Congratulations to Matt Wyczalkowski and Julia Lange! The lab enjoyed a fabulous wedding day celebration in Tower Grove Park and the City Museum. May 12, 2018
We are excited that Ruiyang Liu joined the lab from the Molecular Cell Biology program! Welcome!
We had a fabulous visit to New York City with our CPTAC3 program leaders and research partners from NYU and PNNL. Now we know why NYC is called the city that never sleeps. Good food, great science, and nice views! Thanks to our hosts!
Congratulations to graduate student Reyka Jayasinghe for winning Washington University School of Medicine's Academic Women's Network Student Award for outstanding leadership! Reyka has demonstrated her leadership skills in community building and science outreach in St. Louis. She served in many leadership positions as part of the Young Scientist Program, including executive director, overseeing the organization's science outreach to local schools. She has also empowered local entrepreneurs through her work with the BALSA Foundation as a board member and Technology Director.
Reyka Jayasinghe, community leader
Reyka has also devoted significant energy toward community building within the graduate student community by co-managing the Lethal Mutants softball team and organizing DBBS-wide float trips. The WUSM AWN promotes professional interactions and career development for women and assists and mentors women in science and medicine.
Over the past dozen years, The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network has produced an incredible body of work and resources for the cancer community that will serve as a foundation for research moving forward. Our lab has played a leading role in this effort.
Twenty-nine scientific publications have been published recently to mark the "end of the beginning of cancer genomics" research. The Ding Lab was responsible for six of the twenty-nine papers, including three in the journal Cell! (See our publications page.) We wish to thank TCGA and all our collaborators for the hard work and cooperation that was required to produce this groundbreaking body of work!
Dr. Li Ding. Image credit: Matt Wyczalkowski
Here is a list of recent news articles featuring our research.
- WashU Medicine: Major milestone reached in effort to ID cancers’ genetic roots
- St. Louis Public Radio: Scientists create comprehensive ‘gene map’ of 33 major cancers
- Independent UK: Map of cancer genome could help to save lives
- Broad Institute: Cancer Genome Atlas studies reveal new insights, set stage for future research and treatment development
- BioWorld: PanCancer Atlas reports on dozens of tumor types
- Genome Web: TCGA's Pan-Cancer Atlas Papers Examine Clustering of Tumors, Key Alterations
- The Scientist: Hundreds of Inherited Gene Variants Contribute to Cancer
HSG student Lijun Yao joined our lab! And she is already on a publication!
Graduate student Kuan-lin Huang defended his thesis, "Multi-omics Portraits of Cancer" on Thursday, February 22. During his defense party, friends and colleagues admired his intellect, hard work, and ability to survive near-death experiences in completely avoidable situations. Kuan's Earth-friendly legacy will continue in the form of re-useable containers and the quest to never let free food go to waste. Congratulations, Kuan!
We had a fun night celebrating the holiday season with WashU Oncology! Dancing, good food, and great people!
MD/PhD student Chris Yoon took the lab out for some delectable FroYoon to celebrate passing his QE!