December 2020 | Pooja Khanna completes SABCS Poster Discussion presentation at SABCS and wins SABCS Basic Science Scholar Award |
October 2020 | Shaimaa Hussein, PhD joined the lab as a post-doctoral Research Fellow |
September 2020 | 5th Laboratory Anniversary |
May 2020 |
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April 2020 | Rebecca Claffey defends honors thesis with Highest Honors |
January 2020 |
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December 2019 | Kubra recruited to Celegene – Good luck Kubra! |
November 2019 |
Gatza lab publishes study in eBioMedicine: Integrative proteogenomic analyses of human tumours identifies ADNP as a novel oncogenic mediator of cell cycle progression in high-grade serous ovarian cancer with poor prognosis. Read the article here. Read the commentary here. Read CINJ press release. |
October 2019 | Received American Cancer Society Grant |
September 2019 | 4th Laboratory Anniversary |
August 2019 | Presented at the Gordon Research Conference |
July 2019 | Gatza Lab collaborates to publish in iScience: Multi-omic dissection of oncogenically active epiproteomes identifies drivers of proliferative or invasive breast tumors. Read the study here |
May 2019 | Gallo Award for Research Excellence – Guarav Christen, Nidhi Cox Foundation Award – Gaurav Mehta |
January 2019 |
Nidhi Jariwala awarded NJCCR grant Gatza lab publishes study in Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia: Emerging role of Sox proteins in breast cancer development and maintenance. Read the study here. |
December 5, 2018 | Gatza Lab presents research at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (P2-03-03 and P4-07-03) |
November 25, 2018 |
Gatza Lab collaborates with Lopez-Berenstein Lab at MD Anderson Cancer center to publish in EBioMedicine. Exosomal miRNA confers chemo resistance via targeting Cav1/p-gp/ M2-type macrophage axis in ovarian cancer. Read the Article |
November 15, 2018 |
Gatza Lab collaborates with Foran Lab at Rutgers Cancer Institute to publish article in Journal of Medical Imaging. Recurrence analysis on prostate cancer patients with Gleason score 7 using integrated histopathology whole-slide images and genomic data through deep neural network Read the Article |
September 1, 2018 | Gatza Lab celebrates 3rd anniversary |
August 15, 2018 | Rebecca Claffey joins the lab as an undergraduate researcher |
July 20, 2018 |
Gatza Lab collaborates with Miller Lab at Wake Forest University to publish in OncoImmunology. Tumor mutational burden is a determinant of immune-mediated survival in breast cancer. Read the Article |
July 9, 2018 |
Gatza Lab collaborates with Verzi Lab at Rutgers to publish in Cancer Research. SMAD4 suppresses WNT-driven de-differentiation and oncogenesis in the differentiated gut epithelium. Read the Article |
May 24, 2018 |
Kubra Karagoz is awarded the Gallo Award for Research Excellence from Rutgers Cancer Institute
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May 22, 2018 |
Gatza Lab collaborates to publish in Oncogene. Mediator kinase CDK8/CDK19 drives YAP1-dependent BMP4-induced EMT in cancer.
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May 13, 2018 |
Kim Parker graduates from Rutgers and leave the lab to start PhD program at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Good luck Kim!
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April 1, 2018 |
New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research funds Kubra Karagoz’s post-doctoral fellowship to investigate the role of ADNP in high-grade serous ovarian cancer Read the Press Release |
March 29, 2018 |
Kim Parker successfully defends her Honors thesis: CPT1A and its Effects on Highly Proliferative Luminal Breast Cancers
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February 26, 2018 |
New Jersey Health Foundation funds Gatza Lab proposal BRG1 regulation of oncogenic PI3K signaling in TNBC
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January 15, 2018 |
Gatza Lab welcomes post-doctoral fellow Nidhi Jariwala, PhD
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November 28, 2017 |
Gatza lab collaborates to publish in Cancer Research. New mechanisms of resistance to MEK inhibitors in melanoma revealed by intravital imaging
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November 27, 2017 |
Gatza lab collaborates with Feng Lab to publish in Nature Communications. Parkin targets HIF-1α for ubiquitination and degradation to inhibit breast tumor progression. |
November 21, 2017 |
Gatza Lab welcomes Rutgers PhD student Pooja Khanna |
October 2, 2017 |
Christen Khella receives Steven A. Cox Scholarship in Cancer Research from the Steven A. Cox Foundation. |
September 21, 2017 |
Christen Khella passes her qualifying examination and is admitted to candidacy. |
September 1, 2017 |
Gatza Lab celebrates 2nd anniversary |
May 25, 2017 |
Gaurav Mehta is awarded the Gallo Award for Research Excellence from Rutgers Cancer Institute |
April 17, 2017 |
Gatza Lab collaborates with Xia Lab to publish in Cancer Research. NRF2 induction supporting breast cancer cell survival is enabled by oxidative stress-induced DPP3-KEAP1 interaction. |
March 24, 2017 | Christen Khella invited to present her research Studying underlying mechanisms of poorly prognostic high-grade serous ovarian cancer as a platform presentation at Rutgers Joint Molecular Biosciences Graduate Student Association Annual Symposium 2017 |
March 20, 2017 | New Jersey Commission for Cancer Research funds Gaurav Mehta’s post-doctoral fellowship grant to investigate the role of BRG1 in PI3K/Akt signaling in triple negative breast cancer. Read the Rutgers Cancer Institute press release |
February 7, 2017 | Gatza Lab publishes in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment: Amplification of SOX4 promotes PI3K/Akt signaling in human breast cancer. Read the article |
January 2017 | Gaurav Mehta awarded NJCCR grant |
November 1, 2016 | V Foundation for Cancer Research funds Gatza Lab V Scholar award to investigate genomic alteration regulating PI3K signaling in triple negative breast cancer. Read the Rutgers Cancer Institute press release |
September 10, 2016 | Gatza Lab welcomes Sanjana Arsha |
June 29, 2016 | Christen Khella passes her qualifying exam! Congratulation Christen! |
June 13, 2016 | Gatza Lab welcomes post-doctoral fellow Kubra Karagoz, PhD |
June 1, 2016 | Gatza Lab welcomes Rutgers PhD student Christen Khella |
May 25, 2016 |
Gatza Lab publishes in Nature: Proteogenomics connects somatic mutations to signaling in breast cancer. |
April 11, 2016 | Gatza Lab welcomes post-doctoral fellow Gaurav Mehta, PhD |
March 28, 2016 | Gatza Lab publishes editorial in Journal of Clinical Oncology: Another breast cancer entity confirmed: Genomics of invasive lobular breast cancer. Read the Editorial and associated study |
March 11, 2016 | New Jersey Health Foundation funds Gatza Lab study to investigate the role of CPT1A in luminal breast cancer |
January 19, 2016 | Gatza Lab welcomes Kim Parker |
December 21, 2015 | Gatza Lab welcomes Kristina Mastroianni |
October 22, 2015 | Gatza Lab featured on NJTV evening news See the story here: Newscast |
October 13, 2015 | Gatza Lab featured in Trenton Times and The Star Ledger Read the NJ.com article here: Article |
October 8, 2015 | Gatza Lab publishes in Cell: Comprehensive molecular characterization of invasive lobular breast tumors Read the Article and Rutgers Cancer Institute Press Release |
September 10, 2015 | NCI funds R00 grant: A Pathway-based Approach to Investigate Oncogenic Mechanisms in Ovarian Cancer Read the Rutgers Cancer Institute Press Release |
September 1, 2015 | Gatza Lab opens at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey |
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