2021
Dr. Elsa Flores
- RNA Medicine Symposium speaker - "Unveiling therapeutic opportunities to target the p53 pathway in cancer through understanding the regulatory network of lncRNAs" - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2020
Suehelay Acevedo Acevedo
- Joined the lab as a post-doc in August
Ngoc Hoang Bao Bui - alumni
- paper titled Spatiotemporal Regulation of ΔNp63 by TGFβ-Regulated miRNAs Is Essential for Cancer Metastasis published in Cancer Research.
Andrew Davis - alumni
- paper titled TAp63-regulated microRNAs suppress cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma through inhibition of a network of cell cycle genes published in Cancer Research.
Bethanie Gore
- Joined the lab in March as research project specialist
Marco Napoli
- Molecular Oncology Retreat poster award - Moffitt Cancer Center
- Entered into a collaboration with APIS technologies to assess the role of TROLLs as markers of response to chemotherapy - articles available on the "News and Views" page under Publications
- paper titled Pan-cancer analysis reveals TAp63-regulated oncogenic lncRNAs that promote cancer progression through AKT activation published in Nature Communications
- promoted to Research Scientist II
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
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.