WHELAN LAB
FELS INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
LAB ACHIEVEMENTS
FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER'S WILLIAM J. AVERY FELLOWSHIP
5/14/2021
Our postdoctorate fellow, Mohammad Faujul Kabir, PhD, has received FCCC's William J. Avery fellowship to continue his research on the relationship between eosinophilic esophagitis and esophageal cancer.
LOUIS STOKES ALLIANCE FOR MINORITY PARTICIPATION (LSAMP) SUMMER FELLOWSHIP
5/14/2021
Our undergraduate research assistant, Jasmine Cruz, has received a summer fellowship from LSAMP to support her research in our lab.
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY'S DIAMOND AWARD
5/14/2021
Our undergraduate research assistant, Kishan Patel has received Temple's Diamond Award, the highest recognition by Student Affairs given to an undergraduate student. Kishan will also be starting medical school at Jefferson in fall 2021!
TEMPLE'S SUMMER RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM AWARD
4/7/2021
Our undergraduate research assistant, Brittany Yancey, has received an award from Temple University to support her research endeavors in our lab for summer 2021.
ACCEPTANCE INTO LOYOLA UNIVERSITY'S MD/PHD PROGRAM
1/25/2021
Our research technician, Mary Grace Murray, was recently accepted into Loyola's prestigious MD/PhD program.
ACCEPTANCE INTO DREXEL'S MD PROGRAM
2/20/2021
Our research technician, Tyler Beccari, was recently accepted into Drexel University's MD program.
OUTSTANDING POSTER AWARD AT PENN'S SYMPOSIUM ON EPIGENETICS, IMMUNITY AND CANCER
1/14/2021
Our bioinformatician, Adam Karami, has won an outstanding poster award for his presentation "Single cell transcriptomic analysis reveals expansion of unique epithelial cell populations and during esophageal carcinogenesis". For more information about the poster, please visit https://www.med.upenn.edu/ifi/adam-karami.html