The CPTAC landmark glioblastoma (GBM) study led by Wash U is published!

The CPTAC GBM landmark study led by Wash U is now published in Cancer Cell! This work was led by Bobo, Alla, Song, and Yize, all co-first authors in the manuscript. Congratulations to everyone in the team!

Paper: https://www.cell.com/cancer-cell/fulltext/S1535-6108(21)00050-7#%20

Wash U press release: https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/aggressive-brain-tumor-mapped-in-genetic-molecular-detail/

Genomeweb: https://www.genomeweb.com/sequencing/glioblastoma-omics-study-highlights-informative-tumor-features-immune-subtypes#.YCWO7B17mRs

Steven's virtual baby shower

After a not-so-secretive delivery of a bunch of baby onesies, we celebrated the upcoming baby Foltz virtually with a guess-the-baby (not pictured) game organized by Wen-Wei! Congratulations to the future parents!

Congrats, Dr. Liang!

In what we hope is our last virtual defense + party, Wen-Wei successfully defended her thesis and is now a doctor!

Nataly was chosen as one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 Middle East List!

Lung Adenocarcinoma (LUAD) Discoveries from two NCI Proteomics Consortia

Our work in the CPTAC LUAD analysis consortium was published in Cell (along with the cover!) on this month’s issue. Song, along with several other lab members, led Wash U’s contribution towards this project. Congratulations to all!

NCI press release: https://proteomics.cancer.gov/news_and_announcements/lung-adenocarcinoma-luad-discoveries-two-nci-proteomics-consortia-0

Steven graduated in-silico!

Due to these unprecedented times, Steven’s thesis defense was done virtually via Zoom (in the true dry lab spirit). To celebrate his outstanding successes, the lab held a Zoom party with different pictures and gifs of Steven as our background! Congratulations Steven, we’ll miss you!

Matt was featured in NCI's Young Investigator Spotlight!

Our very own Matt was featured in NCI’s Spring 2020 Young Investigator Spotlight! This issue highlighted young investigators in the CPTAC program, focusing on scientists from the Proteogenomic Data Analysis Centers (PGDACs) and how they are developing and implementing their unique tools.

Julia's QE, Hua's leap year birthday, and Steven's paper celebration at Rasoi!

Lots to celebrate! Julia pass her QE, Hua officially turned 9 or 10, and Steven’s paper got accepted in Nature Communications! We had a buffet for lunch which resulted in a post-overeating haze for the rest of the day.

The biggest eater of them all

Yige impressed us all by bringing the largest food container we’ve seen to lunch today. Hopefully it filled the food-shaped hole in her food-shaped heart.

Ding Lab ping pong tournament!

Our ping pong mastermind (Hua) organized the first ping pong lab tournament of 2020! The winners: Ruiyang and Song!