heese, Hiroki Akiyama, Shreya Patel
Leukemia. 2021-06-14
74 citations
HSF1 phase transition mediates stress adaptation and cell fate decisions.
Giorgio Gaglia, Rumana Rashid, Clarence Yapp, Gaurav N. Joshi, Carmen G Li
Nature Cell Biology. 2020-02-03

Identifying Species-Specific Anti-Malarial HSP90 Inhibitors Using Genetically ENGNational Institute On Drug Abuse2011
Generation And Validation Of A Comprehensive Human Disease Mutant ORF ResourceNational Human Genome Research Institute2010
Identifying Small Molecules To Probe The Role Of Heat Shock Factor 1 In CancerNational Institute On Drug Abuse2009
Heat Shock Protein Function For Drug DiscoveryNational Cancer Institute2002–2003
Heat Shock Protein 90 As Modulator Of Tumor Cell SurvivalNational Cancer Institute2001–2002
Heat Shock Protein Function As A Therapeutic TargetNational Cancer Institute1996–2000