Dr. Margarita Vigodner, associate professor of biology at Stern College for Women, recently published two articles together with recent students and alumni. The first, titled “Can your protein be sumoylated? A quick summary and important tips to study SUMO-modified proteins,” was published in Analytical Biochemistry (November 2014) and focuses on the optimization of important techniques used to study protein modifications. Daniel Pollack, a recent Yeshiva College graduate, and Abby Winchell, a current Stern College student, contributed to the article’s research, which was supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health. The second article, titled “CDK14 expression is down-regulated by cigarette smoke in vivo and in vitro,” is forthcoming in Toxicology Letters and was co-authored by Vigodner’s colleague Dr. Marina Holz, associate professor of biology at Stern. It focuses on developing a better understanding of the mechanism underlying tobacco-induced damage of tissues, including lungs. Pollack, current Yeshiva College student Avi Levy, and current Stern College student Miriam Andrusier were co-authors on the article, whose research was supported by the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute.