In the middle of July, Jessi, Min and myself were able to attend the FASEB: Protein Phosphatases meeting in Snowmass Village, CO! Min and I both presented posters on our work at the meeting. Min presented the story of PRL3…
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to participate in the University of Kentucky’s 3 Minute Thesis (3 MT) competition. The 3 MT originated out of the University of Queensland, and has become an international event. The idea behind…
Min has the first paper from the lab! She wrote a very nice review on "Targeting Phosphatases of Regenerating Liver (PRLs) in Cancer" at the request of the editor of Pharmacology & Therapeutics. You can read it here. We worked…
Hello Dear Reader, I would like to share the very belated, very happy news with you- I got married!! Woo!!! My husband and I got married May 10th in Arenas de San Pedro, Spain (he is from Spain)…
Dear readers, I have a confession to make… graduate school is hard. Shocking, I know. If you think that you should go to graduate school because it will be an easy, interim step between undergrad and the “real world,” you…
Hello everyone! My name is Caroline Smith and I am the newest graduate student that has joined the Blackburn lab. I joined the lab in April, and I am now beginning to start my second year of graduate school. I…
Hi all, My name is Ashley and I spent the summer working in Dr. Blackburn’s lab as part of a 10-week program called Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU). When I first got accepted into this program, I was both excited…
Congrats to Meghan for breezing through her quals on Friday! She is without a doubt the best MD/PhD student in the lab ;-) and we are lucky to have her on the team as she cranks through her PhD!
Hey, everyone. It's Shea again! I recently got to present my research findings on my study repurposing FDA-approved compounds against T-ALL at my school's senior symposium, which means that I am wrapping up both my senior year and my time…
Hey, everyone! As you may know, I am a high school senior working in Dr. Blackburn's lab. I have had an absolutely amazing experience working with the team for the past year and a half, and it has helped shape…