Cancer Biology News

5/10/2013 5/10/2013

Art Mercurio receives 2013 Dean's Education Award  

 Art Mercurio was one of four faculty members to receive the GSBS Dean's Award for outstanding faculty contribution to graduate education. Congratulations Art

2/20/2013 2/20/2013

Eric Baehrecke teaches the next generation of scientists  

 Eric Baehrecke visited a first grade class at Boylston Elementary School to educate children about being a scientist. The children put on lab coats and safety glasses, and learned about animal life cycles and development while looking at fish, frogs

2/20/2013 2/20/2013

Charles Nelson and Tsun-Kai Kevin Chang recognized at the UMass Research Retreat  

Charles Nelson, a graduate student in Eric Baehrecke’s lab, was honored by being selected as 1 of 6 students to speak at the Annual UMass Basic Science Research Retreat held on January 28 29, 2013. Charles presented his talk titled

1/16/2013 1/16/2013

Eric Baehrecke, PhD - appointed Co-Editor-in-Chief, Cell Death and Disease  

 Eric Baehrecke, PhD, Professor in the Department of Cancer Biology, has been appointed Co Editor in Chief of Cell Death and Disease. http www.nature.com cddis about index.html 

10/19/2012 11/16/2012

Leslie Shaw awarded tenure  

Dr. Leslie Shaw, Associate Professor of Cancer Biology, was awarded tenure by the UMass Board of Trustees at their June meeting. Congratulations Leslie

10/19/2012 10/19/2012

Merav Socolovsky joins Department  

Dr. Merav Socolovsky, an expert in the mechanisms of erythropoiesis, has moved her primary appointment from the Department of Pediatrics to the Department of Cancer Biology. She has also been promoted to Associate Professor of Cancer Biology. Welcome and congratulations

10/18/2012 10/19/2012

Art Mercurio appointed Chair of NIH Study Section  

Dr. Leslie Shaw, Associate Professor of Cancer Biology, was awarded tenure by the UMass Board of Trustees at their June meeting. Congratulations Leslie

10/18/2012 10/19/2012

Art Mercurio awarded new grants  

Dr. Merav Socolovsky, an expert in the mechanisms of erythropoiesis, has moved her primary appointment from the Department of Pediatrics to the Department of Cancer Biology. She has also been promoted to Associate Professor of Cancer Biology. Welcome and congratulations

10/18/2012 10/19/2012

New trainees appointed to the NCI Training Grant  

 Dr. Leslie Shaw, Associate Professor of Cancer Biology, was awarded tenure by the UMass Board of Trustees at their June meeting. Congratulations Leslie

3/14/2012 3/16/2012

Junhao Mao awarded Pancreatic Cancer Alliance grant  

Junhao Mao, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Cancer Biology has received a grant from the Pancreatic Cancer Alliance to support his research on the "Gli mediated transcriptional program in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma". More information about the Pancreatic Cancer

2/13/2012 4/13/2012

Craig Thompson to give Keynote Address at the Cancer Biology Program Retreat  

Craig Thompson to give Keynote Address at the 2nd Annual Cancer Biology Program RetreatDr. Craig Thompson, MD, President and CEO of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Professor of Cancer Biology and Genetics will give the Keynote Address at the 2nd

12/21/2011 3/16/2012

Department welcomes Andreas Bergmann