Research in the Lamba Laboratory spans from preclinical basic research to understand mechanisms of resistance to translational research in cancer patients
This evening, we hosted our annual Academic Kickoff at the Reitz Union! This event is an opportunity to welcome our new graduate students, faculty and postdocs to the College and enjoy an evening together 🐊💊
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ALT Students stand together next to an inflatable Gator and do the Gator Chomp
ALT People going through a buffet line of food.
ALT Dr. Jatinder Lamba gives a speech behind a podium.
Our Hematologic Malignancy, Transplant & Cellular Therapy program is growing! We're seeking applications for a hospitalist in the Division of Hematology & Oncology. The successful candidate will provide inpatient hematology consultations, with a focus on the care of patients with hematologic malignancies and those undergoing transplant and cellular therapy.
Apply today: lnkd.in/ebK68CPu
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The University of Florida has selected physician-scientist Duane A. Mitchell, M.D., Ph.D., as the next director of the UF Health Cancer Institute, a national leader in cancer research and treatment.
Read more: go.ufl.edu/hfmu7qh
Congratulations to Dr. Nathan Seligson, named the @uf College of Pharmacy's inaugural Online Teacher of the Year! Learn more about how this clinical associate professor of pharmacotherapy and translational research creates an inclusive learning experience: bit.ly/4pokRxf
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UF Health Cancer Institute researchers discovered a new role of a protein in driving AML, then created a duo-targeting PROTAC that effectively killed AML cells.
Read more about the study, published in @oncogenejournal: go.ufl.edu/bfwxrj0
ALT A group of six researchers from the Zhang and Lamba labs poses for a group photo in front of a screen displaying the study's graphical abstract.
Published in Analytical Chemistry, UF Health Cancer Institute researchers led by @Tim_Garrett1 showed the promise of using paper spray ionization to develop a rapid, noninvasive diagnostic urine test for prostate cancer.
Read the story: go.ufl.edu/plghutu
ALT The paper spray ionization source used in the new diagnostic test and a headshot of Timothy Garrett on a blue background.
United by the goal of improving precision medicine, Hematologics Inc and the Lamba Lab collaborated to publish ‘Interstitial Loss of Heterozygosity at Chr19q13 in CD33-Negative AML‘. communities.springernature.c… #
Our 2025 annual report highlight's the UF Health Cancer Institute's progress and innovation. With $57.4 million in total cancer grants, we are accelerating cancer research, engaging members in all 16 @UF colleges.
Read the report: go.ufl.edu/qwgbx4d
A record-setting day in so many ways.
120 posters and 15 oral presenters made the #UFPharmacy 39th Annual Research Showcase the biggest yet.
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ALT A poster presentation is delivered at the 39th Annual Research Showcase
ALT An oral presentation is delivered at the 39th Annual Research Showcase
ALT Poster presenters at the Research Showcase.
ALT An oral presentation is delivered at the 39th Annual Research Showcase
Great presentation by Anna Lux- German PharmD internship trainee from our group at ASH2025 Poster Walk on State of the art AI in Hematology. Congratulations Anna for selection of your abstract for this session and for the amazing presentation!!!👏🏼👏🏼
.@dgkhalaf describes an advancement in AML treatment & disease biology, with a patient-derived CRISPR platform that reveals selective dependencies in AML. Presented today at #ASH25, the UF Health Cancer Institute study is a collaboration led by @LambaLab: meetings-api.hematology.org/…
.@LambaLab, co-leader of our Cancer Targeting & Therapeutics research program, is well-represented at #ASH25, with a dozen abstracts. Eight trainees won Abstract Achievement Awards. 👏
Read the abstracts presented at the @ASH_hematology Annual Meeting: go.ufl.edu/ASH25
Dina Khalaf, M.D. (@dgkhalaf), a clinical associate professor in the @UFMedicine Division of Hematology and Oncology, is one of our experts attending the @ASH_hematology 67th Annual Meeting and Exposition in Orlando. She shares what she's looking forward to as #ASH25 kicks off.
Today at #ASH25, Francisco Marchi of the @LambaLab presented an oral abstract on a transformer neural network using DNA methylation for sensitive and specific diagnosis of acute leukemia. He won an @ASH_hematology abstract award.
Read the full abstract: meetings-api.hematology.org/…