Zachary T. Spencer

Ahmed lab

Zachary received a B.S in Biochemistry from Union College (NY). To date he has been recognized as an Albert J. Ryan Fellow, a recipient of the Norris Cotton Cancer Center Travel Award and Molecular and Systems Biology Department Travel Award and a Lee Davenport '37 Summer Research Fellowship. He is an associate member of Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society.  Zachary works in the lab of Dr. Yashi Ahmed in the Molecular and Systems Biology Ph.D. program where they use a Drosophila model system to investigate novel regulators of the Wnt/Wingless pathway. The New Hampshire weather is ideal for Zachary as he spends his free time playing hockey, skiing, and fishing. 

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Selected Publications

  • Neitzel, LR, Spencer, ZT, Nayak, A, Cselenyi, CS, Benchabane, H, Youngblood, CQ, Zouaoui, Alya,Z, Ng, V,Stephens, L, Hann, T, Patton, JG, Robbins, D, Ahmed, Y, Lee, E. Developmental Regulation of Wnt signaling by Nagk and the UDP-GlcNAc salvage pathway. Mech Dev. 2019 Apr;156:20-31. doi: 10.1016/j.mod.2019.03.002. Epub 2019 Mar 20.