Congratulations, Mo and Jasmin!

We are proud to announce that Mohammed Toure and Dr. Jasmin Krüll have both received fellowships to support their academic training and scientific projects.

Mohammed, a Biological Engineering graduate student, has received the Ludwig Center at MIT's Koch Institute Graduate Fellowship to support his exploration of KI-ARV-03 derivatives in metastatic cancer models.

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Jasmin, a Postdoctoral Fellow with a background in chemistry, has been selected for the Walter Benjamin Programme, a two year postdoctoral fellowship program funded by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG). In addition to this honor, she has also been selected for the Convergence Scholars Program at the Koch Institute, where she will receive additional professional development and leadership training.

Congratulations, both—well done!

Congratulations Dr. Doyle!

Our wonderful Shelby Doyle became the second graduate student in the lab from the Department of Biological Engineering at MIT to successfully defend her thesis, just in time for the well-earned holiday break in December of 2019!

Dr. Doyle’s thesis, entitled Modulating Oncogenic Transcription with Small Molecules, was a tour de force and emphasized various strategies to tackle AR-driven transcriptional programs. Keep an eye out for upcoming publications related to her thesis work around a selective CDK9 inhibitor and a chemical probe of the OXPHOS pathway! The lab is so proud of your accomplishments!

Shelby and Family relaxing after a job well done!

Yulong Su named a Convergence Scholar!

Congratulations to Yulong Su for being named a Convergence Scholar for the MIT Center for Precision Cancer Medicine. Yulong’s work strives to address oncogenic transcriptional programs in a variety of cancer types, emphasizing strategies to control the protein levels of oncogenic factors such as MYC. Read more here: https://ki.mit.edu/news/2019/introducing-2019-2020-convergence-scholars

MIT CPCM 2019-2020 ConVergence Scholars

Congratulations Rob!

Congratulations to Rob Wilson for winning the second annual Peter Karches Mentorship Prize.

This prize, established in memory of the late Peter Karches, is awarded to up to four postdocs or graduate students in recognition of the important role trainees play in the mentorship of high school and undergraduate students working in KI laboratories.

Congratulations, Rob!

Congratulations Dr. Chen!!

Congratulations in the utmost to Dr. Andrew Chen, who successfully defended his thesis this week!!

Dr. Chen was the first graduate student to join the Koehler lab at the Koch Institute at MIT and is the first to meet the full requirements for the PhD in Biological Engineering at MIT from our group. His thesis, entitled Discovery and Characterization of a Small Molecule that Modulates c-Myc Mediated Transcription via Max Homodimer Stabilization, detailed his work in the development of our newly published chemical probe, KI-MS2-008, and the exciting work he pioneered to understand the impact of this molecule on MYC/MAX networks and transcriptional regulation.

Congratulations on a job well done!!