Life at the Institute: Le Qi
December 8, 2020Le Qi is a graduate student in the Morrison lab and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Predoctoral Student Research Fellow. At CRI, he is studying the metabolism of blood-forming...
Sam McBrayer Awarded Grant from the V Foundation for Cancer Research
November 10, 2020Dr. Sam McBrayer, an assistant professor at CRI, received the V Foundation for Cancer Research’s V Scholar Grant to study…
Life at the Institute: Faith Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.
November 4, 2020Faith Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., is a radiation oncology clinical fellow in the DeBerardinis lab. At CRI, she works to uncover metabolic targets to improve the effectiveness of radiotherapy. Resistance to...
The possibility of immunotherapy for liver cancer prevention
October 29, 2020Chronic liver damage raises the risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) – the most common type of cancer that arises…
Cancer metabolism researcher Ralph DeBerardinis elected to the National Academy of Medicine
October 19, 2020DALLAS – Oct. 19, 2020 – Ralph DeBerardinis, M.D., Ph.D., a professor at the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at…
Life at the Institute: Giovanni Botten
September 29, 2020Giovanni Botten is a M.D./Ph.D. student in the Medical Scientist Training Program at UT Southwestern. As part of the Xu lab at CRI he is studying how large-scale changes in...
Sean Morrison Presented with Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentoring Award
September 23, 2020UT Southwestern’s Postdoctoral Association (PDA) has selected Dr. Sean Morrison, director of Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern…
Researchers show how mutations in DNA packaging machines cause cancer
September 7, 2020September 7, 2020 – Like wrenches made of Legos, SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes tighten or loosen DNA in our cells…
Life at the Institute: Nicholas Lesner
August 24, 2020Nicholas Lesner is a third-year graduate student in the Mishra lab and a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship awardee. At CRI, he is studying how mutations...
