2018-2025: Postdoc in cell fate determination ~ Mentor Douglas Green Ph.D., St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN

2012-2018: Ph.D. in Immunology - Mentors Alexander Poltorak Ph.D. & Ralph Isberg Ph.D., Tufts University, Boston MA

2006-2010: Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry - University of Maine, Orono, ME

2024: Invited speaker seminar- Discovery Stack Pilot: A standardized and interactive peer review platform - Immuno-Skamania, Stevenson, WA

2022: Selected short talk – CellBio2022, Subgroup: Recovery from the Brink of Cell Death. Washington DC

2022: Short talk – Green Lab Extended Scientific Retreat, MO

2021: Selected short talk – Virtually Dead: International Conference on Cell Death, Zoom

2021: Scientific Video – Immunotherapy Minute Series from highlighted CRI research fellows, Cancer Research Institute YouTube Channel < https://youtu.be/qnUgUio_gHc >

2021: Short talk – Cancer Center Postdoctoral Symposium, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN

2018: Short talk – Green Lab Extended Scientific Retreat, AR

2017: Thesis Defense Seminar – Tufts University, Boston, MA

2017: Interview Seminar – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN

2017: Nominated short talk – Leskowitz Symposium, Tufts University, Boston MA

2017: Selected short talk - Keystone meeting: Type I IFNs, Friend or Foe, Banff, Canada

2017: Selected short talk - Fusion meeting: Cell Death, Cell Stress, and Metabolism, Cancun, Mexico

2016: Post-doctoral Interview Departmental Seminar – Texas A&M, College Station, TX

2016: Immunology Program Retreat – Tufts University, Boston MA

2015: Selected short talk - Keystone meeting: Innate Immunity and Microbial Pathogenesis, Lake Tahoe, CA

2008: Workshop facilitator/instructor - Expanding Your Horizons Program, University of Maine, Orono, ME

Liu BC et al. “Tumor Gasdermin E acts as a rheostat to limit apoptotic cell survival and mutagenesis in anti-cancer immune environments” In review 2026

McGargill MA, Liu BC et al. "Discovery Stack Pilot: Feasibility and Outcomes of a Scientist-Designed Peer Review Model Separating Quality and Impact". In review 2026.

Sarhan J, Liu BC et al. "Caspase-8 induces cleavage of gasdermin D to elicit pyroptosis during Yersinia infection" Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2018;115(46):E10888–97. hips://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1809548115

Liu BC et al. “Constitutive Interferon Maintains GBP Expression Required for Release of Bacterial Components Upstream of Pyroptosis and Anti-DNA Responses” Cell Rep. 2018 Jul 3;24(1):155-168.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.06.012. PMCID: PMC6063733

Liu BC et al. “Host Intrinsic Interferon Status in Infection and Immunity” Trends Mol Med. 2018 Aug;24(8):658-668. doi: 10.1016/j.molmed.2018.06.004. PMCID: PMC6084451

2022: Travel Award for 2nd annual Arthur and Sandra Irving Cancer Immunology Symposium

2020-2022: CRI-Irvington Postdoctoral Award, Cancer Research Institute

2016-2018: NIAID R21 AI126050 awarded to Dr. Alexander Poltorak (co-written with mentor)

2016: Speaker Winner - Immunology Program Travel Award senior division, Tufts University

2014: Poster Winner - Immunology Program Travel Award junior division, Tufts University