Michelle Ho, Ph.D.
Graduated 2020
Graduated 2020
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, National Cancer Institute
Academic Affiliation: UCLA (BS)
PHD.D Mentors: John C. Burnett, PhD & John J. Rossi, PhD
Thesis Title: Mechanisms of mitochondrial RNA import
Fellowships, Honors, Awards etc: H.N. & Frances Berger Foundation Fellowship, City of Hope Graduate Student Travel Grant
Publications:
Takahashi M, Wu X, Ho M, Chomchan P, Rossi JJ, Burnett JC, Zhou J. High Throughput Sequencing Analysis of RNA Libraries Reveals the Influences of Initial Library and PCR Methods on SELEX Efficiency. Scientific Reports, 2016. 6:33697.
Dao P, Hoinka J, Takahashi M, Zhou J, Ho M, Wang Y, Costa F, Rossi JJ, Backofen R, Burnett J, Przytycka TM. AptaTRACE Elucidates RNA SequenceStructure Motifs from Selection Trends in HT-SELEX Experiments. Cell Systems, 2016. 3(1):62-70.
Hoban MD, Lumaquin D, Kuo CY, Romero Z, Long J, Ho M, Young CS, Mojadidi M, Fitz-Gibbon S, Cooper AR, Lill GR, Urbinati F, Campo-Fernandez B, Bjurstrom CF, Pellegrini M, Hollis RP, Kohn DB. CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Correction of the Sickle Mutation in Human CD34+ Cells. Molecular Therapy, 2016. 24(9):1561-9.
Hoban MD, Cost GJ, Mendel MC, Romero Z, Kaufman ML, Joglekar AV, Ho M, Lumaquin D, Gray D, Lill GR, Cooper AR, Urbinati F, Senadheera S, Zhu A, Liu PQ, Paschon DE, Zhang L, Rebar EJ, Wilber A, Wang X, Gregory PD, Holmes MC, Reik A, Hollis RP, Kohn DB. Correction of the sickle cell disease mutation in human hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells. Blood, 2015. 125(17):2597-604.
Gschweng EH, McCracken MN, Kaufman ML, Ho M, Hollis RP, Wang X, Saini N, Koya R, Chodon T, Ribas A, Witte ON, Kohn DB. HSV-sr39TK Positron Emission Tomography and Suicide Gene Elimination of Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Their Progeny in Humanized Mice. Cancer Research, 2014. 74(18):5173-83.
Joglekar AV, Stein L, Ho M, Hoban M, Hollis RP, Kohn DB. Dissecting the mechanism of histone deacetylase inhibitors to enhance the activity of zinc finger nucleases delivered by integrase-defective lentiviral vectors. Human Gene Therapy, 2014. 25(7):599-608.