Arkadyuti Bhattacharjee has officially become a PhD candidate at UMass Chan Medical School. He is currently focused on exploring how integrin glycosylation shapes immune response in cancer.
CONGRATS ARKO!
Congrats Ayush!!!
Ayush Kumar has successfully defended his PhD thesis on Uncovering the Mechanisms that Drive Resistance to Radiation Therapy in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Ayush will be returning to his 3rd year of medical school to complete his clinical rotations. We are all so proud of everything you have accomplished thus far and are so happy to have been a part of your MD/PhD journey! Congratulations Ayush!
Photos of our celebration can be found on the Mercurio Lab Events page!
Boris Passes his QE!
Third-year M.D./Ph.D. student Boris Dimitrov is officially a Ph.D candidate at UMass Chan Medical School. His current research is focused on how ferroptosis resistance is used by cancer cells during metastasis initiation. Congrats Boris!
Prajakta Joins the Mercurio Lab!
Prajakta Ambegaokar has joined the lab!
Prajakta is a third year graduate student at UMass Chan Mecical School.
We are excited to have you on the team! Welcome!
Ayush Wins the 2024 AMA Research Challenge!!
Out of 1,330 entrants, Ayush Kumar has been selected as the winner of the 2024 AMA Research Challenge for his work on Enhancing the radiosensitivity of triple-negative breast cancer by targeting VEGF/Neuropilin-2.
You can read more about Ayush’s journey to winning the contest, as well as watch the video of the impressive work presented by all 5 finalists in the competition!
