Happy Holidays from Comba’s Lab!

Graduate students at Comba lab, Durgadevi Selvam and Melika Razavi Hashemi present her research work at the OCCC 2024 Annual Research Retreat. Friday, October 18, 2024 at Regions Field. Congratulations!

Melika presented at the UAB Family Strong Meeting for Brain Tumor Patients and Caregivers in May 2024. The meeting allows families, patients, and caregivers to hear about the current research being done. It also allows the families, patients, and caregivers to give testimonies and thanks to the researchers.

Saturday May 18, 2024 was the 11th Annual Blazer Bolt for Brain Cancer 5k and Fun Run/walk run & Survivor Walk at Railroad Park in Downtown Birmingham, AL. This is an annual event for Brain Cancer. This race was created entirely to support those who are battling brain cancer. All proceeds will directly benefit the University of Alabama Birmingham Division of Neuro Oncology and Children’s of Alabama Neuro Oncology for research of adult and pediatric brain cancer as well as patient support services.

Wednesday December 13th the Comba Lab had lots to celebrate! We celebrated the end of the year, the holidays, Katelynn’s birthday, and the formation of the lab. We plan on starting experiments in January which was yet another reason to celebrate. We enjoyed lunch at the Fish Market in downtown Birmingham, Alabama following our end of the year lab meeting. We cannot wait to see what next year brings for us as we begin our experiments and add a few more lab members starting in January. Happy Holidays from Comba Lab!

Graduate Students

Exciting Opportunities for Graduate Student Rotations at GBS Program, UAB!

We are thrilled to announce the availability of exciting opportunities for graduate student rotations within our vibrant research group.

We invite you to apply for the PhD or MSc programs rotation at the UAB’s GBS Program. Students from different research fields will be considered! The lab is associated with several themes of the GBS program.

Preferred qualifications: Prior research experience in cancer biology while not essential is a plus.

For inquiries or additional information, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the PI at andreacomba@uabmc.edu.