Active learning narrows achievement gaps for underrepresented students in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and math

…, S Behling, N Chambwe, DL Cintrón… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
We tested the hypothesis that underrepresented students in active-learning classrooms
experience narrower achievement gaps than underrepresented students in traditional lecturing …

Molecular basis of flowering under natural long-day conditions in Arabidopsis

…, MF Covington, N Lee, ER Taagen, D Laboy Cintrón… - Nature Plants, 2018 - nature.com
Plants sense light and temperature changes to regulate flowering time. Here, we show that
expression of the Arabidopsis florigen gene, FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT), peaks in the …

[HTML][HTML] TCP4-dependent induction of CONSTANS transcription requires GIGANTEA in photoperiodic flowering in Arabidopsis

…, GS Goralogia, MS Kwon, D Laboy Cintrón… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Photoperiod is one of the most reliable environmental cues for plants to regulate flowering
timing. In Arabidopsis thaliana, CONSTANS (CO) transcription factor plays a central role in …

[HTML][HTML] TANGO2: expanding the clinical phenotype and spectrum of pathogenic variants

…, K Golden-Grant, A LaCroix, AM Muir, DL Cintrón… - Genetics in …, 2019 - nature.com
Purpose TANGO2-related disorders were first described in 2016 and prior to this publication,
only 15 individuals with TANGO2-related disorder were described in the literature. Primary …

[PDF][PDF] Machine learning dissection of human accelerated regions in primate neurodevelopment

…, M Kircher, B Martin, B Alvarado, O Elor, DL Cintron… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Using machine learning (ML), we interrogated the function of all human-chimpanzee variants
in 2,645 human accelerated regions (HARs), finding 43% of HARs have variants with large …

[PDF][PDF] A recurrent, de novo pathogenic variant in ARPC4 disrupts actin filament formation and causes microcephaly and speech delay

DL Cintron, AM Muir, A Scott, M McDonald… - Human Genetics and …, 2022 - cell.com
We report seven affected individuals from six families with a recurrent, de novo variant in the
ARPC4 gene (c.472C>T [p.Arg158Cys (GenBank: NM_005718.4)]). Core features in …

Leveraging sequences missing from the human genome to diagnose cancer

…, CSY Chan, R Bradley, M Mahajan, J Sims, DL Cintron… - medRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Cancer diagnosis using cell-free DNA (cfDNA) has potential to improve treatment and
survival but has several technical limitations. Here, we show that tumor-associated mutations …

Integrative single-cell characterization of hypothalamus sex-differential and obesity-associated genes and regulatory elements

HP Nguyen, CSY Chan, DL Cintron, R Sheng… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Over 500 noncoding genomic loci are associated with obesity. The majority of these loci reside
near genes that are expressed in the hypothalamus in specific neuronal subpopulations …

Correction: TANGO2: expanding the clinical phenotype and spectrum of pathogenic variants

…, A LaCroix, AM Muir, DL Cintrón… - Genetics in …, 2019 - gimjournal.org
The original version of this Article contained an error in the spelling of the author J.
Lawrence Merritt, which was incorrectly given as Lawrence Merritt. This has now been …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the Transporters Dynamics in Blood-Brain Barrier Functionality and Innovative Treatments for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease/Steatohepatitis

X Zhou - 2024 - escholarship.org
This dissertation presents a multifaceted study exploring critical aspects of drug development,
focusing on the transporters on Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) and a novel approach for Non-…