Updates and other important information about the Xue Lab
September 2024:
September 27: Fengtian’s NIH STTR application with Rezigene, LLC titled “Developing an anti-Proteotoxicity Therapy for Neurodegenerative Diseases” has been funded. Cheers!
September 27: Fengtian has been invited to give a seminar at Johns Hopkins University titled “hCAR and Nrf2 activation on CPA bioactivation and DOX detoxification”
September 23: First-year graduate student, Ismael Watts-Ouattara, joined the lab to do his rotation. Welcome, Ismael!
September 13: Fengtian has been invited to give a seminar at the University of Georgia titled “hCAR and Nrf2 activation on CPA bioactivation and DOX detoxification”
September 5: Zijin has successfully passed his comprehensive exam. Congrats, Zijin!
September 4: Third-year PharmD student Samira Mousavi has joined the lab to pursue research. She will work on DDTC-SO analogs as ALDH2 inhibitors. Welcome Samira!
August 2024:
August 21: Kieran has been awarded the 2024 Dean’s Teaching Fellow. Congratulations!
August 15: Fengtian’s UM-BLID application with Dr. Yan Shu titled “YA6060, A New Drug To Human Cancer and Metabolic Diseases”. Cheers!
July 2024:
July 25: Kelly presented her summer research titled “Synthesis and characterization of gallium complexes as theranostics”. Congratulations to Kelly!
June 2024:
June 14: Fengtian has been invited to present at the GRC Tetrapyrrole titled “Therapeutic targeting Pseudomonas aeruginosa heme sensing and utilization systems”
June 9: Kelly Hoang has joined the lab, as part of the PSC Summer Intern Program. Welcome back, Kelly!!
June 3: Aziza started her summer intern at Genentech.
May 2024:
May 11: First-year graduate student, Kieran Johnson has joined the lab to pursue his PhD. Welcome, Kieran!
May 2:Fengtian has been invited to give a seminar at China University of Petroleum” titled “hCAR and Nrf2 activation on CPA bioactivation and DOX detoxification”.
April 2024:
April 29: Fengtian has been invited to give a seminar at Shanxi University, China.
April 18: Fengtian has been invited to give a seminar at Loyola University Chicago titled “hCAR and Nrf2 activation on CPA bioactivation and DOX detoxification”
January 2024:
January 31: PSC MS student, Shruti Kale, has joined the lab to pursue research. Welcome, Shruti!
January 22: First-year graduate student, Kieran Johnson, has joined the lab to do his rotation. Welcome, Kieran!
December 2023:
December 6: In collaboration with Globin Solutions, Inc, Fengtian’s Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS) application on “Creating a small molecule carbon monoxide antidote” has been awarded. Cheers!!
December 4: Aziza has been awarded the 2023 Genentech Fellowship of the Genentech Meyerhoff Graduate Program. Congratulations, Aziza!
October 2023:
October 13: Yong has been offered a faculty position of Research Associate in our department. Congratulations, Yong!
October 10: PSC MS student, Tanya Bavadekar, has joined the lab to pursue research. Welcome, Tanya!
September 2023:
September 20: Aziza’s art piece has been displayed in the Arch St. gallery located on the West side of the Pearl St. Garage. Well Done, Aziza!
September 13: Third-year PharmD student Kiana Behboudi has joined the lab to pursue research. She will work on a synthetic methodology for DDTC-SO analogs. Welcome Kiana!
September 9: UMBC graduate Ismael Watts-Ouattara has joined our lab to do research. Welcome Ismael!
August 2023:
August 28: Fengtian and Dongdong’s patent application, along with Dr. Hongbing Wang on “CAR Activator Agents for Cyclophosphamide-Based Treatments of Cancer” has been published (US Patent # 11,701,345)
August 13-17: Yong and Fengitan presented posters at the 2023 Fall ACS National Meeting.
August 11: Fengtian’s patent on “WNT Signaling Pathway Inhibitors for Treatments of Disease” has been issued (United States Patent No. 11,655,233). Congratulations to the Xue Lab.
August 1: Zijin has been accepted to join CBI. Congratulations to Zijin!
July 2023:
July 28: Kelly presented her summer research titled “Synthesis and characterization of gallium complexes as theranostics”. Congratulations to Kelly!
July 28: Fengtian, along with Drs. Yan Shu and Liqing Yu, presented the Wnt signaling inhibitor project to the Blackbird group.
July 20: Fengtian and Angela’s patent “Gallium-salophen antimicrobial compounds and methods of use thereof” has been filed (United States Patent App. # 2023/0227476).
June 2023:
June 7: Kelly Hoang has joined the lab, as part of the PSC Summer Intern Program. Welcome Kelly!
June 6: Aziza has won the “Second Prize for 15th Annual Graduate Translational Research Award”. Congratulations to Aziza!
May 2023:
May 31: Yong and Fengtian’s provisional patent application titled “ALDH2 inhibitors and methods of use thereof” has been filed.
May 19: Lucia Hwang has won the “William Simon Memorial Prize for superior work in the field of medicinal chemistry, practice, and analytical chemistry” award. Congratulations to Lucia!
May 19: Negar Hamidi has won the “Conrad L. Wich Prize for exceptional work in medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy” award. Congratulations to Negar!
May 10: Andrew Ireland, a UMBC undergraduate, has joined the lab to pursue research. Welcome, Andrew!
May 10: First-year graduate student, Zijin Xu, has joined the lab to pursue his Ph.D. Welcome, Zijin!
April 2023:
April 26: Fengtian’s R21 on “ALDH2 inhibitors for the treatment of AUDs” has been awarded by NIAAA. Cheers!
April 7: Fengtian has been recognized as the 2023 University of Maryland School of Pharmacy Faculty Preceptor of the Year. Cheers!
April 3: Aziza has been selected by the Meyerhoff Graduate Program leadership as the 8th recipient of the Victor E. and Dorothy M. McIntosh Award. Congratulations to Aziza!!
March 2023:
March 31: Aziza has won the Best Oral Presentation Award at UMB’s 45th Annual Graduate Research Conference. Congratulations Aziza!
March 6: Fengtian’s R01 application with Dr. Yan Shu “Axin Stabilization by Novel Small Molecules to Treat Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis” has been funded by NIDDK. Cheers!!
February 2023:
February 15: PSC MS student, Mugdha Dange, has joined the lab to pursue research. Welcome, Mugdha!
February 8: PSC MS student, Rajlaxmi Deshpande, has joined the lab to pursue research on GaSal-based imaging agents. Welcome, Isha!
February 6: PSC MS student, Gayatri Bhandarkar, has joined the lab to pursue research on PZA like anti-TB agents. Welcome, Gayatri!
December 2022:
December 19: Fengtian has renewed his funding with the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation. Cheers!
December 16: Fengtian’s application with Dr. Jiou Wang at Hopkins to ALS Association on “Developing Novel Therapeutics for ALS-associated Proteotoxicity” has been selected for funding. Cheers!!
December 9: Ayush won second place in the “UMB AAPS Poster Session” competition. Congratulations Ayush!
November 2022:
November 30: Fengtian and Dr. Angela Wilk’s patent titled “GALLIUM-SALOPHEN ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF” has been filed. Cheers!
November 23: Fengtian and Dr. Jiou Wang’s patent titled “COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING PROTEOTOXICITY-ASSOCIATED DISEASES” has been filed. Cheers!
October 2022:
December 16: Fengtian’s application with Dr. Fengyi Wan at Hopkins on “YA6060 as a novel Anti-CRC agent” has won the 2022 Nexus Award. Cheers!!
September 2022:
September 10: First-year graduate student, Zijin Xu, has joined the lab as a PhD candidate. Welcome, Zijin!
June 2022:
June 20: PSC MS student, Ayush Sinha, has joined the lab for his internship. Welcome, Ayush!
June 15: Yong’s manuscript “Improving the solubility and antileukemia activity of Wnt/β-catenin signaling inhibitors by disrupting molecular planarity” has been accepted by Bioorganic Medicinal Chemistry. Congratulations to Yong!
June 6: Malaika Nyawara, an undergraduate student from UMCP, has joined the lab as a summer intern. Welcome, Malaika!
May 2022:
May 16: Yong and Fengtian’s patent “Prodrugs of Anti-Cancer and Anti-Autoimmune Diseases Therapeutic Agents, and Methods of Making and Use Thereof” has been published on Feb 10, 2022. Congratulations to Yong and Fengtian!
April 2022:
April 11: Garrick has successfully defensed his PhD thesis. Congrats, Dr Centola!
April 3: First-year graduate student, Lena Grogan, has joined the lab as a PhD candidate. Welcome, Lena!
March 2022:
March 22: Aziza and Negar’s manuscript “Regioselective alkylation of 2,4-dihydroxybenzyaldehydes and 2,4-dihydroxyacetophenones” has been accepted by Tetrahedron Letters. Congratulations to Aziza and Negar!
February 2022:
Feb 10: Yong and Fengtian’s patent “Prodrugs of Anti-Cancer and Anti-Autoimmune Diseases Therapeutic Agents, and Methods of Making and Use Thereof” has been published on Feb 10, 2022. Congratulations to Yong and Fengtian!
January 2022:
January 5: First-year graduate student Helen Men joined the lab for her second rotation. Welcome, Helen!
November 2021:
November 11: Elizabeth Robinson has successfully defended her Ph.D. Congrats Dr. Lizzy!!
November 11: Lizzy’s manuscript “Recombinant production of biliverdin IXb and d isomers in the T7 promoter compatible Escherichia coli Nissle (EcN(T7))” has been accepted by Front. Microbiol. Congrats Dr. Lizzy!!
October 2021:
October 6: The Xue and Deredge Labs have won the School of Pharmacy’s Faculty External Grant Development Funding on “Development of Metallotherapeutics drugs for Treatment of Infectious Disease”. Cheers!
October 6: With the Shu Lab, Fengtian has won the School of Pharmacy’s Faculty External Grant Development Funding on “YA6060 with Dual Activities of Wnt/B Catenin inhibition and AMPK Activation for Colorectal Cancer”. Cheers!
October 6: With the H. Wang Lab, Fengtian has won the School of Pharmacy’s Faculty External Grant Development Funding on “Dual activation of CAR and Nrf2 in breast cancer chemotherapy”. Cheers!
September 2021:
September 27: First-year graduate student Lena Grogan joined the lab for her first rotation. Welcome, Lena!
September 10: Fengtian’s MII application with Dr. Jiou Wang at Hopkins on “Novel anti-proteotoxicity therapeutic agents targeting protein methylation” has been selected for funding. Cheers!
August 2021:
August 14: Fengtian has renewed his funding with the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation. Cheers!
August 1: Second-year PharmD student Negar Hamidi has joined the lab to do research. Welcome, Negar!
July 2021:
July 29: Yong and Fengtian’s patent titled “Prodrugs of Anti-Cancer and Anti-Autoimmune Diseases Therapeutic Agents, and Methods of Making and Use Thereof” has been filed in major European countries. Cheers!
July 15: Garrick has won the Dean’s Teaching Fellowship Fall 2021. Congratulations, Garrick!
July 12: Fengtian’s MII application with Dr Yan Shu titled “Novel Axin Stabilizer YA6060 is a Promising Therapy for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)” has been selected for funding. Cheers!
June 2021:
June 4: Fengtian and Angela’s patent application titled “GALLIUM-SALOPHEN ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF” (PCT/US2021/035892) has been filed. Congratulations!
June 1: Yong and Fengtian’s patent application titled “Dual WNT Signaling Pathway Inhibitors and AMPK Activators for Treatments of Disease” (63/195,668) has been filed. Cheers!
June 1: First-year graduate student Aziza Frank has joined the lab as a joint student with the Wilks lab. Welcome, Aziza!
May 2021:
May 31: Benjamin Diethelm-Varela has graduated from the program with a master’s degree. Congratulations to Ben!
May 15: Our PharmD student Farideh Sistani has won the Conrad L. Wich Prize (exceptional work in medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy). Congratulations to Farideh!
March 2021:
March 31: Yong and Lucia’s manuscript on “Progress towards B-cell lymphoma 6 BTB domain inhibitors for the treatment of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and beyond” has been accepted by the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. Congratulations to Yong and Lucia!
March 29: First-year graduate student Aziza Frank joined the lab for her third rotation as a joint student in the Wilks and Xue Labs. Welcome again, Aziza!
March 4: Fengtian’s patent application titled “CAR AND NRF2 DUAL ACTIVATOR AGENTS FOR CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE-BASED AND DOXORUBICIN-BASED TREATMENTS OF CANCER” has been filed. Cheers!
February 2021:
February 25: Lizzy’s manuscript on “Repurposing acitretin as an antipseudomonal agent targeting the Pseudomonas aeruginosa iron-regulated heme oxygenase” has been accepted by Biochemistry. Congratulations to Lizzy!
January 2021:
January 11: First-year graduate student Nathaniel McClean joined the lab for his second rotation. Welcome, Nathaniel!
January 8: Ben’s manuscript on “Stereoisomerization of 6-(4-chlorophenyl)imidazo[2,1-b][1,3]thiazole-5-carbaldehyde-O-(3,4-dichlorobenzyl)oxime (CITCO)” has been published in Tetrahedron as a cover article. Congrats Ben!
November 2020:
September 20: Garrick’s review paper on “Metallotherapeutics development in the age of iron-clad bacterial” has been accepted by Metallomics. Cheers!
October 2020:
September 15: Fengtian’s MII application on “Antipseudomonal agent GaSal” has been selected for funding. Cheers!
September 2020:
September 1: First-year PharmD student Heng Ung joined the lab to do research. Welcome Heng!
August 2020:
August 25: First-year graduate student Aziza Frank joined the lab for her first rotation. Welcome Aziza!
August 17: Lizzy presented an oral presentation at the ACS National Meeting, San Francisco (virtual meeting). Congratulations!
August 17: Ben and Garrick presented posters at the ACS National Meeting, San Francisco (virtual meeting). Congratulations!
July 2020:
July 22: Garrick has won the PSC Science Fellowship Award 2020-2021. Congrats to Garrick!
June 2020:
June 26: Garrick and Yong’s manuscript “Gallium (III) salophen as a dual inhibitor of Pseudomonas aeruginosa heme sensing and iron acquisition” has been accepted by ACS Infectious Diseases. Congrats to Garrick and Yong!
June 17: Yong and Fengtian’s patent “Prodrugs of anti-cancer and anti-autoimmune diseases therapeutic agents, and methods of making and use thereof” has been filed. Cheers!
May 2020:
May 26: Our patent “Compounds for Treating Parasitic Infections” (U.S. Patent Appl. No.: 16/260,864″ has been issued by the US patent office. Cheers!
April 2020:
April 7: Aayne Gafrey, a first-year PharmD student, has joined the lab to do research. Welcome Aayne!
March 2020:
March 5: Our patent application “Dual activators of CAR and Nrf2 as co-treatment for cyclophosphamide and doxorubicin-based cancer treatment” has been filed (#62/984,994). Cheers!
February 2020:
February 26: Fengtian’s collaborative proposal titled “High-throughput screen to identify novel selective regulators of mutant p53 in ovarian cancer cells” has been funded by the Institute for Clinical & Translational Research (ICTR) Accelerated Translational Incubator Pilot (ATIP). Cheers!
January 2020:
January 27: Lucia Hwang, a first-year PharmD student, has joined the lab to do research. Welcome Lucia!
January 16: Christopher Goodis, a first-year graduate student, has joined the lab for his second rotation. Welcome Chris!
December 2019:
November 1: Dr Wan Pang, from Shanghai Institute of Technology, has joined the lab as a visiting scholar for 12 months. Welcome!
November 2019:
November 22: Wei, Yingjun, and Yong’s manuscript on “Wnt signaling inhibitor YW2065” has been accepted by Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. Congratulations to them!
November 15: Fengtian, Ben, Lizzy and Garrick presented at the first Mid-Atlantic Symposium “Frontiers in Metals in Medicine”. Cheers!
September 2019:
September 27: Ben, Lizzy and Garrick presented posters at the PSC Grad Gathering. Cheers!
August 2019:
August 1: Assefa presented a poster at the PSC summer intern poster session. Congratulations to Assefa!
July 2019:
June 29: Fengtian’s received a three-year NSF funding on the covalent inhibitors of the BCL-BTB domain. Cheers!
June 20: Lizzy and Garrick presented at the GRC (Tetrapyrroles) in Barcelona, Spain. Cheers!
June 2019:
June 11: Dongdong’s two manuscripts on the discoveries of novel hCAR agonists DL5016 and DL5050 have been accepted by the European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and ACS Med Chem Lett on the same day! Congratulations to Dongdong!!
June 10: Assefa Akinwole, an undergraduate student from UMBC, has joined the lab as a summer intern. Welcome Assefa!!
June 8: Lizzy has been selected as a recipient of the NIH Chemistry-Biology Interface Graduate Student Training Grant Award (July 2019 – June 2020). Congratulations to Lizzy!!
June 7: Our patent on “WNT Signaling Pathway Inhibitors for Treatments of Diseases” have been filed for the European Patent Application (#17 760 727.2).
May 2019:
May 30: Garrick gave an oral presentation at the 2019 ACS Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting titled “Metallo-Salophen Complexes Inhibit Heme Sensing and Uptake in Pseudomonas aeruginosa“. Congrat!
May 30: Lizzy gave an oral presentation at the 2019 ACS Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting titled “Pseudomonas aeruginosa HemO Inhibitors Through High Throughput Screening”. Congrat!
May 10: Garrick and Lizzy presented posters at the 12th Annual Frontiers at the Chemistry & Biology Interface Symposium (FCBIS 2019). Congratulations to them!!
March 2019:
March 12: Fengtian and Dr Iqbal Hamza’s patent “Compounds for Treating Parasitic Infections ” has been published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (10,227,320 ). Cheers!
March 7: Fengtian and Dr Yan Shu’s patent “WNT Signaling Pathway Inhibitors for Treatments of Disease” has been published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (US 2019 / 0071424). Cheers!
January 2019:
January 9: Dongdong, Fengtian, and Dr Hongbing Wang’s patent “Car activator agents for cyclophosphamide-based treatments of cancer” has been published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (WO 2018/236856, A1 20181227). Congrats!
January 3: Yong and Wei’s manuscript “Triazole-Based Inhibitors of the Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Pathway Improve Glucose and Lipid Metabolism in Diet-Induced Obese Mice” has been accepted by Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. Congrats!
December 2018:
December 28: Yu Li, a visiting student from Wuhan University, China, has joined the lab for her research projects. Welcome Yu!
December 6: Yong and Ob’s manuscript “Enhanced Tumor-Selectivity of 5-Fluorouracil using a Reactive Oxygen Species-Activated Prodrug Approach” has been accepted by ACS Med Chem Lett. Congrats!
November 2018:
November 5: Matthew Hursey, a first graduate student, has joined the lab for his second rotation. Welcome Matt!
October 2018:
October 24: Farideh Sistani-Khanaman, a second-year PharmD student, has joined the lab to do research. Welcome Farideh!
October 11: Fengtian’s LLS grant has been extended to June 30, 2019. Cheers!
September 2018:
September 27: Garrick successfully passed her Comp Oral Exam. Congratulations to Garrick!
September 26: Lizzy successfully passed her Comp Oral Exam. Congratulations to Lizzy!
September 14: Fengtian’s MII proposal with Prof Shu titled “YW2065 with Dual Activities of Wnt/beta-catenin Inhibition and AMPK Activation for Colorectal Cancer” got funded. Cheers!!
September 7: First year student Benjamin Diethelm Varela has joined the lab as a rotation student. Welcome Benjamin!
July 2018:
July 18: Keri McClelland, a high school student from the Bryn Mawr School, has joined the lab as a summer intern. Welcome Keri!!
June 2018:
June 11: Meredith Kuser, an undergraduate student from Wake Forest University, has joined the lab as a summer intern. Welcome Meredith!!
May 2018:
May 10: Fengtian’s MII proposal with Prof H. Wang titled “Development of DL5016 as an enhancer for cyclophosphamide-based chemotherapeutics” got funded. Cheers!
May 5: Garrick and Lizzy presented posters at the 11th Annual Frontiers at the Chemistry & Biology Interface Symposium (FCBIS 2018). Congratulations to them!!
April 2018:
April 30: Dr Jingming Zhao has joined the lab as a visiting scholar. Welcome!
April 27: Our patent on BCL6 inhibitors “BCL6 inhibitors as anticancer agents” (US #9,943,506) has been issued. Cheers!
March 2018:
March 18: Garrick, Lizzy, and Dongdong presented posters at the 255th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Congratulations to them!!
November 2017:
November 30: Fengtian has renewed his grant from the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation for two years. Cheers!
October 2017:
September 18: First year PharmD student Phuc Quang Tran has joined the lab to do research. Welcome Phuc!
September 2017:
September 18: Asmita Adhikari, a first graduate student, has joined the lab for her first rotation. Welcome Asmita!!
August 2017:
August 20: Lizzy, Nam, Ana, and Yong presented at the 254th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC. Congratulations to them!!
July 2017:
July 11: Fengtian’s patent application with Drs Smith and MacKerell on “LRRK2 GTP Binding Inhibitors for the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease and Neuroinflammatory Disorders” has been issued (US Pat# 9,701,627). Cheers!!
June 2017:
June 12: Alexandra Morris, an undergraduate student from UMBC, has joined the lab as a summer intern. Welcome Alexandra!!
June 9: Fengtian has received research funding from Center for AIDS Research. Cheers!
June 5: Chun Yin Li, a second-year PharmD student at UMB, has joined the lab to do research. Welcome Chun Yin!!
June 1: First year graduate students Elizabeth Robinson and Garrick Centola have officially joined the lab as PhD candidates. Welcome Lizzy and Garrick!!
May 2017:
May 26: Yue Yin, a second-year undergraduate student from the Binghamton University, has joined the lab as a summer student. Welcome Yue!!
April 2017:
April 21: Fengtian has won the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy AACP Teacher of the Year. Cheers!
December 2016:
December 19: First year student Garrick Centola has joined the lab as a rotation student. Welcome Garrick!!
December 16: Fengtian has renewed his grant from the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation for 2016-2017. Cheers!
November 2016:
November 10: Fengtian’s patent on heme transporter inhibitors “Compounds for treating parasitic infections” (WO 2016/179505 A1) has been published. Cheers!!
September 2016:
September 19: Elizabeth Robinson has joined the lab as a rotation student. Welcome Lizzy!!
August 2016:
August 21: Huimin and Chad presented posters at the 252nd ACS National Meetings in Philly. Congrats!
August 1: Dr. Yong Ai has joined the lab from the China Pharmaceutical University (CPU) as a postdoc fellow. Welcome!!
July 2016:
July 15: Dr. Qianshou Zong has joined the lab as a visiting scholar. Welcome!
June 2016:
June 13: Deanna Sersen has joined the lab as a summer intern. Welcome!
May 2016:
May 25: Geoff and Huimin presented posters at the fourth CADD Symposium at UMB. Congratulations!
May 21: Geoff presented posters at the 9th annual Frontiers at the Chemistry-Biology Interface Symposium. Cheers!
May 20: Former PharmD student Jung-Min Lee won the Conrad L. Wich Prize: exceptional work in medicinal chemistry and pharmacology. Congratulations to Jung-Min!
May 18: Fengtian has received research funding from UMVentures on “WNT Signaling Pathway Inhibitors for Treatment of Diseases”. Cheers!!
December 2015:
December 9: Kiwon Ok has joined the lab for his first rotation. Welcome!
September 2015:
September 21: Chad Johnson has joined the lab for his first rotation. Welcome!
July 2015:
July 1: Fengtian has renewed his grant from the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation for 2015-2016. Cheers!
June 2015:
June 24: Dr. Dongdong Liang has joined the lab from Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Science, as a postdoc fellow. Welcome!
June 16: Chad Johnson has joined the lab to pursue research. Welcome!
May 2015:
May 25: Nayara Cauneto has joined the lab as part of the “Brazil Scientific Mobility Program”. Welcome!
May 19: Three PharmD students, Priya Brunsdon, Willy Li, and Tommy Lee, have joined the lab to do research. Welcome!
April 2015:
April 7: Fengtan has received research funding from AACR on the project “BCL6 BTB domain inhibitors for triple-negative breast cancer” for two years. Cheers!
March 2015:
March 9: Dr. Huimin Cheng has joined the group as a postdoc fellow. Welcome!
February 2015:
February 18: Fengtan has received research funding from NIH on the project “Selective inhibitors of heme transporters as antiparasitic agents” for two years. Cheers!
January 2015:
January 19: Two PharmD students, Ana Coutinho and Sidick Jibril, have joined the lab to do research. Welcome!
December 2014:
December 18: Two PharmD students, Nam Nguyen and Kelly Murphy, have joined the lab to do research. Welcome!
November 2014:
November 1: Dr. Atef Abd El-Monem has joined the lab as a visiting scholar. Welcome!
October 2014:
October 8: Fengtian has received research funding from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society for three years. Cheers!
August 2014:
August 18: Fengtian has received research support from Janssen Pharmaceuticals. Cheers!
July 2014:
July 14: Dr. Wei Yang has joined the lab as a postdoc. Welcome!
July 9: Fengtian has received research funding from the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Fundation for 2014-2015. Cheers!
June 2014:
June 20: Geoff has recieved an invitation from the Medchem Gordon Research Conference to present his research on August 2-3 in New Hampshire . Congratulations!
June 16: Geoff has been selected by the American Chemical Society for The ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry Predoctoral Fellowship of 2014-2015. Congratulations!
June 9: Fengtian has received research funding from the Leukemia Research Foundation for 2014-2015. Cheers!
June 5: Geoff has won the NIH Chemistry-Biology Interface Graduate Student Training Grant Award for 2014-2015. Congratulations!
June 2: Kyle Wende joined the lab as a PSC summer research intern. Welcome!
May 2014:
May 21: Tharcilla Aglio joined the lab as part of the “Brazil Scientific Mobility Program”. Welcome!
May 10: Rachita and Geoff presented posters at the seventh annual Frontiers at the Chemistry-Biology Interface Symposium. Congratulations!
April 2014:
April 20: Rachita and Geoff will present their research at the ACS 248th National Meeting in San Francisco. Congratulations!
April 15: Geoff won the 2014 AFPE Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in the Pharmaceutical Sciences. Congratulations!
April 10: Dr. Shaymaa Kassab joined the lab as a visiting scholar. Welcome!
September 2013:
September 7: Xinhua and Fengtian will present at the ACS 246th National Meeting.
August 2013:
August 20: Rachita Rai and Tao Liang are joining the lab for their first rotation. Welcome!