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Education

2013: Ph.D. Biochemistry, Cellular, Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
2008: B.S. Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Publications

[PDF] Shirley MD, Tang H, Gallione CJ, Baugher JD, Frelin LP, Cohen B, North PE, Marchuk DA, Comi AM, Pevsner J. Sturge–Weber Syndrome and Port-Wine Stains Caused by Somatic Mutation in GNAQ. New England Journal of Medicine. 2013. PMID: 23656586.
Sturge Weber Foundation: Discovery note | Research commentary | Press release
News coverage: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

[PDF] R.H. Newman, J. Hu, H. Rho, Z. Xie, C. Woodard, J. Neiswinger, C. Cooper, M. Shirley et al. Construction of human activity-based phosphorylation networks. Molecular Systems Biology. 2013. PMID: 23549483 Open Access.

[PDF] Stevens EL, Baugher JD, Shirley MD, Frelin LP, Pevsner J. Unexpected Relationships and Inbreeding in HapMap Phase III Populations. PLoS ONE. 2012. PMID: 23185369.

[PDF] Shirley MD, Baugher JD, Stevens EL, Tang Z, Gerry N, Beiswanger CM, Berlin DS, Pevsner J. Chromosomal variation in lymphoblastoid cell lines. Human Mutation. 2012. PMID: 22374857

Awards, “Honors and Affiliations

2012 – American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Capitol Hill Day, Washington DC
2008 – Alpha Chi Sigma Chemistry Society, Delta Chapter
2007 – Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research

A list of presentations can be found under Talks and Posters.