Michael Story, Ph.D.
Vice Chair and Chief of the Division of Molecular Radiation Biology
Professor

Undergraduate

Colorado State University , Biochemistry

Graduate School

Colorado State University (1989)

• Biomarkers of radiotherapeutic response in head and neck cancer
• Carcinogenic risk from charged particle exposures in space
• Charged particle radiotherapy
• Combined modality radiotherapy via radioprotecting and radiosensitizing compounds
• Intrinsic radiosensitivity

Featured Publications

Evaluation of the Response of HNSCC Cell Lines to ?-Rays and ¹²C Ions: Can Radioresistant Tumors Be Identified and Selected for ¹²C Ion Radiotherapy?

Ding L, Sishc BJ, Polsdofer E, Yordy JS, Facoetti A, Ciocca M, Saha D, Pompos A, Davis AJ, Story MD, Front Oncol 2022 12 812961

Dimensionality-Dependent Mechanical Stretch Regulation of Cell Behavior

Man K, Liu J, Phan KM, Wang K, Lee JY, Sun X, Story M, Saha D, Liao J, Sadat H, Yang Y ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022

Facile and direct detection of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA in cells using loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP).

Vo DT, Story MD, Mol Cell Probes 2021 Aug 101760

Transcriptomic analysis links hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in HZE ion irradiated mice to a human HCC subtype with favorable outcomes

Ding LH, Yu Y, Edmondson E, Weil M, Pop L, McCarthy M, Ullrich R, Story MD Sci Rep 2021 11 14052

Avasopasem manganese synergizes with hypofractionated radiation to ablate tumors through the generation of hydrogen peroxide

Sishc B, Ding L, Nam TK, Heer C, Rodman S, Schoenfeld J, Fath M, Saha D, Pulliam C, Langen B, Beardsley R, Riley D, Keene J, Spitz D, Story MD Sci Trans Med 2021 13 593 eabb3768

Associations between lipids in selected brain regions, plasma miRNA, and behavioral and cognitive measures following 28Si ion irradiation

Minnier J, Emmett MR, Perez R, Ding LH, Barnette BL, Larios RE, Hong C, Hwang TH, Yu Y, Fallgren CM, Story MD, Weil MM, Raber J Sci. Rep. 2021 11 14899

The Long and Short of It: The Emerging Roles of Non-Coding RNA in Small Extracellular Vesicles.

Abramowicz A, Story MD, Cancers (Basel) 2020 Jun 12 6

Tumor treating fields cause replication stress and interfere with DNA replication fork maintenance: Implications for cancer therapy.

Karanam NK, Ding L, Aroumougame A, Story MD, Transl Res 2019 Oct

miR-125a-5p Functions as Tumor Suppressor microRNA And Is a Marker of Locoregional Recurrence And Poor prognosis in Head And Neck Cancer.

Vo DT, Karanam NK, Ding L, Saha D, Yordy JS, Giri U, Heymach JV, Story MD, Neoplasia 2019 Jul 21 9 849-862

Radiation-induced DNA damage cooperates with heterozygosity of TP53 and PTEN to generate high grade gliomas.

Todorova PK, Fletcher-Sananikone E, Mukherjee B, Kollipara R, Vemireddy V, Xie XJ, Guida PM, Story MD, Hatanpaa K, Habib AA, Kittler R, Bachoo R, Hromas R, Floyd JR, Burma S, Cancer Res. 2019 May

• Particle Therapy Cooperative Group (2015)
• American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (2005)
• American Association of Cancer Research (1998)
• Radiation Research Society (1988)