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Applications are invited for postdoctoral research positions in our computational lab on a new exciting project funded by the NIH/NCI. We are looking for enthusiastic mathematical modelers to work on a project in breast cancer DCIS microinvasions. click here for more infomation and here to apply

 

 

2022 November 19th, Annual Miles for Moffitt Run

For this year Annual Miles For Moffitt Run/Walk, our lab was represented by Maureiq who run 5k race. Congratulations Maureiq!

 

2022 November 14th, Phebe Havor joined our lab as a graduate student for her second research rotation. Phebe received her MSc degree from the Department of Mathematics of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana.

 

2022 October 31-November 4th, X IMO Workshop on Cancer Communities; Maureiq participated in the winning Violet Team, Kayode participated in the Blue Team.

 

2022 October 26th, Quantitative Science Division October Fest, our work poster "Reconstructing the oxygenation landscape of Bladder tumors in mice" will be presented by Maureiq Ojwang'.

 

2022 October 19-22th, a Systems Approaches to Cancer Biology (SACB) meeting at Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA. Our work poster "Reconstructing the oxygenation landscape of Bladder tumors in mice" will be presented by Maureiq Ojwang'. Link to conference website.

 

2022 September 16th, Moffitt new Commercial featuring the IMO and Maureiq. YouTube link

 

2022 September 15-17th, On the Trail of Women in Mathematics, Contemporary Woman in Mathematics, Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland

A podium presentation: "Micro-pharmacology: a mathematical framework for testing the impact of tissue barriers on anti-cancer treatments" has been presented by Kasia Rejniak.

 

2022 September 8-11th, AACR Special Conference: Rethinking DCIS: an Opportunity for Prevention? Philadelphia, PA

A poster presentation: "Dynamics of fibril collagen remodeling in early DCIS invasions: integrating in silico modeling and tumor histology" has been presented by Kasia Rejniak.

 

2022 September 6th, Ana Forero Pinto joined our lab as a graduate student for her first research rotation. Ana received her MSc degree from the Physics Department of the Universidad Industrial de Santander in Colombia.

 

2022 August 19th, Dr. Kayode Olumoyin joined our lab as a postdoctoral fellow. Dr. Olumoyin received his PhD degree from the computational Sciences Program at the Middle Tennessee State University. He will work on bladder cancer patients' stratification for the T cell adoptive therapy treatment.

 

2022 July 29th, HIP-IMO Presentations during the Moffitt HIP-IMO Research Day.

McKenzie Williams working under Maureiq's mentoship has presented "Investigating Oxygenation within Bladder Tumor in Mice" during the Moffitt HIP-IMO Research Day. Great job!

 

2022 July 11-14th, Bi-annual Meeting of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics - Life Sciences (SIAM-LS), Pittsburgh, PA (hybrid)

 

2022 July 5th, Research visit to the University of Florida Laboratory of Systems Medicine.

A talk "Micro-pharmacology: modeling the tissue barriers in cancer theraphy" was presented by Kasia Rejniak.

 

2022 June 21st, IMO Departmental Weekly Meeting.

A research-in-progress talk "Reconstructing the oxygenation landscape from histology images of solid tumors" was presented by Maureiq Ojwang'. Great job!

 

2022 June 16-19th, Bi-Annual AWM Research Symposium, Minneapolis, MN.

A talk "Reconstructing the oxygenation landscape from histology images of solid tumors" will be presented by Maureiq Ojwang' as a part of a minisymposium "Recent Advantages in Cell- and Tissue-Scale Mathematical Modeling of Cancer" organized by Kasia Rejniak.

Minisymposium speakers virtual and in person just before the start of our session: Magda Stolarska, Kerri-Ann Norton, Maureiq Ojwang', and Chengyue Wu.

AWM Symposium dinner with Laura, Danielle, me, and Maureiq.

 

2022 June 17th, HIP-IMO Journal Club Meeting.

A journal club discussion of our recent paper on O2 fluctiations in tumors was presented by McKenzie. Great job!

 

2022 June 6th, Ms. McKenzie Willliams has joined our lab as a summer high school student intern participating in the High School Internship Program HIP @IMO.

 

2022 May 10-11th, 12th Annual Moffitt Scientific Symposium, Moffitt Cancer Center.

A research poster: "Reconstructing the metabolic landscape from histology images of solid cancers" in collaboration with Shari Pilon-Thomas and Jenny Permuth labs was presented by Maureiq Ojwang'.

A research poster: "LinG3D: An In-Silico Tool for Visualizing the Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Clonal Evolution" was presented by Angela Hu.

 

2022 April 2nd, Rejniak Lab at Myakka River State Park.

Rejniak Lab: Maureiq and Angela, and an honorary member Joel exploring Florida ~ at the Myakka River State Park

 

2022 March 23rd, Dr. Hwu Research Tour visit to IMO.

Dr. Hwu, Moffitt CEO, Research Tour visit to IMO and discussion on research done in Rejniak and Enderling Labs.

 

2022 March 14th, Quant Sci Division π-Day celebration.

Rejniak Lab and IMO at the π-Day celebration with the Quantitative Science Division @Moffitt.

 

2022 March 9th, The two lab grant celebration.

Rejniak and Pilon-Thomas labs collaborating on the bladder cancer research project with Dr. Poch, have celebrated two resent grant awards.

 

2022 March 7th, RejniakLab alumi visit.

Former lab members Shreya Mathur and Manoj Kambara have visited our lab during their spring break at teh University of Florida.

 

2022 February 18th, FLOTUS visit to Moffitt Cancer Center

IMO is wating to meet Dr. Jill Biden, right photo with Mr. Moffitt.

 

2022 February 9th, PolWoMaths Polish Women in Mathematics (PTKM) monthly meeting (virtual).

A talk " Mathematical model of interstitial transport in chemotherapy (Matematyczny model transportu w przestrzeni międzykomórkowej: zastosowanie w chemioterapii)" given by Kasia Rejniak.

 

2022 February 2nd, Centre of Biomathematics at the University of Swansea monthly meeting (virtual).

A talk "Micro-pharmacology: modeling the tissue barriers in drug delivery" given by Kasia Rejniak.

 

2022 January 12th, Moffitt Pancreatic Cancer Working Group monthly meeting.

A talk "Harnessing pancreatic tumor environment to improve treatment efficacy: an integrative approach" given by Kasia Rejniak.

 

2022 January 10-11th, USACM Thematic Conference on the Role of Mathematical and Computational Modeling in Cancer Research (virtual)

A research talk "Modeling ECM mechanical and metabolic architecture during early ductal invasions" given by Kasia Rejniak.

 

2022 January 3rd, our Department of Defense Translational Team Science grant: "Development of Adoptive T-Cell Therapy in Bladder Cancer Incorporating Patient-Specific Tumor Microenvironment" has been recommended for funding!

 

2022 January 1st, Ms. Anjun (Angela) Hu from University of South Florida has re-joined our lab as an untegraduate intern.