July 2018
Victoria Cruz gets her Ph.D.
Congratulations to Victoria Cruz for defending her thesis and getting her Ph.D.! We are so proud of her accomplishment.
November 2017
Huocong and Wenting's paper
Huocong and Wenting's paper was published in Antioxidants & Redox Signaling – Congrats!
October 2017
Kristina and Huocong's paper in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics
Kristina and Huocong's paper was published in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics – Congrats!
One of their images was selected for the cover!
September 2017
BUILD Scholar - Summer 2017
Dr. James Li, Assistant Professor from the University of Texas at El Paso joined our lab for the Summer of 2017 with a grant from the NIH-funded BUILDing SCHOLARS Center at the University of Texas at El Paso (Research Partner Faculty-Faculty category).
Thank you for joining us, and we hope this mentorship will help your career, Dr. Li!
August 2017
Congratulations on DDR1 paper
Congratulations to Kristina and Huocong – their paper on DDR1 inhibition in pancreatic cancer was accepted in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics.
April 2017
Farewell Raghava Sharma
Raghava Sharma, a postdoc in the Brekken Lab will be leaving UT Southwestern after his postdoctoral training.
We are sad to see him leave, but wish him the very best on any future endeavors.
Raghava we will miss you and thank you for everything you have done for our lab and for UTSW!
March 2017
Welcome Yuqing
Our lab welcomes Yuqing Zhang, our newest graduate student, a graduate from Sun Yat-Sen University.
Thank you for joining us!
January 2017
Welcome Adam
We are happy to announce that our lab welcomes a new postdoc this month - Adam Dayoub from UTA joins us.
Welcome!
December 2016
Congrats Tori for welcoming her baby
The Brekken Lab would like to congratulate Tori Cruz on the birth of her baby girl, Frances! She arrived on December 15, 2016.
October 2016
Welcome Huocong
We are happy to announce that our lab welcomes a new postdoc this month - Huocong Huang joins us.
Welcome!
August 2016
Farewell Xianming Huang
Xianming Huang, Assistant Professor in the Brekken Lab (and previously in the Thorpe lab) will be leaving UT Southwestern after 21 dedicated years.
We are sad to see him leave, but wish him the very best on any future endeavors.
Xianming we will miss you and thank you for everything you have done for our lab and for UTSW!
May 2016
Mary's Ph.D.
Congratulations to Mary Topalovski on defending her thesis and earning her Ph.D. on May 27th, 2016. We are so proud of her accomplishment!
March 2016
Congrats Noah
Congratulations to Noah Sorrelle, he was awarded an F31 fellowship by the NIH for his project on pleiotrophin.
Great Job!
December 2015
Robin's twins
The Brekken Lab would like to congratulate Robin Frink on the birth of her twin boys, C.J. and Jax! They arrived on Monday, December 21, 2015.
December 2015
Miao and Mary's paper in Cancer Research
Miao and Mary’s paper was published recently in Cancer Research – Congrats!
December 2015
Trainees recently moved on
Trainees that have recently moved on:
Moriah Hagopian returned to residency in the General Surgery program.
Kristina Aguilera defended her Ph.D. and is now a scientist at BerGenBio AS in Bergen Norway.
Katie Ludwig took a clinical faculty job in the Department of Pediatrics.
Kasia Wnuk-Lipinska returned to Bergen Norway to continue her work with BerGenBio AS.
Congratulations to all!!!
June 2015
Catching up with old friends
Dr. Brekken went to San Francisco this past week and caught up with old friends!
November 2014
Welcome Baby Kelley!
The Brekken Lab would like to congratulate Fan Yang on her beautiful baby girl KELLEY! Kelley arrived on Saturday, November 22, 2014.
September 2014
Farewell Shuzhen Li
Shuzhen Li is a Research Scientist in the Brekken Lab, she will be leaving UT Southwestern after 22 dedicated years. We are sad to see her leave, but wish her the very best on her future endeavors.
Shuzhen we will miss you and thank you for everything you have done for our lab and for UTSW!
September 2014
Congratulations to Janie on her foster daughters!
Janie Inglehart has graciously taken these beautiful girls into her home. She says "the girls light up my day every time I go home, it is such a joy to be a part of this wonderful blessing."
Their names are: Hayley-12 yrs, Jazmyn-12 yrs, and Ella-8 yrs.
The Brekken Lab congratulates you and wishes great new things for you and your new family.
May 2014
Angiogenesis Seminar
Please join us for the upcoming Angiogenesis Seminar featuring Dr. James Kim. The Seminar will be held in conference room NC8.212 on Monday, May 19, 2014 at 11:00 am. This event is sponsored by the UT Southwestern Simmons Cancer Center.
Lunch will be provided.
September 2013
Congratulations, Yi and Xianming!
Congratulations to Yi and Xianming for getting their paper ‘Phosphatidylserine-targeting antibody induces M1 macrophage polarization and promotes myeloid-derived suppressor cell differentiation’ published in Cancer Immunology Research
July 2013
Congrats Tori
Congratulations Victoria Burton for being selected for a spot on the Cancer Biology Training Grant.
We are so proud of you and your accomplishments
July 2013
Congratulations Kristina
Congratulations to Kristina Aguilera, her paper entitled "Recruitment and Retention: Factors that Affect Pericyte Migration" has been accepted by Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences.
Great Job!
June 2013
Farewell Niranjan
Good luck with all of your future endeavors! You will be missed!
April 2013
Congratulations, Bercin
Congratulations to Bercin, her paper entitled "BIBF 11220 (Nintedanib), a triple angiokinase inhibitor, induces hypoxia but not EMT and blocks progression of preclinical models of lung and pancreatic cancer" has been accepted to Molecular Cancer Therapeutics.