We posted one more preprint before ringing out 2024. This work was also the data behind our recent WARF Innovation Award and shows that plasma DNA fragmentation patterns are preserved in dried blood spots, a …
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New preprint: Multianalyte blood-based risk stratification of incidental pancreas lesions
New preprint from our lab describes promising results of a collaborative project led by Dr. Clayton Marcinak, developing a multianalyte blood test for detection of pancreatic cancer in patients with high-risk incidental lesions. Clayton was …
Murtaza Lab wins 2024 WARF Innovation Award
We are grateful to receive this wonderful recognition of our work led by Michelle Stephens and our team, and excited to continue its development to make blood-based early detection of cancer more accessible and cost-effective. …
Murtaza Lab nominated for WARF 2024 Innovation Award
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 …
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 …
Presentations at CNAPS in Austria
Most lab members attended the Circulating Nucleic Acids in Plasma and Serum (CNAPS) Meeting in Graz. Murtaza presented a talk, and the lab presented two posters. It was a fantastic meeting with stellar science and …
Abstracts presented at AACR Annual Meeting in San Diego
Kirsten Dennison presented a poster about a new method for tumor-guided SV analysis for MRD detection at AACR Annual Meeting 2024 in San Diego. At the same meeting, Clayton Marcinak presented a poster about his …
Welcome New Lab Members!
We are excited to welcome new lab members to the Murtaza lab this spring: Haikun Zhang, PhD, started as a post-doctoral fellow Muhammad Talha Nawaz, MBBS, started as a graduate student pursuing Masters of Science …