Welcome to the Center for Molecular Oncology at the UConn School of Medicine. The aim of the center is to provide an fertile environment and forum for basic and clinical/translational investigators interested in molecular and genetic approaches to better understand and potentially prevent/treat human neoplasia.
In the News
Stephanie Chinwo, Arnold Lab, received the 2022 ASBMR Young Investigator Award for her abstract presentation "Molecular Analysis of AMBRA1 as a Candidate Tumor Suppressor in Sporadic Parathyroid Adenomas". She accepted a commemorative plaque and honorarium during the President's Dessert Reception at the Annual Meeting in September 2022.
Stephanie Chinwo, Arnold Lab, was admitted to the UConn Master of Science in Biomedical Science Program for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Stephanie Chinwo, Arnold Lab, was selected in August 2022 to receive a Travel Award from the Lawrence G. Raisz Fund for Musculoskeletal Research and Education to support her attendance to the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research in Austin, TX.
Stephanie Chinwo, Arnold Lab, was selected as a recipient of the 2022 Research Experience for Graduate and Medical Students (REGMS) Award by the Endocrine Society. The REGMS program supports endocrine research training and year-round career development and ongoing mentorship to help students achieve their career goals.
Britta Petersen, Hansen Lab, received the UConn Health Biomedical Science Gradate Student Leadership Award for 2022. This award honors a student who has made sustained and outstanding contributions in leadership activities during his or her studies in the program that improve graduate student life and further the educational mission of the university or the community.
Stephanie Chinwo, Arnold Lab, was accepted into the 2022 ASBMR Student Cohort Program. This opportunity is offered to undergraduate, graduate, and medical professional students involved in the bone, mineral, and musculoskeletal field.
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- Kirby Madden-Hennessey presents her research on mismatch repair at the 2022 Gordon Research Conference on DNA Damage, Mutation and Cancer in Venture, CA.
- Omar Omar presents his research on characterizing vascular transcriptomic changes in dementia at the 2022 AAP/ASCI/APSA Joint Meeting in Chicago, IL.
- Joseph Masison presents his research on mathematical modeling of Ferritin protein iron sequestration at the 2022 AAP/ASCI/APSA Joint Meeting in Chicago, IL.
- Pearl Sutter presents her research on the functional role of CD8+ T-cells in Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy at the 2022 AAP/ASCI/APSA Joint Meeting in Chicago, IL.
- Ryan Beach presents his research work on the Synergistic effects of Naproxen and TP-252 in Preventing Colon Carcinogenesis at the AACR annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- Stephanie Chinwo presents her research on the molecular analysis on AMBRA1 as a candidate tumor suppressor in parathyroid adenomas at the Endo22 Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA.
- Stephanie Chinwo receives 2022 Young Investigator Award for her research on the molecular analysis on AMBRA1 as a candidate tumor suppressor in parathyroid adenomas at the ASBMR meeting in Austin, TX.
- Prachi Thakore and mentor, Dr. Anne Delany, were selected to present their abstract poster titled "Inhibition of miR-433-3p Activitiy in Osteoblastic Cells Attenuates Glucocorticoid-Mediated Trabecular Bone Loss" at the ASMBR 2022 Annual Meeting, held September 9th-12th, at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas.
- Dr. Abhijit Rath presenting his abstract titled “A calibrated cell-based functional assay to aide classification of MLH1 DNA mismatch repair gene variants" at the biennial International Society for Gastrointestinal Hereditary Tumors (InSight) 2022 conference in Jersey City, NJ.
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