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Welcome to the Center for\u00a0Molecular 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

In the News<\/h3>\n

Sara Halili, from the Arnold Lab, was featured in an October 2025 article on the JAX website:\u00a0<\/span>New JAX led course gives early career researchers a front row seat to personalized cancer care.<\/a><\/p>\n

Candidate, Caroline Guild McNaboe,<\/strong> was judged by the Award Selection Committee to be deserving of this meritorious Scholar award. Congratulations, Caroline, on being the 2025 AACR-Women in Cancer Research Scholar Award<\/strong> winner.<\/p>\n

Sharon Yaqoob-Krzystofiak<\/strong> presented her joint-first author poster at the recent 2025 annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, San Francisco.<\/span><\/p>\n

Drs. Costa-Guda, Corrado, Bellizzi, Saria, Saucier, Guemes-Aragon, Kakar, Rose, Pascal, Alander, Mallya, and Arnold's\u00a0paper \u201cInfluence of Vitamin D Deficiency on Cyclin D1-Induced Parathyroid Tumorigenesis\u201d<\/em> was selected as the Endocrinology<\/i> Featured Article of the week.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Congratulations to Maia Jakubowski<\/strong> for winning the 2024 ENDO REGMS Award.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Congratulations, Dr. Christopher Heinen<\/strong>, on being selected as the recipient of the Osborn Biomedical Science Graduate Teaching Award for 2024<\/strong>! The intention of this award is to recognize a UConn Health Graduate School faculty member for their commitment to providing the best education in the classroom and training in the laboratory. Students in the Biomedical Science graduate program both nominate and vote on the recipient of the Osborn Award.<\/p>\n

Dr. Andrew Arnold<\/strong> will receive the 2024 William F. Neumann Award, the highest honor of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, at this year\u2019s ASBMR Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada. Congratulations!<\/em><\/p>\n

Congratulations! Prachi Thakore<\/strong>, from the Delany Lab, was presented with the 2023 Raisz Award<\/strong> at the Skeletal Biology and Regeneration Symposium on September 28th.<\/p>\n

Congratulations<\/em> to Dr. Jessica Costa<\/strong> on the selection of her abstract entitled \u201cTreatment of Parathyroid Neoplasia by Pharmacologic Inhibition of cdk4\/6\u201d as a \"Best Abstract\"<\/strong> at the recent WorldMEN: 18th International Workshop on Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia and other Rare Endocrine Tumors in Marseille, France.<\/p>\n

New JAX led course gives early career researchers a front row seat to personalized cancer care.<\/a><\/p>\n

Walnut study Instagram and you tube famous<\/a><\/p>\n

Walnut Consumption Curbs Inflammation and Colon Cancer Risk<\/a><\/p>\n

Systemic Inflammation and the Inflammatory Context of the Colonic Microenvironment Are Improved by Urolithin A<\/a><\/p>\n

UConn's Dr. Arnold Awarded Highest Honor of the ASBMR<\/a><\/p>\n

Podcast: Colon Cancer, Nuts, and Early Onset<\/a><\/p>\n

AICR Spotlight Research: Meet Daniel W. Rosenberg, PhD<\/a><\/p>\n

More news ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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  • \"Congratulations
    Congratulations to Caroline Guild McNaboe on winning the 2025 AACR-Women in Cancer Research Scholar Award.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
  • \"Sadik
    Sadik Karma presents their abstract on \"Cytoplasmic localization of the RNA-binding protein QKI promotes venetoclax resistance in AML\" at the April 2025 AAP\/ASCI\/APSA Joint Meeting in Chicago, IL.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
  • \"Mian
    Mian Horvath presents her abstract on \"Respiratory microbiome regulation of epithelial antiviral innate immunity is microbe- and host-specific\" at the April 2025 AAP\/ASCI\/APSA Joint Meeting in Chicago, IL.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
  • \"Omar
    Omar M.F. Omar presents his abstract on \"TDP-43 Loss in Endothelial Cells Is Linked to BBB Disruption in Neurodegeneration\" at the April 2025 AAP\/ASCI\/APSA Joint Meeting in Chicago, IL.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
  • \"Caroline
    Caroline Guild McNaboe presents her abstract on \"Investigating Selective Advantage of Mismatch Repair Loss in Colonic Organoids\" at the April 2025 AAP\/ASCI\/APSA Joint Meeting in Chicago, IL.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
  • \"Sharon
    Sharon Yaqoob-Krysztofiak (pictured here with Dr. Andrew Arnold) co-authored \u201cInvestigating the in Vivo Role of an Activating GCM2 Variant, I383M, as a Potential Contributor to the Pathogenesis of Primary Hyperparathyroidism\u201d at the July 2025 Endocrine Society Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
  • \"Sara
    Sara Halili presenting her abstract poster \"Pathogenic Variant Analysis of ZFX in Sporadic Parathyroid Adenomas\" at the July 2025 Endocrine Society Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
  • \"Congratulations
    Congratulations to Maia Jakubowski on receiving the 2024\/2025 REGMS award for this years Endocrine Society Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

    Upcoming Events<\/h3>
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