Frank Cichocki

E-mail: cich0040@umn.edu

Thesis Advisor: Jeff Miller

Year entered: 2005

Degrees received:
B.S., Biotechnology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 2004

Honors and Awards:

• MICaB travel grant (fall 2007)
• Abstract selection for oral presentation at ASH (fall 2007)

Graduate School Block training grant (fall 2005)

Thesis research:
Our research is focused on the function of transcription factors, such as c-Myc and STAT5, in the regulation of killer immunoglobulin receptor (KIR) expression during natural killer cell development. We are also exploring the role of non-coding antisense transcripts on KIR expression.

Publications:

• Cichocki, F., R.J. Hanson, T. Lenvik, M. Pitt, V. McCullar, G. Yun, S.K. Anderson, J.S. Miller. 2008. The transcription factor c-Myc enhances KIR gene transcription through direct binding to a distal promoter element. Blood (submitted)