Dr. Glenn E. Simmons Jr. is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Molecular Genetics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. He received his B.S. in BiomedicalSciences from the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL and a Ph.D.  in Biomedical Sciences from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, TN. He is a broadly trained molecular biologist, with published works in the infectious disease, cancer epigenetics, and science education. His current research is exploring the relationships between lipid metabolism and oncogenic protein stability in cancer tissues. He has helped to establish mentoring programs in the Dallas- Ft. Worth area, to provide trainees with opportunities to learn how to effectively navigate their career paths. He also co-chaired the UT Southwestern Postdoctoral Association Career Development committee which helps students and postdocs hone skills that can be of use in any field of endeavor.

1.    Somnath Pandey, Glenn E. Simmons Jr., Svitlana Malyarchuk, Tara N. Calhoun, Kevin Pruitt. A novel MeCP2 acetylation site regulates binding with ATRX and HDAC1. Genes Cancer. 2015 Sep;6(9-10):408-421). PMID: 26622943

2.    Taylor HE, Simmons GE Jr, Mathews TP, Khatua AK, Popik W, Lindsley CW, D’Aquila RT, Brown HA. (2015) Phospholipase D1 Couples CD4⁺ T Cell Activation to c-Myc-Dependent Deoxyribonucleotide Pool Expansion and HIV-1 Replication. PLoS Pathog 11(5): e1004864. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1004864. PMID: 26020637

3.    Glenn E. Simmons Jr., Wendy M. Pruitt, Kevin Pruitt. Diverse Roles of SIRT1 in Cancer Biology and Lipid Metabolism. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2015, 16(1), 950-965; doi:10.3390/ijms16010950. PMCID: PMC4307284

4.    Yuyang Tang, Alvin George, Franklin Nouvet, Stephanie Sweet, Nkiruka Emeagwali, Harry E. Taylor, Glenn Simmons, James E.K. Hildreth. Infection of Female Primary Lower Genital Tract Epithelial Cells after Natural Pseudotyping of HIV-1: Possible Implications for Sexual Transmission of HIV-1. PLoS One. 2014 Jul 10;9 (7):e101367. PMCID: PMC4092063

5.    Glenn E. Simmons Jr., Somnath Pandey Ana Nedeljkovic-Kurepa, Madhurima Saxena, Allison Wang, Kevin Pruitt. Frizzled 7 Expression is Positively regulated by SIRT1 and β-Catenin in Breast Cancer Cells. PLoS One. 2014 Jun 4;9(6):e9886. PMCID: PMC4045932

6.    Glenn E. Simmons Jr., Harry E. Taylor, James E. K. Hildreth (2012). Caveolin-1 suppresses Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 replication by inhibiting acetylation of NF-κB. Virology. 2012 Oct 10;432(1):110-9. PMCID: PMC3767293