Michael Katsnelson, a Ph.D. candidate in the lab of Dr. George Dubyak and a student in the Medical Scientist Training Program, successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on Thursday, July 30, 2015.
The title of Dr. Katsnelson's dissertation is "Cation Channels as regulators and effectors of NLRP3 inflammasome signaling and IL-1 beta secretion".
The new Ph.D. will begin his third year in the M.D. program at the School of Medicine in the Fall semester.
A reception in Dr. Katnelson's honor was held in the afternoon after the completion of the defense.
