News Archive
On April 8, 2024, Research Assistant Olivia Cox presented her Master’s thesis. Olivia will receive an M.S. in Bioinformatics & Molecular Biochemistry.
On April 6, 2024, Dr. Chiappinelli chaired a session at the 2024 AACR conference in San Diego.
Congrats to the Chiappinelli lab and the Burns lab for being awarded and R01 to study the immunological consequences of LINE-1 reactivation in cancer!
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.