June 14, 2018

Award Winners: Rogel Cancer Center Annual Trainee Research Symposium

AWARD WINNERS: Trainee Research Symposium
The Rogel Cancer Center congratulates our award winners from the Annual Trainee Research Symposium June 14, 2018:

Short Talk Prize-
Anna McCarter (Mentor: Mark Chiang)
Graduate Student, Rogel Cancer Center Program: Cancer Genetics
ETS1 DRIVES T-CELL LEUKEMIA BY ENHANCING NOTCH1 ACTIVITY AT ONCOGENIC TARGET GENES

Poster 1st Prize-
Mirna Perusina-Lanfranca (Mentor: Tim Frankel)
Post Doc Fellow, Rogel Cancer Center Program: Cancer Hematopoiesis & Immunology
INTERLEUKIN 22 PROMOTES PANCREATIC CANCER TUMORIGENESIS

Poster 2nd Prize (tie)-
Ally Hawkins (Mentor: Beth Lawlor)
Graduate Student, Rogel Cancer Center Program: Cancer Biology
b-CATENIN ACTIVATION ALTERS THE EWING SARCOMA SECRETOME REVEALING A NOVEL LINK BETWEEN WNT AND TGFb SIGNALING

Surinder Kumar (Mentor: David Lombard)
Post Doc Fellow, Rogel Cancer Center Program: Cancer Genetics
THE SIRTUIN SIRT5 DESUCCINYLATES AND REGULATES EWS-FLI1 ACTIVITY IN EWING SARCOMA

Poster 3rd Prize-
Dipika Mohan (Mentor: Gary Hammer)
Graduate Student, Rogel Cancer Center Program: Developmental Therapeutics
G0S2 HYPERMETHYLATION PREDICTS RAPID RECURRENCE AND DEATH IN ADRENOCORTICAL CARCINOMA

 

Congratulations to all trainees and mentors and thanks to all the attendees for their enthusiasm and participation!