Lab members Rashed Parag (left image) and Alex Torrelli-Diljohn (right image, white shirt) during poster presentations at the Annual O’Neal Neuro-Oncology Program Retreat on Feb. 13, 2024.
ThermoFisher Scientific DNA Swag
Members of the Van Meir Lab enjoying their new ThermoFisher Scientific DNA swag at a recent lab meeting!
New Study Published
In collaboration with a team at Emory University, researchers in the Van Meir published a study titled, “Generation and initial characterization of mice lacking full-length BAI3 (ADGRB3) expression.”
Read the study here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37337931/
Lake Social
The Van Meir lab recently hosted an end-of-summer team social at Dr. Ryan Miller’s lake house.
Farewell, Dr. Taka Yamamoto
On Sept. 3, 2023, Postdoc Dr. Taka Yamamoto left the Van Meir Lab to return to Japan, so we hosted farewell lunch at Taco Mama.
2023 Southeastern Brain Tumor Research Meeting
Alex, Rashed, and Jesse presented their research at the 2nd Southeastern Brain Tumor Research Meeting (SBTRM) hosted at UAB on May 18th, 2023.
Breakout Birmingham and Group Dinner
Dr. Van Meir and his lab members beat the clock at Birmingham’s Breakout Escape Room. Afterwards, they celebrated lab achievements and a new lab member with a nice dinner.
Celebration for Endowed Professorship with O’Neal and White Families (01/19/2023)
On January 19, 2023, Dr. Erwin Van Meir was honored as the inaugural David Hart White Endowed Professor and expressed his thanks to the O’Neal and White families for their continued support of the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center and his professorship appointment.
Watch Dr. Van Meir’s remarks by downloading the video here.
Celebration for Endowed Chairs and Professorships with UAB Heersink School of Medicine (04/25/2023)
On April 25, 2023, the UAB Heersink School of Medicine and Department of Neurosurgery celebrated Dr. Erwin Van Meir’s appointment to the David Hart White Endowed Professorship at the Endowed Chairs and Professorships Reception.
Presenting at Brain TRIP Meeting
Rashed Parag presented his research at the Brain Tumor Research-In-Progress (TRIP) meeting on 02/24/2023. Great Job Rashed!