Jenny Wong

MS Biology, The City College of New York, CUNY, 2014

Prior to joining the Littman Lab, I worked as a technician in Dr. Lewis Cantley's Lab studying cancer metabolism as well as protein kinases. During my graduate studies in Dr. Itzhak Mano's Lab, I studied the physiology of proximal and distal glutamate transporters in C. elegans and how excess glutamate is removed from the synapses.

In the Littman Lab, I will be using both my managerial skills and scientific knowledge to ensure that the lab operates efficiently and safely. It is my hope that the Littman Lab will be able to teach and expand my knowledge on immunology during one of our most pivotal times.

Publications:

  1. Mullarky E, Lucki NC, Beheshti Zavareh R, Anglin JL, Gomes AP, Nicolay BN, Wong JC, Christen S, Takahashi H, Singh PK, Blenis J, Warren JD, Fendt SM, Asara JM, DeNicola GM, Lyssiotis CA, Lairson LL, Cantley LC. Identification of a small molecule inhibitor of 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase to target serine biosynthesis in cancers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Feb 16;113(7):1778-83. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1521548113.

  2. Lundquist MR, Goncalves MD, Loughran RM, Possik E, Vijayaraghavan T, Yang A, Pauli C, Ravi A, Verma A, Yang Z, Johnson JL, Wong JCY, Ma Y, Hwang KS, Weinkove D, Divecha N, Asara JM, Elemento O, Rubin MA, Kimmelman AC, Pause A, Cantley LC, Emerling BM. Phosphatidylinositol-5-Phosphate 4-Kinases Regulate Cellular Lipid Metabolism By Facilitating Autophagy. Mol Cell. 2018 May 3;70(3):531-544.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2018.03.037.

  3. Cohen SB, Bainter W, Johnson JL, Lin TY, Wong JCY, Wallace JG, Jones J, Qureshi S, Mir F, Qamar F, Cantley LC, Geha RS, Chou J. Human primary immunodeficiency caused by expression of a kinase-dead p110δ mutant. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019 Feb;143(2):797-799.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.10.005.

  4. Chan J, Lee KK, Wong JCY, Morocho P, Mano I. Novel Strategies for Glutamate Clearance in the Glia-Deprived Synaptic Hub of C. elegans. bioRxiv 2019;645812, doi:10.1101/645812.