Our Susan G. Komen funded project related to Triple Negative Breast Cancer was featured in a story by Vermont Public Radio’s Kathleen Masterson. You can listen to Kathleen’s report and read more about the story here.

Jason received the Rising Star New Investigator Award at the first annual Dean’s Excellence in Research Celebration. While Jason was honored to receive the award, it really recognizes the outstanding research accomplishments of the entire lab.

Jason received a Career Catalyst Research Award from Susan G. Komen to investigate new molecular targets for triple negative breast cancer. This project is part of an ongoing collaboration with Alan Howe and Chris Anker. The interdisciplinary research team also includes two patient advocates, Carol Vallett and Marion Thurnauer, as well as several members of the UVM Cancer Center (Gary Stein, Jane Lian, Marie Wood, and George Atweh). You can read more about the award and project Vermont Business Magazine and The Larner College of Medicine website. You can also see news coverage of the award in segments from WCAX  and NBC5.

The 2016 Muscle and Molecular Motors Gordon Research Conference (GRC) was held at Mount Snow, VT. Heidi presented a poster describing her investigations of Kif18A’s targeting to kinetochore-microtubule ends.  Jason gave both a poster and a talk on Haein Kim’s work, which is focused on determining Kif18A’s role in stabilizing kinetochore-microtubule attachments. Great work Heidi and Haein!

Leslie, a doctoral student in the CMB program, has joined the Stumpff lab to conduct her dissertation research. Welcome Leslie!

Lisa Wood, an MMG undergraduate student, has received a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) from UVM to investigate new approaches for inhibiting the growth and movement of triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells. Congratulations Lisa!

Dana gave an excellent presentation on her studies of micronucleaus formation at the annual Student Research Conference. Great job Dana!

Jillian, a Medical Laboratory Sciences major, has joined the lab as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome Jillian!

Jason and Chris were invited to talk about cancer research with local news anchor Mike Curkov for the “Health Matters” during “No Shave November.” You can check out a clip of the live interview here, which includes footage from the lab and a couple of movies of dividing human cells.

A series of Cindy’s images of cells in different phases of the cell cycle were selected for an art exhibit curated by the Flemming Museum. You can read more about the exhibit here and here.