PR Stories

Happy Birthday, Bill Greehey!

June 9, 2022

 Happy Birthday, Mr. Greehey! On this special day, everyone here at the Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute wishes you all the very best, all the joy you can ever have, and may you be blessed abundantly today, tomorrow, and in the days to come! May you have a fantastic birthday and many more to come.

Nicole Hensch (Ignatius Lab) Successfully Defends PhD Thesis!

May 17, 2022

“SNAI2 protection of rhabdomyosarcoma against ionizing radiation can be targeted through MEK inhibition in RAS-mutant fusion-negative tumors”               Nicole Hensch Mentor: Myron Ignatius, PhD Program: PhD Integrated Biomedical Sciences Cell Biology Genetics, and Molecular Medicine Discipline

Successful PhD Thesis Defense: Santosh Timilsina (Rao Lab)

May 13, 2022

“Targeting Forkhead Box M1 as a Novel Approach to Inhibit Breast Cancer Growth and Progression” Santosh Timilsina Mentor:  Manjeet Rao, PhD Program: PhD Integrated Biomedical Sciences Cell Biology – Cancer Biology Discipline

Gupta to Present at Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on Regulatory & Non-coding RNAs

April 24, 2022

Dr. Gupta's virtual presentation at the Cold Spring Harbor meeting (May 17 - 21, 2022) is titled RNA binding to human METTL3-METTL14 restricts N6-deoxyadenosine methylation of DNA in vitro virtual talk. Read More




Salud America: Gregory Aune: The Gear Up Against Kids Cancer Bike Ride

March 15, 2022

                  Original post: Salud America "Gregory Aune was 16 when he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Aune spent a year enduring grueling treatment, losing over 70 pounds. But he survived. His experience motivated him to pursue a clinical career and help children with cancer. Today, Dr. Aune is an [...]

Gear Up to Kids Cancer: One Month Away!

March 2, 2022

“No kid dealing with cancer should ever ride alone.” Author unknown We are officially one month away from the inaugural Gear Up Against Kids Cancer bike ride (4/2), and we are almost at the registration century mark! If you haven’t signed up yet, there’s still time to take advantage of the early-bird rates expiring on March 18th [...]

Gail Tomlinson, MD, PhD To receive $1.95M CPRIT Grant

February 22, 2022

Division Chief, Pediatrics Hematology/OncologyCo-Director, Population Science Program, and PreventionGreehey Distinguished Chair in the Genetics of Cancer "CPRIT has also awarded $1.95 million to Dr. Gail E. Tomlinson, a professor of pediatrics in the Long School of Medicine who occupies the Greehey Distinguished Chair in Genetics and Cancer. That funding will support the screening of children [...]