At the Florida State Fair

Celebrating Gina's promotion and tenure

Still celebrating!

At the Cancer Metabolism Showcase and Workshops poster session

At the Moffitt Symposium

Happy 6th Birthday DeNicola lab! 

 Celebrating Chang's publication

Cheyenne's graduation

Laura, Gina, Cheyenne and Yumi at Miles for Moffitt (Janine not pictured).

January 2022

  • Gina presents the lab's research at Metabolism Club.
  • Amanda Sherwood joins the DeNicola lab. Welcome Amanda!
  • Nicolas is promoted to Research Associate II. Congrats Nicolas!

February 2022

  • The DeNicola lab went to the Florida State Fair with our friends in the Karreth lab.

March 2022

  • Gina presents the lab's research in a "NRF2 and cancer" webinar.
  • Gina presents the lab's research at the Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University in St. Louis.
  • Chang preprinted her findings about NRF2 redox vulnerabilities in bioRxiv. Congrats Chang!
  • The lab and friends throw Gina a party to celebrate her promotion and tenure. Thanks everyone!

April 2022

  • Nate presents his research at Molecular Oncology Research-in-Progress.
  • Nate is an invited speaker at the Cancer Metabolism Showcase.
  • Chang and Laura present posters at the Cancer Metabolism Showcase.
  • Janine presents her research at Cancer Physiology Research-in-Progress.
  • Gina presents the lab's research at the New York Academy of Science's Cancer Metabolism and Signaling meeting.
  • Gina joins eLife as a reviewing editor. 

May 2022

  • Laura presents her research at Molecular Oncology Research-in-Progress.
  • Gina presents the lab's research at the Fusion 3rd Cell Death, Cell Stress & Metabolism Conference in Cancun.
  • The DeNicola lab attends the Annual Moffitt Symposium and presents 6 posters.
  • Gina takes over as Interim Chair of the Department of Cancer Physiology.
  • Gina presents the lab's research at the DFG Lake Como Meeting (Hinterzartener Kreis der DFG für Krebsforschung).
  • The DeNicola lab celebrates our 6th birthday!

June 2022

  • Chang's findings about NRF2 redox vulnerabilities are published in Redox Biology. Congrats Chang!
  • Cheyenne presents her research at Cancer Physiology Research-in-Progress.
  • Nicolas presents his research at Molecular Oncology Research-in-Progress.
  • Laura presents her work at the FASEB Trace Elements in Biology and Medicine Conference.

 July 2022

  • Nate is promoted to Research Instructor. Congrats Nate!
  • Chang presents her research at Cancer Physiology Research-in-Progress.
  • Cheyenne presents her Master's research final presentation and receives the top grade. Excellent work Cheyenne!
  • Nate and Laura win presentation awards for their Molecular Oncology Research-in-Progress presentations. Congrats Nate and Laura!

August 2022

  • Nate's preview is published in Nature. Congrats Nate!
  • Nate presents his work at Metabolism Club.
  • Cheyenne graduates with a Master's degree from USF. Congrats Cheyenne!
  • Chang presents her research at Molecular Oncology Research-in-Progress.
  • Janine presents her work at the CSHL Mechanisms & Models of Cancer Conference. 
  • Rebecca Polsky joins the lab as an undergraduate volunteer. Welcome Rebecca!
  • Janine preprints her work on NRF2 active mouse lung cancer models in bioRxiv. Congrats Janine!
  • Sang Jun preprints his work on the origin and metabolism of cysteine in tissues and tumors in bioRxiv. Congrats Sang Jun!

September 2022

  • Chang is awarded a K99 from the NCI. Congrats Chang!
  • Gina, Nate and Yumi attend the Keystone Tumor metabolism meeting. Gina gives a talk and Nate presents a poster. Nate is awarded the NK and Irene Cheung Family Scholar Award to attend the Keystone Meeting. Congrats Nate!
  • Amir Bitaraf beings his PhD rotation in the DeNicola lab. Welcome Amir!
  • Lejin Sun joins the lab as an undergraduate volunteer. Welcome Lejin!
  • Sang Jun presents his research at Molecular Oncology Research-in-Progress.
  • Laura presents her research at the Lung Cancer Center of Excellence meeting.
  • Nate published collaborative work understanding the role of iron in MAPK inhibitor resistance in pancreatic cancer in Cancer Discovery. 

October 2022

  • Laura published collaborative work characterizing novel Cu(II) biosensors in PNAS.
  • Sam found out she's having a baby boy.
  • Nate preprints his work on the response of mitochondrial function to cysteine starvation in bioRxiv. Congrats Nate!

November 2022

  • Nicolas Prieto left the lab for better things. We'll miss you Nicolas!
  • Nate and Chang attended the Society for Redox Biology and Medicine annual meeting in Orlando to present their work. Nate received a travel award to attend the meeting.
  • The DeNicola lab participated in Miles for Moffitt.
  • Nate and Sang Jun published collaborative work characterizing a novel yeast homocysteine synthase in JBC.
  • Juhyeon Son beings his PhD rotation in the DeNicola lab. Welcome Juhyeon!
  • Yumi presents her research at Molecular Oncology Research-in-Progress.
  • Janine presents her research at Cancer Physiology Research-in-Progress.

December 2022

  • Chang and Janine won presentation awards for Molecular Oncology Research-in-Progress. Congrats Chang and Janine!