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Fighting Cancer
One Molecule At a Time


Fighting Cancer
One Molecule At a Time

Pediatric Oncology

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Our Goal:

We aim to discover small molecules that can inhibit important protein-protein interactions in pediatric sarcomas.
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Research Highlights

Ewing Sarcoma
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​Osteosarcoma
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​Rhabdomyosarcoma

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Meet our lab members
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AYKUT UREN
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LAB MEMBERS

News:

2021

We welcome Todd Young to our team as a Postdoctoral Fellow! (Jan 2021)

2020

We welcome Kay Nakazawa to our team as a Research Assistant! (Nov 2020)
We welcome Brittany Meisenheimer to our team as a Master Degree Candidate! (Oct 2020)
The lab received a research grant from Bone Cancer Research Trust, UK! (Sept 2020)
We received a two year 2020 Hyundai Hope Scholar Grant from Hyundai Hope on Wheels for one of our Ewing sarcoma projects!! (July 2020)
We congratulate Marilyn Kouassi-Brou for being accepted to Medical School!! She will be attending starting in the Fall of 2020!! (Feb 2020)
We congratulate Anna Molotkova for being accepted to the Ph.D/M.D. program Georgetown University School of Medicine! she will be joining the Class of 2024! (Feb 2020)
We have received a R12 grant from the National Cancer Institute for our Rhabdomyosarcoma project! (Feb 2020)
We welcome Handan Sevim to our team as a Postdoctoral Fellow! (Feb 2020)

2019

Congratulations to Dr Üren for his election to be a National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellow. (December 2019)
https://lombardi.georgetown.edu/news/Aykut-Uren-of-Georgetown-Named-National-Academy-of-Inventors-Fellow
We received a grant from the Children's Cancer Foundation for our Rhabdomyosarcoma project! (November 2019)
We welcome Taryn Shaw to our team as a Research Assistant! (September 2019)
We congratulate Erin Conn, PhD in her new job as a Program Associate for SEA Change and the AAAS-Lemelson Invention Ambassadors Program! (August 2019)
We welcome Mario Lemus to our team as a Biacore technician! (July 2019)
We congratulate Erin Conn for successfully defending her PhD thesis! (April 2019)
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Funding
We are grateful to the following organizations for their current and past support of our research programs:

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Children's Cancer Foundation

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National Institutes of Health (NIH) 

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St. Baldrick's Foundation

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Hyundai Hope on Wheels

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Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation


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The Brandon Carrington Lee Foundation


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Sarcoma Foundation of America ​


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Department of Defense (DOD) ​


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Alan B. Slifka Foundation


Dani’s Foundation ​


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Wendy Will Case Cancer Fund ​


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Bone Cancer Research Trust, UK



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email

au26@georgetown.edu
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phone

202 687 9504

address

Research Building, Room: E312
3970 Reservoir Road, N.W.
Box 571469
Washington, D.C. 20057-1469
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