News
New Ph.D graduates! (11/2023)
Congratulations to Amy Stewart, Chris Bassil, and Christian Cerda-Smith on their recent, successful Ph.D. thesis defenses!
New paper in Nature Ecology & Evolution (11/2023)
Congratulations to Shane Killarney, former Wood lab postdoc Katie Singleton, and our collaborators in Kevin Wood’s lab at the University of Michigan on the publication of our study, which defines strategies for patient selection and design of evolution-inspired treatment strategies for drug-dependent cancers.
New paper in PNAS (09/2023)
Congratulations to Hazel Ang, Chris Nicchitta, and our colleagues on the publication of a study in PNAS that demonstrates that CDK12/13 inhibition uncovers a long-proposed, pervasive EGFR dependence in TNBC that functions through the cooperative regulation of translation-coupled oncoprotein stability.
Welcome, Kerry Dillon! (03/2023)
The Wood Lab welcomes Kerry Dillon, a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, who is joining the lab for her Ph.D. in Molecular Cancer Biology!
New paper in Nature Communications (03/2023)
Congratulations to Shane Killarney and colleagues on the publication of a study in Nature Communications describing the discovery of a mitochondrial RNA-MDA5-MAVS-IRF3 signaling pathway, regulated by executioner caspases, whose therapeutic activation drives anti-tumor immunity.
New paper in npj Precision Oncology (10/2022)
Congratulations to Mike Lidsky and team on this work describing models of FGFR2-G3BP2 fusion-driven intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma!
New paper in Nature Cancer (06/2022)
Congratulations to first authors Kevin Lin and Justine Rutter, co-senior author Alex Puissant, and our many colleagues on the publication of a study in Nature Cancer describing our discovery of selinexor-induced AKT activation in AML. We hope that these results will translate to the clinic soon!
New paper in Science Translational Medicine (03/2022)
Congratulations to first author Moiez Ali and colleagues at Duke, MSKCC, UCSF, and Harvard on the publication of a study in Science Translational Medicine describing our discovery of an ATM dependency in residual tumor cells.
Welcome to new lab members! (3/2022)
The Wood lab welcomes new members: Molecular Cancer Biology Ph.D. student Caroline Bridgwater and M.D./Ph.D. student Michael Aiduk. Welcome, Caroline and Michael!
New paper in Science Advances (10/2021)
Congratulations to our colleagues at Duke, MUSC, and Celldom on the publication of a study in Science Advances describing a platform for massively parallel phenotyping of single cells. We demonstrate the use of this system to directly identify and quantify rare drug resistant tumor cells. Congrats to everyone involved!
Welcome to new lab members! (10/2021)
The Wood lab welcomes new members: General Surgery resident Annie Liu and Research Technicians Haley Hutchinson, Holly Kim, and Seth McKee. Welcome, Annie, Haley, Holly, and Seth!
Congrats, Dr. Ang! (5/2021)
Congratulations to Hazel Ang on her successful Ph.D. defense! She is now a postdoctoral fellow at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. Well done, Hazel!
Congrats to Ben and Vir! (5/2021)
Congratulations to Ben Zolyomi and Vir Patel, Duke MD students who each won prestigious Stead Scholarships to support their 3rd year research projects in the Wood lab!
Congrats to Kevin and Moiez! (3/2021)
Huge congratulations to Kevin and Moiez, M.D./Ph.D. graduates from the lab, on getting their top choice matches for residency training.
Welcome, Jude Raj! (12/2020)
The Wood lab welcomes Jude Raj, a Duke M.D./Ph.D. student who has joined the lab for his thesis research. Welcome, Jude!
Welcome, Christie Eyler! (7/2020)
The Wood lab welcomes Christie Eyler, M.D., Ph.D., a Medical Instructor in the Department of Radiation Oncology who will be conducting postdoctoral research in the lab. Welcome, Christie!
Welcome, Jake Hoj! (6/2020)
The Wood lab welcomes Jake Hoj, Ph.D., an NCI F99/K00-funded postdoctoral fellow in the lab. Welcome, Jake!
Kris profiled by UK College of Engineering (4/2020)
The University of Kentucky College of Engineering recently profiled Kris for its “Faces of UK Engineering” series. Check it out under the Links tab!