Dunn Research Laboratory
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Recent Publications
Collagen Architecture in Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Z. Dinkel, A. Akins, A. Baker, K. King, T. Ye, Z. Gao, D. Kunkel, H. Dunn. PLoS One.
May 2025. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324655
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Machine Learning Analysis Reveals Racial Differences in EMT-associated Gene Expression of Breast Tumor Regions, K. King, H. Abdollahi, Z. Dinkel, A. Akins, H. Valafar, H. Dunn. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. January 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2025.01.027
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Evaluation of breast tumor morphologies from African American and Caucasian patients. A. Stone, C. Kalahiki, L. Li, N. Hubig, F. Iuricich, H. Dunn. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. July 2023.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2023.06.019
Evaluation of early post-natal pig mammary gland development and human breast cancer gene expression. Smith S, Stone A, Oswalt H, Vaughan L, Ferdous F, Scott T, Dunn H. Developmental Biology. October 11, 2021.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2021.10.004
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Methodology to identify candidate genes from beef carcass traits at weaning. Oswalt H, Smith S, Williams B, Ferdous F, Burns M, Bridges W, Scott T, Dunn H. Animal Gene. February 16, 2021.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.angen.2021.200113.
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Methodology to analyze gene expression patterns of early mammary development in pig models. Moss, M.A., Williams, B., Ferdous, F., Scott, T., Dunn, H. Molecular Biology Reports. 47, 3241–3248. March 26, 2020.
Manuscripts in Submission
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Spatial Profiling of TNBC tumors highlights microenvironmental contributions to potential outcomes. BMC Breast Cancer Research. In submission.
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Multiscale analysis of the TNBC tumor immune landscape: Integrating PCR, bulk RNA Seq and spatial transcriptomes. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. In submission.
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In-vitro and Ex-vivo Evaluation of S100A4 effects on TNBC. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. In submission.
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Recent Conferences and Presentations
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9/2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Biology of Cancer, Cold Spring Harbor NY, USA
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6/2025, Gordon Mammary Gland Biology International Conference, Newry ME, USA
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1/2025, Keystone Tumor Microenvironment: Metastasis and the Host
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10/2024, Prevent Breast Cancer Conference, Manchester UK.
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9/2024, World Cancer Congress Meeting, Geneva Switzerland.
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6/2024, Gordon Mammary Gland Biology Conference, Tuscany Italy.
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2/2024, SC INBRE Science Symposium, Columbia SC, USA.
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2/2024, SC BIO Annual Conference, Greenville SC, USA.
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9/2023, Biology of Cancer & Metastasis, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory NY, USA.
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2/2023, Keystone Organoids as Models of Development and Disease, Keystone CO, USA.
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2/2023, SC INBRE Science Symposium, Columbia SC, USA.
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1/2023, BMES CMBE, Palm Springs CA, USA.
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6/2022, Gordon Mammary Gland Biology Conference, Tuscany Italy.
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