Back to the BUA, I investigated the mRNA expression level of progesterone receptor in EECs before and after co-culture with embryos. Determined PR as a potential biomarker for pregnancy of bovine. I At Tufts University, I studied the mechanisms of heterogeneity of the responses to Mek inhibitors in GBM stem cell lines with Dr. Brent Cochren, and successfully established a model system to look at the RIPK1 interactions and mapped domains involved in the target binding in necroptosis with Dr. Alexei Degterev.