Diskin Lab growing again!

After several successful dissertation defenses, a technician leaving to attend medical school, and much of the team moving to remote work, the on-site lab has been a bit sparse the past couple of years with often just one or two people ever being in Colket on a regular basis. But we’re happy to be growing again!

Since February this year, we’ve welcomed Dr. Ryan Corbett as a bioinformatic scientist, concentrating on research in brain tumors and being a fantastic resource for other lab members. Shanthi Bhaskar came to our group as an Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation POST student for an 8 week summer internship while on semester break from University of Pittsburgh. In July, Raphael Lopez joined the lab, continuing his research on Ewings Sarcoma and investigating potential immunotherapeutic targets in that malignancy. Most recently, Eli Gonzalez joins the Diskin group as an MD-PhD candidate in the Genetics and Epigenetics program at UPenn. She will be completing her dissertation studies with the group.

It’s an exciting time for us. We welcome all new team members and look forward to making discoveries together!