An article features a collaboration between the Rawls and Magness labs supported by the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSAs) at Duke and UNC.

James Minchin, Chris Harvey, John Rawls and colleagues publish “Plexin D1 determines body fat distribution by regulating the type V collagen microenvironment in visceral adipose tissue.” in PNAS (PMID: 25831505;  Cover). This paper was also highlighted in: Financial… James Minchin, Chris Harvey, John Rawls and colleagues publish in PNAS

Jordan Cocchiaro, John Rawls and colleagues publish “Epigenetic control of intestinal barrier function and inflammation in zebrafish.” in PNAS (PMID: 25730872; Cover).

The Rawls lab is happy to welcome Jamie Garcia, a rotating graduate student in the Cell & Molecular Biology Graduate Program

The Rawls lab is happy to welcome a new undergraduate work-study student, Conor Guest.

Gray Camp, Colin Lickwar, John Rawls and colleagues publish “Microbiota modulate transcription in the intestinal epithelium without remodeling the accessible chromatin landscape.” in Genome Research (PMID: 24963153; Data; Cover).

The Rawls lab is happy to announce that Caitlin Murdoch and Ted Espenschied, both graduate students in the Molecular Genetics & Microbiology Program, have joined the lab to conduct their thesis research.

The Rawls lab is happy to welcome a new Postdoc to the lab.  Dr. Sol Gomez de la Torre Canny is joining us after completing her PhD in the lab of Dr. Daniel Wagner of… Welcome Sol Gomez de la Torre Canny