ÜREN LAB

Fighting Cancer
One Molecule At a Time

Pediatric Oncology

Our Goal:

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

Research Highlights

Ewing Sarcoma

Osteosarcoma

Rhabdomyosarcoma

In Progress

PUBLICATIONS

PEOPLE

Meet our lab members

AYKUT UREN

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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