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.
Breakout Birmingham and Group 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!
Celebrating Success!
Post-doc Kiyo Saitou and graduate student Rashed Parag celebrated their success with their first molecular cloning experiments using Gibson Assembly and In-Fusion approaches.
Society for Neuro-Oncology annual meeting in Tampa (November 17-20)
Putting the band back together: reunion of former postdocs from the Ludwig Institute who all became faculty (from left to right: Shiyuan Cheng, Frank Furnari, Erwin Van Meir, Oliver Bogler, Jo Costello).
Yuki Kuranaga presents her poster to Karina Vazquez-Arreguin, a post-doc in Dr. Balveen Kaur’s laboratory.
Fun bowling at the SNO opening reception with Dr. Balveen Kaur’s laboratory group.
Jesse Stillwell’s Wedding on 7/30/22
Spooky Halloween Celebration with Families!
The Van Meir lab hosted a Halloween celebration and team building activity for lab members and their families.
Lunch at Rock N Roll Sushi
Van Meir lab members have lunch at Rock N Roll Sushi to wish Dr. Satoru Osuka farewell as he opens his own lab.
Blazer Bolt 5K for Brain Tumor Research
Van Meir lab members Jesse Stillwell, Alex Torrelli-Diljohn and Erwin Van Meir raced along with members of the Miller and Ahn labs. Great weather and great fun!
