October 1st 2024: Our paper “The EP3-ZNF488 Axis Promotes Self-Renewal of Glioma Stem-like Cells to Induce Resistance to Tumor Treating Fields” is published online in Cancer Research. Congratulations to first authors DJ and Son and all co-authors!
September 9th 2024: Farjana Ahmed, Ph.D. joined the Tran Lab as a new Post Doctoral Scholar
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August 1st 2024: Using AI, USC researchers pioneer a potential new immunotherapy approach for treating glioblastoma
August 21st 2024: Xiaoxu Xu, MS joined the lab as research technician.
July 25th 2024: Our paper “Machine Learning–Directed Conversion of Glioblastoma Cells to Dendritic Cell–like Antigen-Presenting Cells as Cancer Immunotherapy” is published online in Cancer Immunology Research. Congratulations to first authors Tianyi and Son and all co-authors!
June 2024: Karolina Warzecha attended the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) International Convention in San Diego.
May 2024: Karolina Warzecha joined the Tran Research Lab as a Ph.D. student.
April 23rd, 2024: Samuel Amponsah-Effah successfully completed his written and oral qualifying exam.
April 20th, 2024: Lab Members attended the 2024 Southern California Brain Tumor Walk & Race at Griffith Park in Los Angeles, CA.
April 5th, 2024: Samuel Amponsah-Effah presented his research on engineered immune cells at a USC Neuro-Oncology Disease Affinity Group (DAG) meeting.
March 27th, 2024: Dr. David Tran presented at the 5th Annual Glioblastoma Drug Development Summit. Boston, MA.
Dec 8th, 2023: Dr. David Tran participated as a speaker in the 1st Annual Southern California Brain Tumor Conference hosted by Keck Medicine of USC.
Nov 1st-5th, 2023: Dongjiang Chen, M.D., M.S and Tianyi Liu, M.D. presented research orally and in poster at Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer’s 38th Annual Meeting & Pre-Conference Programs in San Diego.
Nov 15th-19th, 2023: Dr. David Tran presented research at the Society for NeuroOncology’s 28th Annual Meeting in Vancouver
July 2023: Samuel Amponsah-Effah joined the Tran Research Lab as a Ph.D. student.
July 11-16th, 2023: Nathan Thai attended the 2023 Introductory Course in Immunology at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center in Los Angeles, CA.
Dr. David Tran presented at the Leadership Panel at Frontiers in Neuro-Oncology 2023, Jackson Hole, WY, USA.