Amara Pang

  • Current Program Year: MS1
  • M.D./Ph.D. Program Students, School of Medicine

Biography

Research interests: Oncology, developmental biology, hematopoiesis, and stem cell biology

Clinical interests: Pediatric Hem/Onc or OBGYN

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • B.S., 2018, University of California, Los Angeles

  • Fellowship

    • Undergraduate Research Fellow, UCLA, 2017

Honors and awards

  • Ellen Richardson Scholar, 2021

Publications

Selected publications

  • Termini, C.M., Pang, A, Batton, D.M., and Chute, J.P. Proteoglycans regulate receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase - sigma organization on hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells. 27 January 2021. Experimental Hematology. DOI 10.1016/j.exphem.2021.01.005.
  • Termini, C.M., and Pang, A. Beyond the bench: how inclusion and exclusion make us the scientists we are. Mol Biol Cell 31, 2164-2167. 15 September 2020. https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E20-06-0374
  • Himburg, H.A., Roos, M., Schlussel, L., Kim, M., Termini, C.M., Pang, A., Khan, J., Zhao, L., Suh, H., Sasine, J.P., Schiller, G., and Chute, J.P. Chronic myelogenous leukemia stem cells require autocrine pleiotrophin signaling. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 15 October 2019. DOI 10.1172/JCI129061
  • Fang, T., Zhang, Y., Chang, V., Roos, M., Termini, C.M., Signaevskaia, L., Quarmyne, M, Lin, P., Pang, A., Khan, J., Yan, X., Javier, A., Pohl, K., Zhao, L., Scott, P., Himburg, H., and Chute, J.P. Epidermal growth factor receptor-dependent DNA repair promotes murine and human hematopoietic regulation. Blood. 05 May 2020. DOI 10.1182/blood.2020005895

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