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Helen Piwnica-Worms, PhD

Helen Piwnica-Worms, PhD

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

Class of 2023

Scientific Area of Expertise: Cell Cycle Checkpoints, Cell Cycle Control, Triple Negative Breast Cancer 

For outstanding efforts dedicated to the identification of protein kinases and phosphatases that regulate CDK1; the discovery that Wee1 directly phosphorylates and inhibits CDK1, revealing that CHK1 can be targeted by the synthetic derivative of staurosporine, UCN-01; and for the discovery of signaling pathways involving 14-3-3 proteins responsible for cell cycle checkpoint control. 

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