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 …

On September 10, 2024, McArdle alumnus Dr. Nuruddin Unchwaniwala gave a special seminar, then met with Cancer Biology and McArdle students + postdocs for a professsional development speaker chat. The Cancer Biology T32 frequently sponsors these professional development speaker chats as a way for students and postdocs to network, ask questions, and see the many …

On April 26, 2024, the Cancer Biology T32 Grant sponsored a professional dvelopment breakfast with four McArdle alumni that are now working at Promega Corporation in Madison, WI. Alumni in attendance were: Kathleen Makielski, PhD; Thomas Lentz, PhD; Chris Oberley; and Rup Chakravorty, PhD. Current Cancer Biology and McArdle students and postdocs had the opportunity …

The McArdle Laboratory and Cancer Biology Graduate Program were delighted to host Dr. Asha Collins to present and field questions as part of a professional development workshop sponsored by the program’s NCI-funded T32 training program in cancer biology. Students, postdocs, undergraduates, and academic staff were all invited to participate. Asha  received her PhD in Cancer …