The Latest From Hancks Lab

  • Sarahbeth Roberts joins Hancks Lab

    July 5, 2022

    Sarabeth has joined the Hancks lab as a Research Technician, bringing her experience with rat models. She worked in a clinical lab prior to joining the Hancks lab.

  • Minireview published in mBio

    January 4, 2022

    Mahsa, Tyron, and Dustin authored a thorough minireview in mBio that describes mitochondrial biology as an emerging battleground during viral infection.

  • Yefan Wang joins Hancks Lab

    November 29, 2021

    Yefan joined the Hancks Lab through the Wuhan International Exchange Program. He’ll be performing research at UTSW until June, where he will return to China to start his graduate work.

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Septemeber 27, 2021

Angie Esparza joins Hancks Lab

Angie has joined the Hancks lab as a Research Assistant, bringing her experience in working with mouse models. Prior to joining, she worked in the Herz Lab (UTSW) for almost 2 years.

August 26, 2021

Host and viral MLKL paper published in Molecular Biology & Evolution

Suzette Palmer & others authored a new paper detailing the evolutionary profile of both host MLKL as well as those stolen by viruses (viral MLKL) which was published in Molecular Evolution & Biology.

August 17, 2021

Dustin Hancks awarded MIRA (R35) grant from NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

The grant funding award here will contribute toward evolution-guided studies of mitochondrial functions - an expansion of the previous work established by our lab on the MISTR mitochondrial circuit.

December 28, 2020

First Hancks Lab paper published in PLoS Biology on a conserved mitochondria stress response circuit

Mahsa Sorouri & others authored a new paper detailing the use of evolution-guided studies to reveal fundamental biological processes, namely a vertebrate-specific MItochondrial STress Response (MISTR) circuit.

July 6, 2020

Natalia Herrera joins Hancks Lab

Natalia joins the Hancks Lab after completing her Masters at University of Texas San Antonio. Natalia will be lending her expertise in mouse models to establish model systems in the lab. Welcome, Natalia!

March 11, 2019

Samrawit Alemu joins Hancks Lab

Samrawit (Sam) joins the Hancks Lab after completing her B.S. in Biology at Texas Woman’s University. Sam brings her expertise in yeast to aid in foundational work studying host-pathogen interactions using yeast as a model system. Welcome, Sam!