Patricia presented her research at the Veterinary Cancer Society Conference 2025, held in Salt Lake City, Utah this September. She was selected to give an oral presentation highlighting new insights into how cfDNA fragmentation patterns can …
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Michelle accepts new position in SMPH Data Science program
Michelle Stephens recently accepted a new position as a Research Data Scientist in the UW SMPH Informatics and IT team for Data Science to Promote Precision Medicine. Michelle joined the Murtaza Lab in 2019 and …
Talha presents at SAAS Annual meeting
Talha attended the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons (SAAS) in Huntington Beach, California. He was selected to deliver an oral presentation showcasing his graduate research characterizing cfDNA in peritoneal fluid. …
Amanda awarded prestigious NIH predoctoral fellowship (F31)
UW Cellular and Molecular Pathology PhD candidate Amanda Schussman has received the prestigious NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein Nation Research Service award Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) to support her research in the Murtaza Lab. The award provides …
Talha presents at Digestive Disease Week
In May, Muhammed Talha Nawaz took the stage for an oral presentation of his work at the 67th annual Digestive Disease Week meeting in San Diego for the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. …
Talha and Elise presented posters at AACR Annual Meeting 2025
Murtaza Lab members Muhammed Talha Nawaz and Elise Dietmann presented their work to advance cancer detection at the annual AACR conference in Chicago this past April.
Clayton presented pancreas cancer results at the SSO Annual Meeting
Clayton gave a proffered talk at the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) Annual Meeting 2025, sharing his results about detection of cancer in patients who have presented with incidental pancreatic lesions, using a novel blood …
Murtaza Lab wins the 2024 Bothwell Prize
The Bothwell prize is awarded annually by McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research and UW Carbone Cancer Center for a paper published by a team based at the University of Wisconsin and judged for its potential …
New preprint: Analysis of plasma DNA fragmentation patterns from dried blood spots
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 …
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 …