Mercurio Lab News
Last week, graduate student Prajakta Ambegaokar and MD/PhD student Boris Dimitrov presented their current research to fellow researchers and trainees at the annual UMass Chan Cancer Biology Program Research Retreat, alongside many other outstanding scientists.
Thank you to the trainees who organized this event and to everyone who shared their exciting work!
MD/PhD candidate Boris Dimitrov has received the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service F30 Award from the National Cancer Institute.
Congrats Boris on this well deserved achievement!!
This past weekend, Emmet Karner, PhD, joined the UMass Chan Class of 2026 in commencement ceremonies after successfully defending his thesis on “Integrin Regulation of Ferroptosis in the Context of Tumor Heterogeneity. “
We are so happy and proud to have had the opportunity to celebrate with Dr. Karner and his family on this major milestone, and wish him all the best in the next chapter of his life!!
Congratulations to Dr. Karner and all members of the Class of 2026!!
Last week, graduate student Prajakta Ambegaokar presented her exciting research on folate receptor alphas’s role in ferroptosis resistance in breast cancer at the 2026 annual American Associate for Cancer Research meeting in San Diego, CA.
Cell Chemical Biology highlights studies in the ever growing field of ferroptosis, including exciting work led by our very own Mandy Wang!
You can read Mandy’s paper here, and explore additional research projects on ferroptosis from Cell Chemical Biology here!
