Lokesh Akana, a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Ph.D. student in Dr. Adam Wolfe’s lab, won first place in the 3 Minute Thesis competition for his presentation on SETD2 as a Horcrux in radiation resistant rectal cancer.
Several Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department trainees won awards for their poster presentations.
- Preeti Nagar, Ph.D., won the award for the best cancer research presentation for her poster, “Targeting RNA Processing Defects in Splicing Factor-Mutated Cancer” from the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute in the postdoctoral fellow, medical house staff, and fellows category. Dr. Nagar is a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Mohammad Rahman’s lab.
- Matthew Thompson won first place for the best cancer research presentation for his poster, “HELB prevents excessive ssDNA formation following replication stress”, from the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute in the graduate student category. Matthew is a Ph.D. student in Dr. Alicia Byrd’s lab.
- Vy Nguyen won second place for the best cancer research presentation for her poster, “Rnd3 Drives Lung Cancer Metastatic Potential Through a ROCK1-Independent Mechanism”, from the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute in the graduate student category. Vy is a Ph.D. student in Dr. Katie Ryan’s lab.
- Matthew Thompson won third place in the Bhuvan Award for excellence in biochemistry research by a graduate student for his poster, “HELB prevents excessive ssDNA formation following replication stress”. Matthew is a Ph.D. student in Dr. Alicia Byrd’s lab.