AACR Gertrude B. Elion Award, March 2026
Carman has been selected by the American Association for Cancer Research for the Gertrude B. Elion Cancer Research Award! Our lab is deeply grateful for this prestigious honor and is inspired to continue pursuing our research to uncover cancer interception opportunities.
Comet dubut, March 2026
Isabella nailed our lab’s debut at the Friday Comet seminar! We celebrated with these gorgeous raspberry dark chocolate cupcakes—handcrafted by Isabella herself!
A random day in Feb 2026
Walked into Isabella and Maggie being totally in their zone planning experiments. They. Looked. So. Serious.
Way to go team!
MIC Seminar at University of Virginia, Feb 2026
Carman gave a talk at UVA’s Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology Department on Lunar New Year. It was wonderful to reconnect with familiar faces and meet new faculty and students.
Happy New Year & Welcome Lunch, Jan 2026
We kicked off 2026 with some yummy Indian food, and welcomed Maggie to our lab for her rotation!
MCD Biology Seminar at UCSC, November 2025
Carman gave a talk at the Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology Department at UCSC. It was wonderful meeting all the trainees and faculty members, especially on this beautiful fall day!
Dessert adventure, October 2025
Isabella and Carman were joined by our friendly lab neighbor Genova in a mini outing to a West Philly culinary school pastry shop. We celebrated the lab’s recent submissions of two external grants. It was so worth it!
SUIP Symposium, August 2025
Isabella presented her project at UPenn’s SUIP Symposium as a PennPREP Scholar. It was a great opportunity to share our work and engage with other labs at Penn!
Cancer Bio Retreat 2025
We enjoyed our departmental retreat at the beautiful Skytop Lodge in Poconos, PA!
June 2025
Isabella Cagno joined the lab and hits the ground running.
Welcome Isabella!
May 2025
We received an ACS Institutional Research Grant.
Thank you, the American Cancer Society and the Breakthrough Challenge Foundation, for supporting our work!
April 2025
Carman gave a talk for our lab at the AACR Annual Meeting in Chicago.
Fun meeting!
Februrary 2025
Carman received the Basser Center for BRCA Young Investigator Award and support from the Konner Fund.
We are grateful to the Basser Center for supporting our new lab and are proud to be part of this community!
