Wasylishen Lab
12/2024| Wasylishen & Waters Lab celebrating the Holidays and Secret Santa gift exchange
![2024 holiday tree Keg Christmas Tree](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/2024-holiday-tree.jpg?sfvrsn=c96531cb_2)
![2024 holiday gift exchange Gift exchange on picnic table](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/2024-holiday-gift-exchange.jpg?sfvrsn=92cd4ae9_2)
10/2024| Lab costume contest from the departmental Halloween Potluck. The lab went as nucleotides—A, T, G, C!
10/2024| Students—Makenzie Fourman & Sam Zumwalde—presenting their research at the annual Graduate Students Research Forum (GSRF).
![2024 GSRF - Sam Zumwalde Sam Zumwalde in front of presentation board](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/2024-gsrf---sam-zumwalde.jpg?sfvrsn=6db72e8c_2)
![2024 GSRF - Makenzie Fourman Makenzie Fourman in front of presentation board](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/2024-gsrf---makenzie-fourman.jpg?sfvrsn=66afdd06_2)
9/2024| Duck pin bowling lab outing
8/2024| Amanda’s Postdoc mentor, Dr. Gigi Lozano, and Patrick’s mentor, Dr. Shelley Barton, visit the Wasylishen Lab
8/2024| Owen presenting at the poster symposium to cap off his CRSP summer research experience
![2024 CRSP - Owen1 Discussion at board presentation](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/2024-crsp---owen1.jpg?sfvrsn=31141ccf_5)
![2024 CRSP - Owen2](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/2024-crsp---owen2.jpg?sfvrsn=9ccb7d0c_2)
06/2024| Welcome our summer undergraduate CRSP research student, Owen Stephens! Owen is from Northern Kentucky and is currently attending Purdue University
05/2024| UC Pancreas Research Team attending and presenting at the 2024 PancMidwest Symposium at the University of Chicago
![UC Pancreas Team PancMidWest 2024 Photo of UC Pancreas Team](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/uc-pancreas-team.jpg?sfvrsn=e3752d46_0)
![M.Fourman poster presentation PancMidWest 2024 Photo of MF poster presentation](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/poster-presentation-pancmidwest.jpg?sfvrsn=6b1442fe_0)
04/2024| Wasylishen & Waters Lab members at the 2024 Cincinnati PanCAN Purple Stride
![Wasylishen Lab Members PanCan Purple Stride 2024 Photo of PanCan Purple Stride 2024](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/pancan-purple-stride.jpg?sfvrsn=e07abb50_0)
![Pancreas Team PanCan Purple Stride 2024 Photo of PanCan Purple Stride 2024](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/pancreas-team-pancan.jpg?sfvrsn=f39d631c_0)
04/2024| Attending and presenting at the UCCC Cancer Research Retreat
![2024 UCCC Retreat M. Fourman Poster Talk Photo of 2024 UCCC Retreat Poster Talk](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/uccc-retreat-poster-tal.jpg?sfvrsn=472f26e5_0)
04/2024| Makenzie presenting a Work-In-Progress talk
![2024 Spring WIP Makenzie Photo of Makenzie](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/spring-wip-makenzie.jpg?sfvrsn=ed47a41f_0)
04/2024| Our undergrad student, Nina, presenting her Senior Capstone Poster Presentation
![Nina 2024 senior capstone - Lab group photo Photo of Nina 2024 senior capstone](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/senior-capstone.jpg?sfvrsn=5366f64e_0)
04/2024| We have been awarded our first R01 grant from the NIDDK! (Histone chaperones and cell state regulations)
Congratulations to Dr. Amanda Wasylishen!
01/2024| Welcome our new Graduate Student, Sam Zumwalde! Sam is a 1st year student in the Cancer & Cell Biology PhD Program.
12/2023| Wasylishen & Waters Lab members holiday celebration & secret Santa gift exchange
![Holiday Celebration Celebration](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/2.jpg?sfvrsn=31b82f53_2)
10/2023| Congratulations to Nina on her 3rd place poster at the Ohio Physiological Society Conference held at the University of Toledo!
![Nina 3rd Place Winner Nina standing next to poster](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/nina-3rd-place-winner.jpg?sfvrsn=52f84360_0)
09/2023| Wasylishen & Waters Lab members celebrated summer at a Cincinnati Reds baseball game.
![Reds Game Group at Reds Game](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/reds-game.jpg?sfvrsn=456185c4_0)
09/2023| Welcome our new rotation student, Joe Ungvary! Joe is a 1st year Cancer & Cell Biology PhD Program.
09/2023| The Cancer & Cell Biology Program raised funds and awareness for Ride Cincinnati.
08/2023| Celebrating our new R56 Grant from the NIDDK (Histone chaperones and cell state regulation; R56 DK136632) and our recent publication in Cell Death & Disease!
![Grant Celebration Dinner People at Celebration Dinner](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/grant-celebration-dinner.jpg?sfvrsn=e0562941_0)
![Grant Celebration Grant](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/grant-celebration.jpg?sfvrsn=4d6255bc_0)
07/2023| Maanas presented his summer research in lab meeting and a poster symposium to cap off his CRSP summer research experience.
![poster symposium poster](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/picture56a839b46e6b64df98165d85daaf9a877.jpg?sfvrsn=5435d6c8_4)
06/2023| UC pancreatic cancer research labs (Patra, Wasylishen & Waters) at the Reds baseball game for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Night.
![PanCan Reds Game Reds Game](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/picture49946d8fa3001478f9a15c6e4ec027d64.jpg?sfvrsn=6f479f11_4)
05/2023|Welcome our summer undergraduate CRSP research student, Maanas Shah! Maanas is from Austin, TX and is currently attending Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania.
![Maanas Shah in lab Maanas Shah](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/picture3.jpg?sfvrsn=4921356a_4)
04/2023| Wasylishen and Waters Lab members take part in PanCan Purple Stride.
![PanCan Stride Stride](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/pancan-stride.jpg?sfvrsn=cc230e89_0)
![PanCan Purple Purple](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/pancan-purple.jpg?sfvrsn=42bc079d_0)
04/2023| Welcome our Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Akinjide Akinnuga! Dr. Akinnuga was previously a Senior Lecturer and Researcher in the Dept. Endocrinology and Metabolism at Cross River University of Technology in Nigeria.
![News AA News](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/news-aa9c8d8c4613fa46d5bde6b040357584a1.jpg?sfvrsn=3f77ca32_0)
03/2023| Welcome our new Graduate Student, Makenzie Fourman! Makenzie is a 4th year student in the Cancer & Cell Biology PhD Program.
12/2022| Happy Holidays & Happy New Year! The lab took part in an Escape Room. Thankfully, we were able to escape and enjoy dinner.
![Escape Room 4 people in escape room](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/escape-room.jpg?sfvrsn=7788e2ab_0)
11/2022| We have been awarded a Steven Goldman Memorial Pancreatic Cancer Research Grant as part of the University of Cincinnati Cancer Center Pilot Project Award Program. This award will support our studies to understand novel tumour suppressor mechanisms in the exocrine pancreas.
10/2022| Welcome our Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Sajad Wani! Dr. Wani was previously a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Campbell Lab at The Ohio State University.
09/2022| Amanda's Postdoc mentor Dr. Gigi Lozano visits UC to deliver a talk on 'Wild type and mutant p53 functions."
![News Presentation News Presentation](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/news-presentation.jpg?sfvrsn=51c9ca04_4&MaxWidth=440&MaxHeight=500&ScaleUp=false&Quality=High&Method=ResizeFitToAreaArguments&Signature=D72E033EFAF48D94A8559BFC5478C275D7413D1F)
![Dr. Gigi Lozano Visits News Team 2](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/news-team-2.jpg?sfvrsn=b6b5741f_4&MaxWidth=440&MaxHeight=500&ScaleUp=false&Quality=High&Method=ResizeFitToAreaArguments&Signature=8BDE832AFA4B54B4F829A7B8E177CFABDDA0FF54)
08/2022| Welcome our new rotation student, Shreya Shyamsunder! Shreya is in the Cancer & Cell Biology Master's Program.
![News Lab Researcher at microscope](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/news-lab771456349e904712b97b50dd46337b8f.jpg?sfvrsn=b98411a9_0)
05/2022| Welcome our new undergraduate student, Nina Lazic! Nina is in the Medical Sciences Program at the University of Cincinnati.
04/2022| Sudar presenting a research poster at the 3rd Annual Medical Sciences Poster Fair.
![News poster News poster](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/news-poster.jpg?sfvrsn=57f38461_4)
02/2022| Welcome to our new Undergraduate Student, Sudar Addepalli! Sudar is in the Medical Sciences Program at the University of Cincinnati and will be completing his Biomedical Research capstone in our lab.
![Team News Team 3](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/news-team-3.jpg?sfvrsn=10c84a7f_4)
02/2022| We have received our first grant! A K22 from the National Cancer Institute to continue our studies on the DAXX/ATRX/H3.3 tumor suppressor axis.
01/2022 | Happy New Year! We are set up and ready to do experiments.
![Wasylishen lab Image of Wasylishen lab 1](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/wasylishen-lab-1.png?sfvrsn=e07ee13f_2)
10/2021 | Welcome our Senior Research Assistant, Patrick Krause! Patrick was previously a Research Assistant in the Lozano Lab at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
![Wasylishen lab 2 Two people in Wasylishen lab](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/wasylishen-lab.jpg?sfvrsn=4f6bc83e_0)
09/2021 | The Wasylishen Lab has officially opened its doors
![Wasylishen lab 4 Image of Wasylishen lab 4](/images/default-source/cancer-biology/wasylishen-lab/wasylishen-lab-4.jpg?sfvrsn=b5f8a4c_2)
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Department ofCancer Biology
Vontz Center for Molecular Studies
3125 Eden Avenue
PO Box 670521
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0521
Mail Location: 0521
Phone: 513-558-5323
Fax: 513-558-1190
Email: cbrecruitment@uc.edu