Lab news
March, 2025 - Nick O'Brien joins the lab
Nick O'Brien, a first year graduate student in the Development, Disease Models, and Therapeutics Graduate Program, joined the lab. Nick is an MSTP student who has already completed his first two years of medical school at Baylor College of Medicine.
March, 2025 - SIOPEL 2025 Spring Conference
Dr. Woodfield won first prize for her talk titled "NRF2 activity drives metastatic dissemination in hepatoblastoma"
January, 2025 - NCI Division of Cancer Biology New Grantee Workshop
Dr. Woodfield was invited to attend the NCI DCB New Grantee Workshop at the NCI Shady Grove Campus.
November, 2024 - BCM Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Awards
Priyanka Rao was awarded the John J. Trentin Scholarship Award for her academic achievements during the first two years of graduate school!
October, 2024 - 19th Annual Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center Symposium
Priyanka Rao was awarded Third Place in the Trainee Poster Competition for her abstract titled "Cell alterations that drive vascular invasion and dissemination in pediatric liver cancer."
September, 2024 - AACR Special Conference in Cancer Research: Advances in Pediatric Cancer Research
Priyanka Rao presented her poster titled "Cell alterations that drive vascular invasion and dissemination in pediatric liver cancer" in Toronto, Canada.
July, 2024 - Dr. Brian Hickner joins the lab
Dr. Brian Hickner, a resident in the BCM Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery General Surgery Residency Program, joined the Woodfield lab.
June, 2024 - BCM Department of Surgery Research Day
Priyanka Rao presented an oral talk titled "An indocyanine green-based liquid biopsy test for circulating tumor cells for pediatric liver cancer" and won the award for the Best Quick Shot Presentation by a Student.
Dr. Andy Espinoza presented an oral talk and won the award for the Best Quick Shot Presentation by a Resident or Fellow.
May, 2024 - BCM Department of Surgery Research in Excellence Travel Award
Priyanka Rao won this prestigious travel award, which will fund her travel to the AACR Special Conference in Cancer Research: Advances in Pediatric Cancer Research in September, 2024.
May, 2024 - New Frontiers in Liquid Biopsies: Data, Technology, and Translational Potential (NIH)
Dr. Woodfield was selected to give an oral presentation for her abstract "An indocyanine green-based liquid biopsy test for circulating tumor cells for pediatric liver cancer."
March, 2024 - Priyanka Rao joins the lab
Priyanka Rao, a first year graduate student in the Development, Disease Models, and Therapeutics Program, joined the Woodfield lab.
December, 2023 - Seminar at LSU
Dr. Woodfield was invited to present an oral talk at LSU by the Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Neuroscience.
October, 2023 - Development, Disease Models, and Therapeutics Graduate Program Retreat
Dr. Woodfield was invited to give an oral talk at this retreat!
May, 2023 - International Pediatric Liver Tumor Meeting
Dr. Woodfield was invited to present an oral talk "High risk models of pediatric liver cancer for clinically relevant laboratory studies."
