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:

2023

Congratulations to Mario Lemus on his new position as a Protein Purification Scientist!! (Jan 2023)

Congratulations to Jeff Petro and Emre Deniz on participating in the Hyundai Hands on Hope Contest at the DC AutoShow! And Congratulations to Jeff Petro on winning the contest!! (Jan 2023)

2022

Congratulations to Jeff Petro and Emre Deniz on participating in the Hyundai Hope on Wheels Contest at the DC AutoShow! And Congratulations to Jeff Petro on winning the contest!! (Jan 2023)

Congratulations to Irene Tang in finishing her Master Degree in Biotechnology! (Dec 2022)

We welcome Irene Tang to our team as a Master Degree Candidate! (Sept 2022)

We welcome Taryn Shaw to our team as a Doctoral Degree Candidate! (Aug 2022)

We welcome Prakriti Tiwari to our team as a Sponsored University Associate from Walter Johnson High School! (July 2022)

Congratulations to Emre Deniz, Taryn Shaw, and Anna Molotkova on presenting their research posters at the Children Cancer Foundation Research Symposium on June 8 2022. Emre Deniz held a talk on 'Ezrin Asserts its Roles on Osteosarcoma Metastasis Through Interacting with RNAs.' (June 2022)

Congratulations to Jing Zhang in finishing her Master Degree in Biotechnology! (May 2022)

We welcome Sezen Atasoy to our team as a Postdoctoral Fellow! (March 2022)

We welcome Jing Zhang to our team as a Master Degree Candidate! (Jan 2022)

2021

Congratulations to Anna Molotkova, who presented two abstracts at the Advances in Ewing Sarcoma Research (AESR) 2021 meeting on Oct 15. The virtual meeting was organized by the Bone Cancer Research Trust and University of Leeds in the UK. (Oct 2021)

Congratulations to Dr. Aykut Uren for being named as one of the recipients for the Children's Cancer Foundation 2021 Research (Aug 2021)
https://childrenscancerfoundation.org/how-we-help/research-awardees/

We welcome Emre Deniz to our team as a Postdoctoral Fellow! (June 2021)

We congratulate former lab member Handan Sevim as well as current lab members Kay Nakazawa, Anna Molotkova, and Jeff Petro on their paper publication in PLOS ONE! (June 2021)

We congratulate Brittany Meisenheimer in finishing her Master Degree in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology! (May 2021)

We are extremely grateful to Spada Pediatric Sarcoma Foundation for its generous support of the Ewing sarcoma project in our laboratory!! (May 2021)

We congratulate Purushottam Tiwari, Mario Lemus, Taryn Shaw and former lab member Marilyn Kouassi-Brou for a paper publication in BMC molecular and cell biology! (Feb 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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