We had a fun and creative Halloween celebration this year! Each person is holding an emoji clue about the sequencing techniques, can you guess them all?
🎃 Halloween in the Lab!
Li’an & Reena’s birthday celebrations!
We had a great time celebrating Li’an and Reena’s birthdays with the lab! Wishing them a wonderful year ahead filled with success and happiness!!
Drs. Courtney and Mohamed Birthday Celebrations!
Double the fun! We got together to celebrate Courtney and Mohamed’s birthdays – a great time with lots of smiles, cake, and laughter!!
Brandon’s Birthday Celebrations!
We had a great time celebrating Brandon’s birthday in the lab (not literally)! Wishing him a wonderful year ahead filled with success and happiness!!
Bhavya Papineni Presents Poster at GBS Symposium
Bhavya Papineni presented a poster at the GBS Symposium 2025, highlighting her research on the role of obesity in triple-negative breast cancer progression.
We’re proud of Bhavya for representing the lab and sharing her work with the next generation of graduate students!
Annie Popple Presents Poster at ENRICH Conference
Annie Popple presented a poster at the ENRICH Conference in July, 2025, highlighting her research on how Hedgehog signaling influences regulatory T cell metabolism in triple-negative breast cancer.
We’re proud of Annie for representing the lab and sharing her innovative work with the research community!
Courtney Swain successfully defends her Ph.D. thesis!!
Congratulations to Courtney Swain, who successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis and graduated!! Courtney is an MSTP student, and after completing her graduate research, she will return to the clinic to continue her medical training.
Her research focused on understanding mechanisms that regulate T cell activity in breast cancer. We are so proud of her accomplishments and look forward to seeing all that she achieves as a physician-scientist!
Li’an Williams presents poster at APSA conference 2025
Li’an Williams presented a poster at the American Physician Scientists Association (APSA) Conference in April 2025, highlighting her research on how RNA polymerase I inhibition influences the tumor microenvironment in triple-negative breast cancer.
We’re proud of Li’an for representing the lab and sharing her exciting work with the scientific community!
Amr’s baby shower celebrations!
The lab recently celebrated Amr Elhamamsy with a baby shower! Everyone gathered to share congratulations and well wishes as Amr prepares to welcome a new baby!
Amr Elhamamsy successfully defends his Ph.D. thesis!!
Congratulations to Amr Elhamamsy, who successfully defended his Ph.D thesis and officially graduated! Amr’s research focused on elucidating the role of ribosome biogenesis in breast cancer. Throughout his time in the lab, Amr made significant contributions to our understanding of cancer cell biology and was an active mentor to junior trainees. We are very proud of his accomplishments and wish him continued success in his future endeavors!
