NEWS & LAB FUN
Oct 2026: Congrats to graduate students Paula Vo for winning the best poster award and Calvin Johnson for being selected for an invited talk at our UMass Chan Cancer Center Retreat!
Sept 2026: NOA Day! Thank you to NCI staff for working to get our R56 funded! Excited to see where this work leads us!
August 2026: Congrats to postdoc Nikita Bhalerao on being promoted to Instructor!
July 2026: Our summer research student, Tanushree, presented her work on potential sex differences in cachexia at the SURP student symposium. You did a great job this summer and looking forward to seeing what you accomplish in your career!
July 2026: The Cancer Cachexia Society interviewed postdoc Nikita Bhalerao about her research. It is a fantastic article, check it out here: https://tinyurl.com/2sf6vxjs
May 2026: NOA Day!! Congrats to postdoc Nikita Bhalerao for getting her notice of award to officially start her Early K99-R00 from the NCI!!
June 2026: F31 Fellow from the lab, Jessica Peura, presenting her work on pancreatic cancer metastasis at the Metastasis Research Society meeting!
April 2026: Students Calvin Johnson and Ethan Chang learning everything about immunology at AAI 2026!
April 2026: Congrats to student Calvin Johnson on getting selected for a talk at our IMP retreat!
March 2026: Congrats to students Ethan Chang and Paula Vo for passing their qualification exams! Can’t wait to see what you both accomplish.
Jan 2026: Congrats to postdoc Nikita Bhalerao for scoring 3% on the first submission of her K99-R00!
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The Pitarresi Lab is affiliated with the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Molecular Cell & Cancer Biology, and UMass Cancer Center at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School.
July 2026: Congrats to postdoc Nikita Bhalerao on being selected into the Leading Edge Fellows program!
Interested in joining?
We are constantly looking for passionate and talented researchers (postdocs, graduate students, MD and MD/PhD students, undergraduates, and research technicians). Contact Dr. Pitarresi if interested.