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Programming in a Petri Dish - featuring Dr. Lukas Chavez and Dr. Sanju Sinha
July 30 2024 Using machines to personalize patient careThe Scientist Speaks Podcast - featuring Dr. Lukas Chavez
June 2024 The Scientist Article The Scientist Speaks PodcastFrontiers in Pediatric Genomic Medicine Conference - 2024
May 1-2, 2024 Frontiers Hybrid Event held by the Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine3 Posters, 1 talk presenters by members of the lab at AACR 2024 in San Diego!
April 5-10, 2024 AACR 2024Lukas's Presentation Abstract
Owen's Abstract
Rishaan's Abstract
Talk by Dr. Chavez on Pediatric Brain Tumors with Rady Children's Institue for Genomic Medicine
February 2024 Pediatric Brain Tumors Talk with RadyEight Research Projects Receive Funding from NCI’s Childhood Cancer Data Initiative
December 2023Congrats to Lukas for receiving this grant!
CCDI Grants Provided to Eight Research ProjectsNew Publication
November 2023Congrats to Owen for publishing in Nature Genetics!
Circular extrachromosomal DNA promotes tumor heterogeneity in high-risk medulloblastoma (Chapman et al., Nature Genetics 2023)New Members
September-November 2023Welcome to Jon Larson, Charles Handley, and Rishaan Kenkre who have all recently joined the lab!
New Grant
September 2023Congrats to Lukas for receiving $3.2 million from the National Institutes of Health to study ecDNA in pediatric brain tumors!
ecDNA in Pediatric Brain Tumors Grant Press ReleaseSanford Burnham Prebys researchers awarded Curebound grants
June 2023Congrats to Lukas for receiving the Curebound Grant!
Curebound Grant BlogNew Publication
April 20233D genome mapping identifies subgroup-specific chromosome conformations and tumor-dependency genes in ependymoma (Okonechnikov er al., Nature Communications 2023)
St. Baldrick’s Foundation Shave-A-Thon at Nason’s Beer Hall, San Diego
March 7, 2023
Interview with Lukas
February 2023
Is cloud computing a game changer in cancer research? Three big questions for Lukas Chavez
Lukas Chavez joins SBP!
December 2022
Childhood cancer trailblazer Lukas Chavez joins Sanford Burnham Prebys
CBS8 News San Diego interview with Dr. Lukas Chavez and Hannah and Gaylene Meeson
September 2022
News Interview