2020

Marco Napoli

  • Molecular Oncology Retreat poster award - Moffitt Cancer Center

2019

Hayley Ackerman

  • Cancer Biology & Evolution Symposium poster award - Moffitt Cancer Center
  • Molecular Oncology Research-In-Progress Seminar Series Junior Trainee Presentation Award - Moffitt Cancer Center

Ngoc Hoang Bao Bui

  • "The tumour cell: Plasticity, Progression and Therapy, Nature conference" poster presentation - New York City, NY

Xiaobo Li

  • Molecular Oncology Retreat poster award - Moffitt Cancer Center
  • Invited speaker at Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology - Keystone, CO
  • poster presenter at Hallmarks of Cancer Cell Symposium - Seattle, WA

 Marco Napoli

  • Molecular Oncology Retreat poster award - Moffitt Cancer Center
  • Molecular Oncology Research-In-Progress Seminar Series Senior Trainee Presentation Award - Moffitt Cancer Center
  • Best oral presentation award at the 3rd annual Cancer Biology and Evolution Symposium - Moffitt Cancer Center 

Sarah Wu

  • Ph.D defense - MD Anderson Cancer Center

2018

Hayley Ackerman

  • Molecular Oncology Research-In-Progress Seminar Series Junior Trainee Presentation Award - Moffitt Cancer Center
  • 10X Genomics single cell RNA-sequencing pilot grant

Ngoc Hoang Bao Bui

  • Cancer Biology and Evolution Symposium Oral presentation award - Moffitt Cancer Center
  • Molecular Oncology Department Retreat Poster Award - Moffitt Cancer Center
  • Genetics and Epigenetics Graduate Program Travel Awards, GSBS 
  • Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Travel Awards, GSBS
  • Ph.D defense - MD Anderson Cancer Center

Andrew Davis

  • Molecular Oncology Research-In-Progress presentation award
  • 10X Genomics single cell RNA-sequencing pilot grant
  • Helmsley Charitable Trust scholar
  • Cancer Biology & Evolution poster award - Moffitt Cancer Center
  • Ph.D defense - MD Anderson Cancer Center

Ioannis Grammatikakis

  • Molecular Oncology Research-In-Progress evaluation excellence award
  • 10X Genomics single-cell RNA-sequencing pilot grant
  • Best poster award, Molecular Oncology Retreat - Moffitt Cancer Center

Marco Napoli

  • "The FEBS Journal" poster prize at 8th International p63/p73 workshop - Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • "Let's talk about UBAUT" travel award to attend 8th International p63/p73 workshop - Frankfurt am Main, Germany

2017

 Andrew Davis

  • Cancer Biology & Evolution Poster Award

 Marco Napoli, PhD

  • Invited speaker at the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation – 2017 Sunshine Project Summit - Tampa, FL
  • Invited speaker at the 17th International p53 Workshop - Singapore

2016

 Marco Napoli, PhD

  • MD Anderson Trainee Research Day 2016, AMGEN Award in Basic Science Research

Sarah Wu

  • Genes and Development Graduate Program Travel Award
  • Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Travel Award

Ngoc Hoang Bao Bui

  • Andrew Sowell-Wade Huggins Scholarship 2015-2016

 

2015

 Elsa Flores, PhD

  •  NCI Outstanding Investigator Award

Marco Napoli, PhD

  • AACR-Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company Scholar-in-Training Award

Sarah Wu

  • Genes and Development Graduate Program Travel Award
  • Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Travel Award
  • Trainee Research Day 2015 Poster Competition Finalist, Basic Science

Andrew Davis

  • American Legion Auxiliary Fellowship in Cancer Research
  • Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) TL1 Pre-doctoral training program
  • Genes and Development & EMC 2015 Fall Retreat Research Poster Award - Post-Candidacy Student Category

 

2014

Avinash Venkatanarayan

  • T.C. Hsu Memorial Award for Cell Biology & Genetics
  • Grady Saunders Student Research Achievement Award
  • G&D Program Post-Candidacy Poster Award
  • MD Anderson Trainee Research Day Oral presentation finalist

Andrew Davis

  • American Legion Auxiliary Fellowship in Cancer Research
  • Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) TL1 Pre-doctoral training program

Ngoc Hoang Bao Bui

  • Genes & Development Graduate program pre-candidacy research achievement award

Marco Napoli

  • TRIUMPH (Translational Research in Multi disciplinary program) Postdoctoral Fellowship

Hussein Abbas

  • Odyssey Recruitment Fellowship

Sarah Wu

  • T32 Training Program in Molecular Genetics of Cancer Pre-doctoral Fellow (T32 CA009299)
  • Schissler Foundation Fellow for Translational Studies of Common Human Diseases
  • Pre-candidacy Student Research Poster Award, GSBS Genes and Development Program Retreat
  • Cullen Trust for Higher Education Physician/Scientist Fellowship Program: 2010 – 2014

 

2013

 

Elsa Flores

  • "Session Chair" – Non-Coding RNAs and roles in cancer 2013 American Association for Cancer Research, Washington D.C.

Sarah Wu

  • AAAS/Science Program for Excellence in Science Recipient

Deepavali Chakravarti

  • "Oral Presentation" at the 2013 American Association for Cancer Research, Washington D.C.
  • "Scholar in Training Award" 2013 American Association for Cancer Research, Washington D.C
  • Successfully completed "Ph.D. Dissertation" in May 2013

 

Avinash Venkatanarayan

  • "Oral Presentation" at the 2013 American Association for Cancer Research, Washington D.C.
  • UT MD Anderson Press Release about the research talk at 2013 AACR Meeting
  • Study finds key to calling back-up help when tumor-fighter p53 goes down

Awards

  • Travel Award from Sea Horse Biosciences to attend 2013 AACR Meeting
  • UT Graduate School Travel Award
  • Genes & Development Graduate Program Travel Award
  • Andrew Sowell - Wade Huggins Scholar in Cancer Research
  • MD Anderson Trainee Excellence Award
  • BMB Dept. Trainee Research Award- Presentation
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Andrew Davis

  • Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Ramon Flores Gonzalez

  • Health Supplement to promote diversity in Health Related Research 2013-2015

 

2012

 

Deepavali Chakravarti

  • UT MD Anderson President's Research Scholarship Award
  • "Poster Presentation Award" at the Institute of Basic Science retreat

Avinash Venkatanarayan

  • Schissler Foundation Fellow in Genetics of Human Disease

 

2011

 

Elsa Flores

  • Key note address: p63/P73 Workshop in Lyon, France
  • Leukemia and Lymphoma Scholar
  • UT STARS Award
  • CPRIT Grant to study p63 regulation of miRNAs in breast cancer

Xiaohua Su

  • Oral presentation at the p63/p73 Workshop in France
  • Travel Award from Seahorse Biosciences to attend the p63/p73 Workshop in France.

Deepavali Chakravarti

Fellowships Awarded

  • T.C Hsu Memorial Fellowship
  • Graduate School Travel Award
  • CPRIT Fellowship Award
  • Schissler Fellowship Award
  • Oral presentation at the p63/p73 Workshop in France
  • "Best Oral presentation Award" Cancer Biology Retreat-2011

 

Avinash Venkatanarayan

  • Awarded the "Best Poster Award-Pre-Candidacy" in the Genes & Development Retreat-2011.