Announcements
Congrats to PhD students Abby Lee and Kevin Nestler on publishing their review article on DNA methylation alterations in cancer in Pharmacology & Therapeutics. Check out the article at this link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38570075/
Dr. Chiappinelli's career and research work was highlighted by the NCI. To find out more, check out this post.
The Cancer Biology and Immunology Programmatic (CBIP) Retreat was held on February 23, 2024 where PhD candidates Erin Grundy and Trace Walker gave talks on their research!
Members of the Chiappinelli Lab visted J.C. Nalle Elementary School's first annual STEM fair. These future scientists hypothesized which form of strawberries (fresh, frozen, or jam) would yield the most DNA and then extracted the DNA!
Dr. Chiappinelli is the winner of the Clara Bliss Hinds Mentorship Award
Check out the latest perspective by PhD candidate Trace Walker and Dr. Chiappinelli on how protein exaptation by ERVs promotes an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment.
Congrats to Tomas and all co-authors for their publication on how oncogenic transformation results in the de-repression of TEs published in Cancer Research.
On July 20, 2023, Tomas Kanholm defended his thesis! Tomas is the second PhD graduate from the Chiappinelli lab.
Dr. Chiappinelli with Dr. Soto-Feliciano and Dr. Schrump, chaired a session at the annual AACR meeting.