McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research/Department of Oncology
McArdle graduate student and former Cancer Biology T32 trainee Carstyn Joiner has been awarded a Kirschstein-NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The F31 fellowship is designed to support specialized training for promising graduate students and build on their potential to become productive, independent research scientists. Carstyn, who joined the Cancer Biology …
Jeon, D., Moseman, J.E., Hill, E., and McNeel, D.G. Toll like receptor agonist effects on human CD8+ T cell activation and expression of T cell checkpoint receptors. Human Vaccine Immunother., 21(1): 2598694, 2025. Moseman, J.E., Brinkman, H.M., Choe, J.A., Shim, D., Burger, J.C., Ferraresso, F., Rastogi, I., Kastrup, C.J., Murphy, W.L., and McNeel, D.G. Plasmid DNA …
Former Cancer Biology T32 Trainee Patrick Carney, MD, PhD, received the 1st Place Flash Talk Award at the 2026 UW Carbone Cancer Center Annual Research Retreat. Dr. Carney received his PhD in the laboratory of McArdle Professor Christopher Bradfield. Now a General Surgery Resident, Dr. Carney’s Flash Talk described his ongoing research “Cyclin-dependent Kinase 7 (CDK7) …
Former Cancer Biology T32 Trainee Marina Sharifi recently gave a Badger Talk on research conducted in her laboratory related to “Breakthroughs in Personalized Breast Cancer Treatment”. Dr. Sharifi is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine (Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Palliative Care) at UW–Madison. The physician-scientist’s laboratory “co-developed a liquid biopsy approach …