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

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 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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