Life in the Lab
2023 Rad Onc Olympics
Dr. T was injured during a softball game so we made sure he didn't feel left out
Announcing Carolina Garcia Garcia, Ph.D.
2019 End of Summer Lab Lunch
2019 End of Summer Lab Lunch
Go Texan Day 2019
Meet our Summer Students
We are excited to host five students for the summer from four of the 19 programs offered through the MD Anderson Summer Experience! Each student will have the opportunity to work in the lab and present their findings at the end of the summer. We look forward to allowing these young scientists a chance to chat with Dr. Taniguchi about different career paths and a chance to learn from an accomplished Physician-Scientist.
Margaret (Maggie) Han
Rice University
Program: CPRIT CURE
Research Interest: cancer genomics, early detection, drug development
Personal interests: reading, traveling, playing tennis and watching sports
Alexandra Rosa Vázquez
Universidad Central del Caribe
Program: Medical Student Summer Research Experience in Radiation Oncology
Research interests: molecular biology, cell biology, cancer biology, biochemistry, genetics
Personal interests: spending time with loved ones, art, plants, going to the beach
Eric Perez Perez
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
Program: U54 Partnership Summer Program
Research interests: cancer research, ENT, cardiology
Personal interests: basketball and medicine
Amelia Lamberty
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
Program: U54 Summer Research Experience
Research interests: mitochondrial dynamics and trafficking and chronic inflammatory conditions such as asthma
Personal interests: traveling (and tracking flights on Google Flights), hiking and skiing
Ella Wasel
University of Houston Downtown
Program: Partnerships for Careers in Cancer Science and Medicine
Research interests: cancer, immunology, how cells proliferate and differentiate, neuroscience
Personal interests: cooking, reading, vintage clothes, hiking and baking
AACR 2023
Vince presenting his work on understanding the mechanisms of resistance after ablative SBRT
Super star post-baccalaureate trainee Sahar presenting our protocol for producing genetically defined CAFs
Neeraj sharing her work using human mini-guts to model radiation injury
Morgan sharing our work on characterizing a progeria model for pancreatic cancer
TRIUMPH post doc Matt sharing his work on the mechanisms of hypoxia CAF crosstalk
MD/PhD Candidate Jasper sharing his work on KDMA5 and pancreatic cancer
Ariana presenting our work on UCP2 and mitochondrial metabolism
Lab members and friends at the conference
RadOnc Olympics
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Neeraj starting the individual events off strong with toothpick words
Jasper taking aim in rubber band archery
Dr. T, Neeraj and Matt ready to restack the targets for Jasper
Tara ready to film the collapse of the targets
Emily planning the best pencil javelin throw technique
Jasper showing Dr.T the best stacking method for Iron Man
Matt after an impressive paper airplane throw
Dr. T and Neeraj measure the paper airplane flight distance
Starting the team events with Hula Hoop Transfer
Matt leading off the Relay Solo Cup Challenge
Jasper takes the second leg of the relay
Emily halfway through her leg with Neeraj next and Dr. T to anchor!
Working together to build a cup pyramid using a rubber band
Jasper ready to finish the Flip cup Tic-Tac-Toe event
Jasper shows off his Olympics charades skills
Dr. T supporting the team in the Puzzle challenge
Every team needs a cheerleader with Ariana's energy!