Diskin Lab hangs another tassle!

     On June 5, 2024, Diskin lab was thrilled to present another student for their successful thesis defense. Rawan Shraim joined the lab in July 2020, amidst all the pandemic turmoil and restrictions on personnel sharing space. She came to us through a unique program at Drexel University School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems which allows individuals with full-time employment to pursue their doctorate degree in a part-time setting. Rawan was already working at CHOP, in a clinical research coordinator position with GI.  She then transitioned to the CCCR Bioinformatics Core supporting other research groups while simultaneously conducting her own research, combining in silico data analysis with wet bench validation of proposed targets. Her work, titled Proteogenomic Discovery Of Immunotherapeutic Targets in Cancer: Focus on Rhabdomyosarcoma was completed in record time, especially considering her efforts in unrelated research for other groups.

Rawan will be remaining at CHOP in her role as a Bioinformatics Scientist II and working with the Teachey lab while the targets she identified continue to be worked up into potential cures. Great work, Rawan!