Charles Kirby


B.S., Virginia Tech

Garza Lab

2025

Alumni

Name Graduation Year
Charles Kirby 2025

Publications

  • Williams KL, Badiei B, Reilly J, Andrews W, Minsky HB, Haddad NR, Martinez Pena EG, Sun M, Lee S, Li A, Curvin-Aquilla L, Johnson AY, Willis A, Kirby CS, van Ee A, Xue Y, Cox CA, Rajagopalan SP, Kang S, Kannan K, Caffrey J, Archer NK, Kane M, Garza LA., 2025, Plastic associated endocrine disruptors reduce Nicastrin protein and potentiate inflammation in hidradenitis suppurativa skin disease, Nat Commun., 16(1):10755. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-65789-7. PMCID: PMC12663211  PubMed
  • Xue Y, Dai R, Winnicki E, van Ee A, Kirby C, Lee C, Reddy SK, Garza LA., 2025, Epithelial-YAP activation promotes wound-induced SCC in a TLR3-dependent microenvironment, Cancer Lett., 632:217985. doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2025.217985. PMCID: PMC12409731  PubMed
  • Xue Y, Winnicki E, Zhang Z, Lopez I, Wang S, Kirby C, Lee SS, Li A, Lee C, Minsky H, Williams K, Yang KY, He L, Reddy SK, Garza LA., 2025, The mechanotransducer Piezo1 coordinates metabolism and inflammation to promote skin growth, Nat Commun., 16(1):6876. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-62270-3. PMCID: PMC12297709  PubMed
  • Kirby CS, Islam N, Wier E, Alphonse MP, Sweren E, Wang G, Liu H, Kim D, Li A, Lee SS, Overmiller AM, Xue Y, Reddy S, Archer NK, Miller LS, Yu J, Huang W, Jones JW, Kim S, Kane MA, Silverman RH, Garza LA., 2025, RNase L represses hair follicle regeneration through altered innate immune signaling, J Clin Invest., 135(6):e172595. doi: 10.1172/JCI172595. PMCID: PMC11910212  PubMed
  • Lee SS, Sweren E, Dare E, Derr P, Derr K, Wang CC, Hardesty B, Willis AA, Chen J, Vuillier JK, Du J, Wool J, Ruci A, Wang VY, Lee C, Iyengar S, Asami S, Daskam M, Lee C, Lee JC, Cho D, Kim J, Martinez-Peña EG, Lee SM, He X, Wakeman M, Sicilia I, Dobbs DT, van Ee A, Li A, Xue Y, Williams KL, Kirby CS, Kim D, Kim S, Xu L, Wang R, Ferrer M, Chen Y, Kang JU, Kalhor R, Kang S, Garza LA., 2024, The use of ectopic volar fibroblasts to modify skin identity, Science, 385(6713):eadi1650. doi: 10.1126/science.adi1650. PMCID: PMC11457755  PubMed
  • Werbel WA, Brown DM, Kusemiju OT, Doby BL, Seaman SM, Redd AD, Eby Y, Fernandez RE, Desai NM, Miller J, Bismut GA, Kirby CS, Schmidt HA, Clarke WA, Seisa M, Petropoulos CJ, Quinn TC, Florman SS, Huprikar S, Rana MM, Friedman-Moraco RJ, Mehta AK, Stock PG, Price JC, Stosor V, Mehta SG, Gilbert AJ, Elias N, Morris MI, Mehta SA, Small CB, Haidar G, Malinis M, Husson JS, Pereira MR, Gupta G, Hand J, Kirchner VA, Agarwal A, Aslam S, Blumberg EA, Wolfe CR, Myer K, Wood RP, Neidlinger N, Strell S, Shuck M, Wilkins H, Wadsworth M, Motter JD, Odim J, Segev DL, Durand CM, Tobian AAR; HOPE in Action Investigators, 2022, National Landscape of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Deceased Organ Donors in the United States, Clin Infect Dis., 74(11):2010-2019. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab743. PMCID: PMC9187316  PubMed
  • Xue Y, Lyu C, Taylor A, Van Ee A, Kiemen A, Choi Y, Khavanian N, Henn D, Lee C, Hwang L, Wier E, Wang S, Lee S, Li A, Kirby C, Wang G, Wu PH, Wirtz D, Garza LA, Reddy SK., 2022, Mechanical tension mobilizes Lgr6+ epidermal stem cells to drive skin growth, Sci Adv., 8(17):eabl8698. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abl8698. PMCID: PMC9045722  PubMed

Awards and Distinctions

  • 2022 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship