Sydnye’s summer PCAR program
August 2023
Sydnye Shuttleworth, MD/PhD student
Sydnye participated in an eight-week summer internship supported by a grant from the NIH Partnership in Cancer Research (PCAR) program. She worked on innovative approaches to engineer T cells specifically for the treatment of solid tumors. The internship included training in the IDeA National Resource for Quantitative Proteomics, housed in the UAMS Cancer Institute. Sydnye is seen pictured running her samples on the Bruker timsTOF.
Hsu and Koss Labs receive ABCRP Grant
August 2023
“Precision Environmental Health to Tackle High Early-Onset Breast Cancer in Arkansas Rural Community Health Study (ARCH)."
Burdine and Koss labs receive R21
July 2023
DNA-PKcs Regulation of LAT-Mediated Early TCR Signaling in CD4+ and CD8+ T Cells.
NIH NIAID R21AI173759
Jessica Wins WPRCI Student Poster Competition
May 2023
Congratulations to Jessica who won the award for the best student poster at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute retreat for her poster entitled, “Induction of an intrinsic DNA damage response during T cell exhaustion.”
Koss Lab at the Annual WPRCI Retreat
May 2023
The Koss lab had a great showing at this year's retreat. All trainees presented posters and Jake gave a great short talk. The team is making great progress on many exciting projects. Stay tuned.
Koss and Tackett Labs Receive Team Science Award
April 2023
The Koss and Tackett labs will continue their strong collaborative effort to identify new therapeutic strategies to restore antigen presentation in Melanoma to enhance immunotherapy treatments.
Sydnye was Accepted to the MD/PhD program
March 2023
We all knew it would come true but it's such a great feeling to watch a trainee reach their goals. We are very lucky Sydnye has decided to pursue her PhD training in the Koss lab.
Jake Advances to Candidacy
September 2022
Jake has passed his candidacy exam and is ready for the real work to begin.
Congrats Jake! Keep up the good work!
Pictured left to right. Dr. Alan Tackett (Mentor), Dr. Brian Koss (Mentor), Dr. Sara Shalin (Program Director), Jake Edmondson (MD/PhD Student), Dr. Bobby McGehee (Graduate School Dean)
Bria Rotates in the Lab
December 2022
Bria is exploring some of the lab's new findings further connecting T-cell costimulation and energy metabolism.