KUMC Department of Cancer Biology

July Spotlight: Aarjo Roy-Student Volunteer Aarjo is a third-year undergraduate student at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and minor degrees in English and Film & Media Studies. He is currently part of KUMC’s KEE program as…

Meet Sangita, our student spotlight for the month of June!

Meet Anna Holland, a graduate of Shawnee Mission East who spent the 2024–25 academic year in Dr. Ryan Barnes’ lab at The University of Kansas Cancer Center. With a passion for biomedical research, Anna spent her time learning about the complexities of genomic instability in…

Next week, the Cancer Biology department is hosting a lunch and learn with FisherScientific at KUMC. There will be valuable information on digital PCR and it's applications. All are encouraged to attend on Wednesday, June 11th at 12 pm. Lunch will be served to the first 50…

June Spotlight: Omar Tinoco-Graduate Student, Bossmann Lab Omar is a third-year PhD student in the Cancer Biology program, working under the mentorship of Dr. Stefan Bossmann and co-mentorship of Dr. David Akhavan. He joined KUMC in 2020 through the IGPBS program. His research…

The Cancer Biology department welcomed 5th year Neuroscience PhD student from the University of Texas Medical Branch, Christina Payne to our seminar series today. Christina gave a compelling talk titled "Effect of Extracellular Matrix Stiffness on Glioblastoma Metabolic…

The Cancer Biology Department is excited to introduce our newest graduates! Congratulations to all of you! Pictured from left to right: Austin Eades, PhD Harmony Saunders, M.D., PhD R. McKinnon Walsh PhD Thuc Ly, PhD Luis Cortez, M.D., PhD (not pictured)

Joan Lewis-Wambi, Associate Professor in Cancer Biology is being recognized in an article from KUCR for her work and research on triple negative breast cancer.  This type of cancer is aggressive and affects Black women more than those of other ethnic backgrounds.  Dr. Lewis-Wambi…

Dr. Prasad Dandawate, Assistant Professor in the Cancer Biology department at KUMC will be our seminar speaker this Wednesday, May 7. We are looking forward to his talk titled "Ebastine Disrupts the Histaminergic-Neurotrophin Loop to Suppress Pancreatic Cancer Progression Under…

Congratulations to Cancer Biology Professor Michael Washburn and Research Assistant Professor Michaella Rekowski as their paper titled "Human skeletal muscle mitochondrial pathways are impacted by a neuropathologic diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease" was accepted for publication.…

May Spotlight: Katy Swancutt- Research Assistant Professor Katy Swancutt was recently promoted to Research Assistant Professor after her KINBRE-funded Postdoctoral Fellowship in Dr. Danny Welch’s Lab. In Dr. Welch’s lab, Katy discovered previously unreported non-coding RNA…

Julia Opara received 2nd place in the Student Reseach Forum (SRF) Poster Session! This forum exists to serve the students at the University of Kansas Medical Center, to advance their research and to bolster their professional development. The forum provides a public stage for…

The Cancer Biology department will welcome Luis Batista, PhD at this week's seminar. Dr. Batista is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Washington University, St. Louis. We are looking forward to hearing his talk titled "Post-transcriptional regulation of non-coding RNA…

We are excited to share that we have embarked on a new endeavor! The Cancer Biology department has joined up with KU Endowment to create a campaign to raise funding for student travel. The money raised through this drive will enable Cancer Biology students to attend external…

The Cancer Biology department is excited to welcome Dr. Riyaz Syed to KUMC! Dr. Syed, Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Centella AI will be our seminar speaker this Wednesday. We look forward to learning more about AI and how it will impact drug discovery.

We are excited to welcome Dr. Celeste Simon from the University of Pennsylvania this Wednesday as the speaker at the Cancer Biology seminar.

April Spotlight: Nadine Santana-Magal-Postdoctoral Fellow Nadine Santana-Magal, is a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Kalyani Pyaram’s lab at KUMC, where she has been since early 2024. Since joining the Cancer Biology Department, Nadine has had the incredible opportunity to…

It was such a pleasure hosting wonderful ⁦@Chrystal_Paulos⁩ ⁦@KUMCCancerBio⁩ seminar series and learning about the cool work on harnessing Tcell prowess ⁦@PaulosLab⁩ We had an amazing time. #PyaramLab Thanks 🙏 for visiting @AprajitaTripat5 ⁦@DeboGupta⁩

The Cancer Biology department is excited to welcome Dr. Chrystal Paulos from Emory University at this week's seminar!