eLife: Signature-scoring methods developed for bulk samples are not adequate for cancer single-cell RNA sequencing data (Zheng, Chen, & Wang Labs)
March 7, 2022Nighat Noureen, Zhenqing Ye, Yidong Chen, Xiaojing Wang, Siyuan Zheng Abstract Quantifying the activity of gene expression signatures is common in analyses of single-cell RNA sequencing data. Methods originally developed for bulk samples are often …
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 …
Angelina Vaseva, PhD to Receive NCI Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT)(R37) Award.
March 2, 2022Angelina Vaseva, PhDAssistant Professor,Department of Molecular Medicine,Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute Congratulations to Dr. Vaseva on being awarded an NCI Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT)(R37) Award. NCI R37 award provides lon …
Non-Coding RNA, FibroDB: Expression Analysis of Protein-Coding and Long Non-Coding RNA Genes in Fibrosis (Bishop Lab)
February 25, 2022by Mirolyuba Ilieva 1ORCID,Henry E. Miller 2,3,4ORCID,Arav Agarwal 4,5,Gabriela K. Paulus 4,6,Jens Hedelund Madsen 1,Alexander J. R. Bishop 2,3,7ORCID,Sakari Kauppinen 1 and Shizuka Uchida 1,*ORCID Abstract Most long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are expre …
Cancers: Global Genomic and Proteomic Analysis Identified Critical Pathways Modulated by Proto-Oncogene PELP1 in TNBC (Chen & Lai)
February 25, 2022by Zexuan Liu 1,2,†,Kristin A. Altwegg 1,3,†ORCID,Junhao Liu 1,2,Susan T. Weintraub 4,Yidong Chen 5,6,Zhao Lai 5,7,Gangadhara R. Sareddy 1,3,Suryavathi Viswanadhapalli 1,3,*ORCID and Ratna K. Vadlamudi 1,3,8,* Simple Summary The proto-oncogene PELP1 is …
Gail Tomlinson, MD, PhD To receive $1.95M CPRIT Grant
February 22, 2022Division 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 …
BioSpace: Lantern Pharma Expands into Additional Pediatric Cancers Through a Collaboration with The Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute (GCCRI) at University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio (Houghton)
February 16, 2022Published: Feb 15, 2022 Original Publication: BioSpace – Lantern Pharma’s A.I. and machine learning platform, RADR®, aided in the identification of additional pediatric cancers where Lantern’s portfolio of drug candidates can be le …
UT Health San Antonio cardio-oncology program recognized as a Center of Excellence (Aune)
February 9, 2022Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology: Extrarenal Anaplastic Wilms Tumor A Case Report With Genomic Analysis And Tumor Models (Kurmasheva & Houghton)
February 8, 2022Willis, Kelsi R. MS*; Sathe, Adwait A. PhD†; Xing, Chao PhD†,‡,§; Koduru, Prasad PhD*; Artunduaga, Maddy MD∥,¶; Butler, Erin B. MD#; Park, Jason Y. MD, PhD*,¶; Kurmasheva, Raushan T. PhD**,††; Houghton, Peter J. PhD**,††; Chen, Kenneth S. MD¶,#; Rakhej …
Patrick Sung, D. Phil, Appointed as Director of the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute at UT Health San Antonio.
February 7, 2022Patrick Sung, DPhil, director of the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute We are pleased to announce the appointment of Patrick Sung, D. Phil, as director of the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute (GCCRI) at UT Health San Antonio, eff …