Fighting Cancer
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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
Osteosarcoma
Rhabdomyosarcoma
PEOPLE
Meet our lab members
News:
2025
We welcome Anup Tiwari to our team as a Sponsored University Associate from Walter Johnson High School! (June 2025).
Congratulations to Taryn Shaw for being awarded 1st place for the 2025 Clarity in Science Award by Georgetown Breast Cancer Advocates. This recognizes excellence in communicating research to lay audiences (May 2025).
Congratulations to Anna Molotkova and Taryn Shaw on presenting their research posters at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in Chicago (April 2025).
Congratulations to Prakriti Tiwari on being named as a Royden B. Davis Undergraduate Research Fellow. Herself and her summer 2025 research with Dr. Aykut Üren will be supported by this fellowship. (April 2025)
We welcome Nikola Knoll to our team as a PhD candidate! (March 2025)
Congratulations to Taryn Shaw for being awarded 1st place for the 2025 Clarity in Science Award by Georgetown Breast Cancer Advocates. This recognizes excellence in communicating research to lay audiences (May 2025).
Congratulations to Anna Molotkova and Taryn Shaw on presenting their research posters at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in Chicago (April 2025).
Congratulations to Prakriti Tiwari on being named as a Royden B. Davis Undergraduate Research Fellow. Herself and her summer 2025 research with Dr. Aykut Üren will be supported by this fellowship. (April 2025)
We welcome Nikola Knoll to our team as a PhD candidate! (March 2025)
2024
Congratulations to Dr. Aykut Üren for being selected as one of the Children's Cancer Foundation's 2024 Research Awardees and receiving a research grant (August 2024).
Congratulations to Dr. Aykut Üren for being awarded the 2024 Hope Scholar Grant by Hyundai Hope on Wheels. This generous grant that will fund our research on pediatric cancer for the next two years (July 2024).
Congratulations to Anna Molotkova and Taryn Shaw on presenting their research posters at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in San Diego (April 2024).
We welcome Foram Shah to our team as a Research Assistant! (April 2024).
We congratulate Taryn Shaw for her grant award as part of Georgetown's Pharmacological Sciences Training Program. Grantees receive support for their PhD program and complete two internships. She will be developing novel drugs to treat rhabdomyosarcoma with her NCI F32 grant (2024).
We congratulate Anna Molotkova for her grant award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). She will be investigating the molecular mechanisms of Ewing sarcoma metastasis with her NCI F30 grant (2024).
Congratulations to Dr. Aykut Üren for being awarded the 2024 Hope Scholar Grant by Hyundai Hope on Wheels. This generous grant that will fund our research on pediatric cancer for the next two years (July 2024).
Congratulations to Anna Molotkova and Taryn Shaw on presenting their research posters at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in San Diego (April 2024).
We welcome Foram Shah to our team as a Research Assistant! (April 2024).
We congratulate Taryn Shaw for her grant award as part of Georgetown's Pharmacological Sciences Training Program. Grantees receive support for their PhD program and complete two internships. She will be developing novel drugs to treat rhabdomyosarcoma with her NCI F32 grant (2024).
We congratulate Anna Molotkova for her grant award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). She will be investigating the molecular mechanisms of Ewing sarcoma metastasis with her NCI F30 grant (2024).
Funding
We are grateful to the following organizations for their current and past support of our research programs:
Wendy Will Case Cancer Fund |
Bone Cancer Research Trust, UK
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Spada Pediatric Sarcoma Foundation |
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Research Building, Room: E312
3970 Reservoir Road, N.W. Box 571469 Washington, D.C. 20057-1469 |