Congratulations to Drs. Van Meir and Osuka whose manuscript was just accepted in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
Below is the citation:
Osuka S, Zhu D, Zhang Z., Li C, Stackhouse CT, Sampetrean O, Olson JJ, Gillespie GY, Saya H, Willey CD, and Van Meir EG (2021) N-cadherin upregulation mediates adaptive radioresistance in glioblastoma. Journal of Clinical Investigation (Epub ahead of print)
Recently, we celebrated Yuki’s birthday. We are so happy we got to celebrate your special day!
Anastasia Holland started, Monday, November 2nd, as a Program Coordinator I for the Office of Lab Research and Dr. Van Meir’s Administrative Assistant. Before coming to UAB, she worked at Auburn University in the International Programs Office both in an administrative role and an advising role. Prior to that she lived in Colorado and Orlando for a few years. In her free time, she has become an avid reader, enjoying fiction books mostly. She also has two cats who she loves and talks about all the time named Khaleesi and Opal. She loves taking them on walks and hikes when it isn’t too hot outside. Welcome to our team, Anastasia!
On September 27, 2020, the lab threw a celebration for Billie for her new job. Although we will miss her, we wish her all the best.
On September, 24, 2020, the lab went out to a brewery to welcome the new lab members, Akshay and Takahiro.
On August 10, 2020, the lab visited Billie’s farm in Jasper, AL.
Postdoctoral researcher, Takahiro Yamamoto, M.D., Ph.D. joined the Van Meir Lab on September 21, 2020. He comes from the Kumamoto University School of Medicine in Japan. We are so happy to have you!
Postdoctoral researcher, Akshay A. Narkhede, Ph.D. joined the Van Meir Lab on September 8, 2020. He comes from the College of Engineering at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. We are so happy to have you!
Postdoctoral researcher, Yuki Kuranaga, Ph.D., joined the Van Meir laboratory on February 17, 2020. She comes from the Department of Drug Discovery and Medical Information Science at Gifu University, Japan. We are happy to have you!
Erwin G. Van Meir, Ph.D., joined the UAB Department of Neurosurgery as a professor on Oct. 1, 2019 and is directing a laboratory in molecular neuro-oncology. He comes from Emory University where he was the founding director of the Laney Graduate School’s Cancer Biology Graduate Program and the leader of the Cancer Cell Biology Research Program at the Winship Cancer Institute.
Working with Dr. Van Meir, Satoru Osuka, M.D., Ph.D., joined the department on Oct 21, 2019 as an assistant professor. His research hopes to understand the cellular and molecular biology of therapeutic resistance in brain tumors. He also comes from Emory University, where he was a postdoctoral fellow.
