Murtaza and Michelle were featured in a video produced by WARF based on their work with dried plasma spots that could allow at-home and in-office collection of samples for plasma DNA analysis. WARF chose this …
Month: November 2024
Comings and Goings
The Murtaza Lab is delighted to welcome two new graduate students this fall, both PhD students in the Cellular and Molecular Pathology Graduate Program. Aqsa Khalid completed her MS in Bioinformatics at the National University …
New pilot award funding to evaluate tumor DNA detection in peritoneal fluid
Can we analyze DNA in peritoneal fluid samples to detect and monitor peritoneal metastasis? This question is the focus of work led by Dr. Muhammad Talha Nawaz, a clinical research fellow in our lab. In …
Haikun receives postdoctoral grant from Wisconsin Partnership Program
Congratulations to Dr. Haikun Zhang, a postdoctoral scientist in our lab, who received a grant from the Wisconsin Partnership Program. In collaboration with Dr. Mehreen Kisat’s lab at UW-Madison, Haikun will develop computational methods for …