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Ella’s summer wrap-up!

  This summer I worked under Evelyn as a research assistant where we investigated different, non-traditional drugs as radiosensitizers for DIPG tumors. I did this through culturing SCC127 cells and injecting them into zebrafish embryos and testing these drugs both…

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Joanne’s summer in the lab

  This week I just wrapped up presenting my summer project with Majd on the potential mechanism involving mitochondrial alterations in Amiloride’s targeting of leukemia-initiating cells (LICs) of T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) through NHE1 inhibition. I was able to look…

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Majd passed her qual!

  This summer marked an important moment in my academic journey as I successfully passed my PhD qualifying exam and I am now a Pharmacology PhD candidate! It has been an incredible experience filled with growth, learning and support from…

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Mid-summer update from Chase

  These gifs show the early development of zebrafish embryos after being injected with morpholino oligonucleotides (MO) which target and disrupt the function of their respective target genes. The exploding embryos were injected with MO targeting PRL-1, 2a, 2b, and…

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Lab superstars for June 2023!

Thanks to our June 2023 superstars for making the lab awesome! Izzy Snyder: One last lab superstar award for Izzy for her general amazingness and for getting everything and everyone organized before she left for her new job as a…

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Happy Last Day to Caroline!

Caroline officially left the lab (and moved to North Carolina) this week to start her new job at the V Foundation! We went bowling for one last lab hangout and I got my best score ever! Maybe sadness gives me…

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Welcome to the lab, Majd!

My name is Majd Al Hamaly, and I am the newest member of the Blackburn lab. I have started in May 2022 after completing the IBS year, and I am working toward a PhD in Pharmacology. I have a master's…

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