2023 December 3-6th, AACR Special Conference in Cancer Research: Translating Cancer Evolution and Data Science: The Next Frontier, Boston, MA

	Maureiq presented a lightning talk and a poster: "A histological data-driven analysis of the hypoxic microenvironment of preclinical murine bladder tumors"
	Kayode presented a poster: "An Early Determination of Patients Eligibility for a Bladder Cancer Immunotherapy using a Data Science Approach"

 

2023 November 29th, Ms. Ana Forero Pinto, a graduate student in our lab, has passes her qualifier exam today. Congratulations, Ana!!!

 

2023 November 22nd, a new paper "Dynamics of fibril collagen remodeling by tumor cells: a model of tumor-associated collagen signatures" led by Sharan Poonja and Ana Forero Pinto, and in collaboration with Mark Lloyd and Mehdi Damaghi has been published in MDPI Cells link to the article

 

2023 November 18th, Annual Miles for Moffitt Run

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

 

2023 October 29-November 3rd, 11th IMO Workshop on Steering Cancer Evolution; Kayode participated in the winning Purple Team, Maureiq participated in the Blue Team.

 

September 30-October 2nd, 2023, AWM Research Symposium, Atlanta, GA

Maureiq co-organized a minisymposium "Multiscale modeling for preclinical and clinical oncology" and presented a talk "Using digitized histology images to assess the hindering effects of hypoxia on T cell infiltration in orthotopic bladder tumors in mice."

 

2023 September 28th, a new paper "Targeting Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells with Gemcitabine to Enhance Efficacy of Adoptive Cell Therapy in Bladder Cancer" in collaboration with Pilon-Thomas Lab and with our contribution has been published in Frontiers in Immunology link to the article

 

July 28th 2023, HIP-IMO Research Day, Moffitt

Two great presentations by our HIPsters:

	Rudra presented a summary of his research project "Spatial statistical analysis of CD8+ T cell distribution patterns in orthotopic mice bladder tumors" mentored by Dr. Maureiq Ojwang'
	Risheet presented a summary of his research project "A Genetic Algorithm based Manifold Learning Feature Selection Approach using Bladder Cancer Patient's Data" mentored by Dr. Kayode Olumoyin

 

July 23-27th 2023, US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Kayode presented his researech project "A Machine Learning Protocol for Predicting Expansion of Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Patients’ Bladder Tumors".

 

July 16-21st, 2023 Annual Meeting of the Society of Mathematical Biology, Columbus, Ohio

Maureiq presented her researech project "Using digitized histology images to assess the hindering effects of hypoxia on T cell infiltration in orthotopic bladder tumors in mice", part of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) planary session: "Mathematical modelling and the integration of diverse and underserved populations in (pre)clinical research and public health". She also participated in the DEI panel discussion session.

 

2023 June 30th and July 7th, HIP-IMO midterm research presentations

	Risheet working under the mentorship of Kayode presented a summary of his researech project: "A manifold learning feature selection approach using bladder cancer patients data".
	Rudra working under the mentorship of Maureiq presented a summary of his researech project.

 

2023 June 26th, Mr. Rubaiyat Bin Islam, a graduate student from Tulane University in New Orleans, has joined our lab as a summer program member!

 

2023 June 20th, IMO Research in Progress seminar

Maureiq presented a summary of her researech project: "CD8+ T cells: We like to breathe".

 

2023 June 19th, Mr. Moslem Uddin, a graduate student from Tulane University in New Orleans, has joined our lab as a summer program member!

 

2023 June 16th, HIP-IMO Journal Club Meeting

Rudra presented a paper on spatial statistics analysis of a data from tumor histology. Risheet presented a paper on the use of genetic algorithms in feature selection methods.

 

2023 June 13th, IMO Research History and Vision seminar

Kasia presented a summary of her research history and vision: "Up close and personal with tumor microenvironment".

 

2023 June 12th, Mr. Rudra Patel and Mr. Risheed Jajoo have joined our lab as HIP-IMO program participants. Rudra will work under the mentorship of Maureiq and Risheed under the mentorship of Kayode.

 

2023 May 16-17th, 13th Annual Moffitt Scientific Symposium. Posters presented by Angela, Maureiq, and Kayode.

 

2023 May 10th, Lab Ice Creams.

Ice cream day! provided by Moffitt, MayDay, and Hyppo! -- Rejniak Lab: Ana, Angela, Bari, and Kasia.

 

2023 May 1-3rd, Mathematical Oncology conference MathOnc23, Phoenix, AZ

A podium talk "ML-PETIL: A Machine Learning Predictor of the Expansion of Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Patients’ Bladder Tumors" will be presented by Kayode Olumoyin.

 

2023 April 27th, Semi-final Lightning Rounds of Postdoctoral Competition for the Distinguished Lecture Series Travel Award

Maureiq presented a summary of her researech project: "Using digitized histology images to assess the hindering effects of hypoxia on T cell infiltration in orthotopic bladdeer tumors in mice".

 

2023 April 11th, IMO Research in Progress seminar

Kayode presented a summary of his researech project: "Learning to predict from patients' bladder tumors".

 

2023 March 22nd, Moffitt Day in Tallahassee.

Moffitt faculty, postdocs, and patients advocates visited Florida legislature in Tallahassee. Moffitt postdocs and IMO Department was represented by Maureiq (indicated by a star).

 

2023 March 20th, QuantSci Pi Day celebration.

Pi Day celebration by the Quantitative Sciences Division -- Rejniak Lab: Bari, Angela, Kayode, Kasia, and Maureiq.

 

2023 March 8th, Hugo visit to our Lab this month.

Hugo -- the Moffitt Postdoctoral Association mascot has spent this month with Maureiq as an award for winning a trivia question.

 

2023 March 6th, Ms. Won (Bari) Namgoong from the University of South Florida joined our lab as an undergraduate student intern.

 

2023 February 15-16th, BioEngineering At Moffitt (BAM) - Cancer Summit, BAM for Cure

A research poster "Up-close and personal with drug delivery: from in silico organoids toward personalized therapy" will be presented by Kasia Rejniak.

 

2023 January 25th, UT Austin Center for Computational Oncology Virtual Seminar.

A research talk "Reconstructing the oxygenation landscape from histology images of solid tumors" will be presented by Maureiq Ojwang'.