2023

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March 2, 2023

Welcome to our new CCB graduate student, Nicole!

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March 1, 2023

Welcome to our new postdoc, Mirielle!

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February 23, 2023

Congratulations to George for being awarded a Jeff Metcalf Fellowship Grant!

 

February 16, 2023

Congratulations to Michele whose abstract was accepted for the 

late-breaking session at the AACR Annual Meeting! 

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February 8, 2023

Congratulations to Hunter for being accepted into the

Cancer Biology Ph.D. program at UChicago!

 

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2022

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October 22, 2022

Congratulations to Nicole for being awarded the prestigious

ASH Minority Graduate Student Abstract Achievement Award! 

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September 29, 2022

Congratulations to Nicole whose abstract was accepted for an oral presentation

at the 64th Annual ASH Meeting!

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September 28, 2022

Welcome to our two new undergrads, George and Melissa!

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September 19, 2022

Welcome to our new lab manager, Chris!

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August 1, 2022

Welcome to our new research technician, Hunter!

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July 5, 2022

Congratulations to newly minted Ph.D. CANDIDATE Jonathan for passing his qualifying exam!

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June 27, 2022

Welcome to our FOUR new lab members - Chad, Jacky, Lulu, and Amy!

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May 13, 2022

Congratulations to Harrison, who will head to the MSTP program

at the University of Michigan this fall!

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May 6, 2022

Alex is headed to Pritzker School of Medicine this fall! Congratulations Alex!

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April 27, 2022

Congratulations to Nicole for receiving graduate funding from the UChicago IMSD Program! 

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April 15, 2022

We are SO delighted that both Nicole and Deborah have chosen to

pursue their PhDs in the CCB program at UChicago!

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April 12, 2022

Our first paper, led by Juan and Yassmin, is out now in Blood Cancer Discovery!

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April 4, 2022

Congratulations to Nicole for being awarded an NSF GRFP grant!

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March 17, 2022

Nicole will be pursuing her PhD in the CCB program at UChicago!

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February 17, 2022

Congratulations to Nicole and Deborah, who were both accepted

to the Committee on Cancer Biology PhD program!

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2021

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November 12, 2021

Congratulations to Nicole and Harrison, who both received ASH Abstract Achievement Awards!

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October 26, 2021

Congratulations to Juan on his ASH Abstract Achievement Award!

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October 5, 2021

Nicole, Harrison and Juan will all be presenting their work at ASH this December!

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September 22, 2021

Congratulations to Juan, who is the recipient of the Robert C. and Mary Jane Gallo Scholarship!

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August 25, 2021

Congratulations to Maria, who has been awarded funding through the Goldblatt Endowment!

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August 16, 2021​

Welcome to our new PREP Scholar Deborah Rodriguez!

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August 2, 2021​

Congratulations to Juan for being appointed to the 

T32 Multi-disciplinary Training Grant in Cancer Research!

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July 1, 2021

Congratulations to Juan for passing his qualifying exam!

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Congratulations to Maria for passing her prelim exam!

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June 25, 2021

Nicole has been designated an. HSF Scholar from the Hispanic Scholarship Fund!

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June 15, 2021

Welcome to our new postdoc and AIRC Scholar, Dr. Michele Ciboddo!

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June 9, 2021

Congratulations to our three UChicago graduates!!

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Yassmin is off to NYC to attend graduate school at Gerstner Sloan Kettering;

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Gaby will be working as a clinical research coordinator at the

Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern Medicine;

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Harrison will be working as a research technician in the lab of Giovanni Tonon at 

IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele in Milan, Italy!

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BEST OF LUCK TO ALL OF YOU, WE WILL MISS YOU!!

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May 26, 2021

Nicole has been accepted into the UCCCC Diversity in Cancer Research Program!

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March 4, 2021

Juan has been selected as the student co-chair of the BSD Diversity Committee! 

Congratulations Juan, we are so proud!!

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2020

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September 8, 2020

Congratulations to Juan, who has been awarded funding through the Goldblatt Endowment!

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August 24, 2020

Welcome to our new research technician, Kasia!

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July 1, 2020

Future doctor Quinn is off to attend medical school at Kansas City University!

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June 24, 2020

Congratulations to Juan, who passed his prelim exam!

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June 19, 2020

Harrison has been accepted into the Research Honors Program in Biological Sciences!

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May 11, 2020 

Luke and Nicole have been awarded BSCD Summer Fellowships!

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May 1, 2020 

Lizi will attend Brown University this Fall!