Reyka's wedding was so much fun!

Reyka married the love of her life, Jerome, and we couldn’t be happier for them! Look at these amazing photos Dr. Ding took! Reyka looked stunning! They both did! Their vows touched everyone’s hearts. Congratulations!
PS: All the fun and festivities were not stopped by the hottest weather of 2026. We had a blast!

Steven visited us with his fam

Steven Foltz, PhD, a former grad student of our lab, visited us mid August and it was so nice to reconnect. He has two sweet boys now, and currently excelling as a scientist at the MMRF. Come again, Steven!

Clara defended her thesis!

On June 8th, Clara - the very first MSTP student - has defended her PhD Thesis! Congratulations!! Clara did an amazing job!

HTAN F2F 2026

Reyka presented our lab updates on metastatic prostate cancer analysis at the HTAN F2F 2026 meeting. Her presentation was a great success. Well done Reyka!

Ilya's thesis defense was great!

Ilya defended his thesis on May 27th! He gave a wonderfully clear presentation, we celebrated it with great Indian food. And now Ilya has started his PostDoc position at Maxim Artyomov lab. Congratulations!

2026 hooding ceremon: Ilya has a PhD (defense coming up)

Congrats to Ilya for graduating this year!!! He is a PhD and a father now!

Alla is getting close but is still around

Chocolate candy from Simon was yummy!

Baby shower for Alla and Ilya!

We celebrated Alla and Ilya who are soon to become parents for the first time! We drew Ding Lab custom onesies, played games and had a lot of fun! Congrats!!

MM immune microenvironment paper published in Nature Cancer

In collaboration with MMRF, we are happy to announce the release of the bone marrow immune microenvironment study published in Nature Cancer today. Siteman Cancer center also published a press release about it.

Shawn joined the lab on Dec 19th

Before the holidays hit we welcomed yet another talented BME student into our lab! Welcome, Shawn!