Carpe Diem

Dr. Li shared the Impact of Bone Microenvironment on Prostate Cancer Dormancy, Metastasis, and Therapeutic Resistance, at the Department of Urology Seminar at Harvard Medical School and the Center for Personalized Cancer Therapy at the University of Massachusetts Boston.

Congratulations on Dr. Shang Su's first day as Assistant Professor in the Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803!

Shang officially signed the offer letter from Louisiana State U. Congrats to Shang on becoming an assistant professor! We wish him well in his career.

After her rotation, Prisca joined our lab! Welcome Prisca!

“Androgen receptor splice variants drive castration-resistant prostate cancer metastasis by activating distinct transcriptional programs” was accepted by JCI. Yawei is the co-first author. A great collaboration between us and Dr. Changmeng Cai, U. Mass. Boston. Congrats to all authors!

The review paper titled “Unveiling Cancer Dormancy: Intrinsic Mechanisms and Extrinsic Forces” was accepted by Cancer Lett. Ruihua, Yawei, and Shang shared the first authors. Congrats to all authors!

We got three DOD grants! That's great! Keep going next year.

SBUR meeting was held on 11.09-11.12 this year. Dr. Li made a presentation on 11.11. Congrats to Yawei for being honored with Travel Award!

Yawei's poster was selected for the plenary presentation at the ASBMR annual meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Oct. 13-16. Very nice work, congrats Yawei!

Ruihua and Shang's article about cancer cell dormancy was published in the Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. Congratulations!

Shang introduced Rstudio and some basic code for us. This was our first workshop. Looking forward to more in the future!

Yiming joined the lab as a Research Assistant. Welcome!

Shang was promoted to Research Assistant Professor. Congratulations! Wish everything goes well with your work.

MD/PhD student Ian Berlin chose Li lab for his summer rotation. He will spend six weeks in Li lab. Welcome Ian!

PhD students Shubhra Dey and Augustine Kwabil officially joined Li lab. It is exciting to have you both on our team!

A review on PTHrP/PTH1R signaling led by Yawei is now online on Cancers. Congrats Yawei!

Augustine Kwabil, CAB track Ph.D student, started his 7-week rotation in the lab. Welcome, Augustine!

Shang attended the 12th AACR-JCA joint meeting in Maui, Hawaii from 12.10 to 12.14 and presented a poster on the mitochondria project.

Shang's application for the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) Exploration Award was recommended for funding! Fantastic job and congratulations, Shang!

Shubhra Kanti Dey, CAB track Ph.D student, started his 7-week rotation in the lab. Welcome, Shubhra!

CAB track Ph.D student, Jaya Bhandari, started his 5-week rotation in the lab. Welcome, Jaya!

Our paper, "Enzalutamide-induced and PTH1R-mediated TGFBR2 degradation in osteoblasts confers resistance in prostate cancer bone metastases", was accepted for publication in Cancer Letters. Cheers!

Shang was awarded the “Excellence Award for Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow Achievement in Cancer Biology”! Congratulations, Shang!

Cancer Biology Track MD/PhD student Alexandra Yungblut joined Li lab for her summer rotation. Welcome, Alex!

Congrats on our first paper at UT being published, regarding the single-cell techniques in cancer metastasis studies. Cheers!

Vineeth Atluru joined Li lab as a research volunteer. Welcome, Vineeth!

Medical student Logan P Van Poucke joined Li lab for his undergraduate lab research course. Welcome, Logan!

MOME track MS student Emily Crowe joined Li lab for rotation and will get her first rotation from 10/5 to 11/6. Welcome, Emily!

Packages from VAI arrived! The Li Lab at UT College of Medicine and Life Sciences is open and running! Welcome to drop by in person or virtually.

All stuff packed up. Lab area is quiet. Farewell! We will miss the people at VAI.

Yawei Zhao joined Li lab and will work on intermittent fasting's effect on cancer bone metastasis and drug resistance. Welcome, Yawei!

Shang made an oral presentation on enzalutamide resistance in prostate cancer bone metastasis at the CSHL meeting.

New force! Shang and Maggie joined the lab. Welcome, Shang and Maggie!

Dr. Li received a 5-year R01 funding support from NIH on the project "Influence of bone microenvironment on drug resistance in prostate cancer bone metastasis". The proposal got a score of 6%. Congrats to Dr. Li and Li lab!