Defense Announcement
Advisor: Benjamin Alman, M.D.
Date/time: June 5, 2025; 3:00 p.m.
Location: LSRC B035
Dissertation Title: Macrophage Regulation of Mesenchymal Subpopulations During Healing
Defense Announcement
Advisor: Matthias Gromeir, M.D.
Date/time: June 3, 2025; 12:00 p.m.
Location: Nanaline #147
Dissertation Title: Lymphotropic Virotherapy Engages High Endothelial Venule and Dendritic Cell Inflammation in Tumor Draining Lymph Nodes to Mediate Cancer in Situ Vaccination
Defense Announcement
Advisor: Bruce Sullenger, Ph.D.
Date/time: May 23, 2025; 8:30 a.m.
Location: MSRBIII #1125
Dissertation Title: Directed Evolution and High Throughput Evaluation of the CRISPR sgRNA
Graduate Spotlight: Shane Killarney, MD, PhD
Graduate Spotlight: Ashley Colemon, PhD in Molecular Cancer Biology
Defense Announcement
Advisor: Kris C. Wood, Ph.D.
Date/Time: Friday, May 16, 2025 at 3pm
Location: Bryan Research Building, Auditorium 103
Dissertation Title: FANCM is Required for the PAX3::FOXO1-Driven Oncogenic Program in Rhabdomyosarcoma
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Raj Awarded Paul and Lauren Chaffari Graduate Fellowship
Jude Raj, a graduate student in the lab of Kris Wood, PhD, received the Paul and Lauren Ghaffari Graduate Fellowship, which provides support to doctoral students pursuing oncology-related research.
Running from September 2024 to January 2025, the fellowship provided a stiped of $5,000.