Caroline Diep, Ph.D.

Role: Senior Research Scientist and Lab Manager


Graduate: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Program: Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology (MICaB)


Undergraduate: University of Arizona

Major: Art History, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Awards & Honors:

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2016-2017)

  • Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Minnesota (2014-2015)

  • Translational Research Development Program, Clinical Translational Science Institute (CTSI), University of Minnesota (2012-2014)

  • NIH T32 Cancer Biology Training Grant, University of Minnesota (2011-2013)

  • Block Fellowship, University of Minnesota Graduate School (2010-2011)


Highlighted publications:

McMillan EA, Ryu M-J*, Diep CH*, Mendiratta S, Clemenceau JR, Vaden RM, Kim J-H, Motoyaji T, Covington KR, Peyton M, Huffman K, Wu X, Girard L, Sung Y, Chen P-H, Mallipedi PL, Lee JY, Hanson J, Vorunganti S, Yu Y, Park S, Sudderth J, DeSevo C, Muzny DM, Doddapaneni H, Gazdar A, Gibbs RA, Hwang T-H, Heymach JV, Wistuba I, Coombes KR, Williams NS, Wheeler DA, MacMillan JB, Deberardinis RJ, Roth MG, Posner BA, Minna JD, Kim HK, White MA. Chemistry-First Approach for Nomination of Personalized Treatment in Lung Cancer. Cell. 2018 May 3;173(4):864-78. PMID: 29681454 *These authors contributed equally

Diep CH, Knutson TP, Lange CA. Active FOXO1 is a Key Determinant of Isoform-Specific Progesterone Receptor Transactivation and Senescence Programming. Mol Cancer Res. 2016 Feb;14(2):141-62. PMID: 26577046

Whatcott CJ, Diep CH, Jiang P, Watanabe A, Lobello J, Sima C, Hostetter G, Shepard M, Von Hoff DD, Han H. Desmoplasia in primary tumors and metastatic lesions of pancreatic cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2015 Aug 1;21(15):3561-8. PMID: 25695692

Diep CH*, Charles NJ*, Gilks CB, Kalloger SE, Argenta PA, Lange CA. Progesterone receptors induce FOXO1-dependent senescence in ovarian cancer cells. Cell Cycle. 2013; 12(9):1433-49. PMID: 23574718 *These authors contributed equally

Diep CH, Munoz RM, Choudhary A, Von Hoff DD, Han H. Synergistic effect between erlotinib and MEK inhibitors in K-Ras wildtype human pancreatic cancer cells. Clin Cancer Res. 2011; 17(9):2744-56. PMID: 21385921



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