Weeraratna Lab
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Post your news, personal or professional- we'd love to hear from you! Overview:The prevalence of melanoma has continued to rise over the last several decades. The statistics of recurrent melanoma indicate a dearth of effective treatments for this disease, and identifying which genes and pathways underlie the progression of melanoma may help reveal viable targets for future therapy. Our research fo
12/07/2018
Burying the hatchet with this motley crew!!
A huge congrats to Abi in my lab for her first author paper in Cancer Research! Well done, Abi! And thanks to all our collaborators, and the awesome lab team :)
08/12/2017
As of this week the Weeraratna lab has members from every continent. Yes, even Antarctica!!
So proud of my super Staff Scientist Marie Webster for winning the Thomas B. Fitzpatrick Award for the best paper in our flagship melanoma journal during the past 3 years!!! Way to go, Marie- *we* knew pseudosenescence was important!!!
Today is a big day for the Weeraratna lab our first Ph.D. student defended today. She's also the first student in the Wistar/Sciences Cancer Biology program to graduate, so it's a double first for us! Congrats Aman! Later today, grad student #2 will rock her prelims (I just know it!)-good luck, Abi!! I am one proud mamajama right now.
07/13/2016
So many wonderful things happening in our little lab these days :) wedding number 2 is coming up soon! Surprise shower for Vito and Gretchen!
Wedding shower for our dear Gretchen 💐🍰🍩🍷
06/22/2016
We are delighted to share in the joy of our graduate student Abi (Bibatou Ndoye), and her new husband Nikos as they embark on their new life together. Here they are in their gorgeous Senegalese wedding outfits. Congrats, Abi and Nikos!!
05/23/2016
Today was an amazing day at the Wistar Melanoma Awareness Day at the Phillies game. I'm so proud of my lab who all volunteered to be there and work hard to make sure everyone got suncreen, and learned a little something about the Wistar and about melanoma. And it was a special treat to have my new friend T.J. Sharpe there to throw out the first pitch, and Allen Starnes to debut his invention, these amazing new sunscreen dispensers: http://www.the-sunshield.com/ So happy to be a part of this amazing team, and the awesome The Wistar Institute.
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05/01/2016
Well, well, well. Look at that. It's May again. And while it's cold and dreary outside, it's Melanoma Awareness Month. So prepare for your daily onslaught of dire warnings and fun facts- get started here at www.skincancer.org. And for those of you who live in Philly- come out to the May 22nd ball game where Wistar's melanoma research center will be promoting melanoma awareness- you can BOGO tickets here at: https://wistar.org/melanoma-awareness-2016
A huge congrats to my postdoc Marie Webster on the receipt of a K99 award! SO PROUD OF YOU! Excited to watch you flourish in the melanoma research field:)
Embargo lifted!! Nature paper is out. Thanks again to my amazing team!!! https://wistar.org/news-and-media/press-releases/aging-impacts-therapeutic-response-melanoma-cells
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