August 2024 – Daniel Centeno has completed his Ph.D. defense. 

April 2024 – Congratulations to Adam for Winning a 2nd Best Poster Award at William Paterson University Science Competition.

January 2024 – Marcin gives a talk at Baylor University, Waco, Texas.

November 2023 – Marcin gives a talk at the Cancer Research and Drug Development Conference in Boston.

October 2023 – Congratulations to Michael and Teagan for scoring high on the MCAT!

May 2023 – Sarah Alshehri has completed her Ph.D. defense.  Anjali wins 2nd place in the CCB Research Day Poster Competition 2023.

April 2023 – The Lab Receives the Kaleidoscope of Hope Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation Grant to Study Tumor Suppression by Taurine.

March 2023 – Marcin gives a talk at Sanford Research Institute on Taurine and Ovarian Cancer.

March 2023 – Emily is accepted to a Ph.D. program at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey.

February 2023 – Our BioRxiv preprint on taurine and ovarian cancer growth suppression is out.

November 2022 Marcin gives a talk at the Ovarian Cancer Midwest Conference on Taurine and Ovarian Cancer.

October 2022 – Sarah passes her preliminary examination.

September 2022 – The lab reports in Advanced Biology that the viscoelasticity of the Extracellular Matrix differentially regulates Ovarian Cancer growth.

July 2022 – Douglas leaves for a Ph.D. program in Tumor Biology at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.

May 2022 – Va’Shayna Williams wins 1st place research award for the best poster presentation during Stevens Innovation Expo, CCB Department Research Day 2022.

April 2022 – Va’Shayna Williams presents her senior research project at CCB Research Day.  

March 2022 – Douglas is accepted to a Ph.D. program in Tumor Biology at Georgetown University School of Medicine.

May 2021 – Douglas finishes his Bachelor’s in Chemical Biology and matriculates to a Master’s program in Chemical Biology at Stevens through the Accelerated Master’s Program.

May 2021 Marcin is appointed as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jersey City Medical Center.

May 2021 Marcin gives a talk at Jersey City Medical Center at the annual OB/GYN retreat.

March 2021 Estefan is accepted to the graduate program in genetics at Johns Hopkins University.

February 2021 Sadaf passes her qualifying exam.

January 2021 Tonja passes her qualifying exam.

December 2020 – THE LAB IS AWARDED NCI RESEARCH GRANT TO TRACK DYNAMICS OF CHEMOTHERAPY TREATED OVARIAN CANCER.

November 2020 – Va’Shayna Williams joined the Lab 

August 2020 Daniel is awarded the Robert Crooks Stanley Fellowship.

March 2020 Sarah passes her qualifying exam. Fernanda wins the silver award for her project on ovarian cancer

February 2020 – Marcin gives a talk at Fox Chase Cancer Center.

December 2019 – The lab publishes its first review on ovarian cancer dissemination.

November 2019 – Marcin gives a talk at Brown University. Doug wins 1st place in the Summer Scholar I&E Competition.

October 2019 – Tonja joins the lab. Estefan and Doug were awarded the CHI scholarship.

October 2019 – Marcin gives a talk at BMES 2019 in Philadelphia.

September 2019 – Fernanda Presents her Project at Seton Hall University and wins the first Prize.

August 2019 – Marcin gives a talk in Prague, the Czech Republic at the National Institute for Molecular Genetics.

August 2019 – Marcin gives a talk at the Medical University of Poznan, Poland.

July 2019The lab is awarded the Olipass Inc. research grant.

May 2019 – Fernanda Valesco joins the group.

April 2019The lab is awarded the Kaleidoscope of Hope Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation grant.

April 2019 – Marcin gives a talk at the Regional Bioengineering Meeting: at Rutgers University.

March 2019 – The lab starts regular lab meetings and journal clubs.

January 2019 – Sadaf Farsinejad joins the lab.

December 2018 – Daniel Centeno joins the lab.

November 2018 – November 2018 Marcin gives a talk at the University of Pennsylvania in the bioengineering department.

November 2018 – Marcin gives a talk at the University of Arizona.

October 2018 – Mira is awarded the CHI scholarship.

September 2018 – Marcin attends the FASEB meeting in Prague and gives a talk on ovarian cancer organoids. Sarah Alshehri joins the group.

August 2018 – Egon, Zeiss LSCM 880 is installed.

May 2018 – Maurice, our live-imaging microscopy system for 3D cultures is installed.

April 2018 – Marcin gives his first talk as a PI at the University of Pennsylvania at Ovarian Cancer Research Center.

March 2018 – Douglas joins the lab.

February 2018 – Estefan joins the lab.

January 2018 – Iwanicki Lab is Established.