2023
09/2023
We are thrilled that Megan DeWalt (Biological Sciences Graduate Program) has joined the lab for her PhD work!
07/07/2023
We are thrilled to share our work identifying enrichment in mitosis as a robust approach to increase the efficacy of radiotherapy for GBM out in Cancers this month.
Improving Localized Radiotherapy for Glioblastoma via Small Molecule Inhibition of KIF11.
06/06/2023
Congratulations to Dr. Ben Stromberg (Summers lab) for a phenomenal dissertation defense!
06/03/2023
Another fantastic year at the ABTA BT5K run/walk here in Columbus as “Team Running for Research”. It was an honor to get to speak at the event to underscore how important the funding mechanisms are that donor dollars and events like this support! A big hit again this year was fun, hands-on science for kids and adults attending the event!
03/13/2023
Today we got the official Notice of Award from the NCI/NIH for our collaborative R01 grant with Drs. Steven Mack (St. Jude; MPI) and Nick Foreman (University of Colorado School of Medicine; co-I) focused on understanding the biology of pediatric ependymoma to find new treatments. We are so thankful to have the resources to move this exciting work forward!
03/05/2023
We had a wonderful celebration dinner for Miranda and Morgan (Summers lab) as they transition to their next adventures!
02/09/2023
Congratulations to Dr. Miranda Montgomery Tallman for a phenomenal dissertation defense!
1/09/2023
Welcome to the lab, Juhi, as an undergraduate researcher!
2022
12/01/2022
Congratulations to Miranda for being awarded the 2021-2022 Radiation Oncology Best Research Presentation Award!
11/18/2022
Congratulations to Miranda for being tied for second place for her talk at the annual BSGP Retreat!
11/09/2022
Welcome to the lab, Sammy, as an undergraduate researcher!
10/14/2022
Congratulations to Miranda for being awarded the Basic Science Category Best Poster at the OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center Annual Scientific Meeting!
09/25/2022
First annual Pelotonia kayaking fundraiser held by the Department of Radiation Oncology Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.
06/14/2022
The Venere and Summers labs supporting a Pelotonia Team Buckeye bake sale fundraiser-yum!
06/04/2022
The lab once again participated in the ABTA BT5K run/walk here in Columbus as “Team Running for Research”. This year included fun, hands-on science for kids attending the event!
2021
11/12/2021
Congratulations to Miranda for being awarded a 2021 Radiation Oncology Outstanding Journal Club Award and to Abby for being awarded a Radiation Oncology Best Research Presentation Award!
10/14/2021
Congratulations to Miranda for being awarded the Michael L. Hess Prize for Cancer Research Excellence at the OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center Annual Scientific Meeting!
09/17/2021
Congratulations to Dr. Abby Zalenski for a phenomenal dissertation defense!
07/2021
Welcome to the lab, Ian, as our new Research Assistant!
05/09/2021
Congratulations to Miranda for being awarded Honorable Mention for her oral presentation at the annual Hayes Forum!
05/01/2021
Congratulations to Abby and Miranda who both are first authors on book chapters. Abby on cancer stem cell models in glioma and Miranda on cancer stem cells in pediatric brain tumors.
04/09/2021
Congratulations to Miranda for being selected to give an oral presentation at the annual Hayes Forum!
02/10/2021
Congratulations to Miranda for being awarded a Pelotonia Graduate Fellowship Award!
01/09/2021
Virtual lab get-together to celebrate all of the lab accomplishments in 2020 and ring in the New Year! Venere Lab Jeopardy continues!
2020
12/02/2020
Article out today from the OSU College of Engineering highlighting our collaboration and awarded R21 with the Chalmers lab! https://engineering.osu.edu/news/2020/12/magnetic-force-against-cancer
11/27/2020
Our article on treating GBM with CBL0137 and radiotherapy came out online today in Cancer Letters!
10/09/2020
Congratulations to Miranda for being selected to give a talk at the annual BSGP Retreat and then winning a $1,000 Travel Award for that talk!
09/18/2020
Way to go Venere and Summers lab Pelotonia Fellows (Ben, Abby, and Preetham) for being fundraising leaders!
08/18/2020
Our article exploring the role of KIF11 in ciliogenesis came out today in Scientific Reports!
Zalenski AA, Majumder S, De K, Venere M.
Sci Rep. 2020 Aug 18;10(1):13946. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-70787-4.
08/14/2020
Congratulations to Abby for being awarded a 2020 Radiation Oncology Outstanding Journal Club Award and a $2,500 travel award along with it!
08/10/2020
Welcome to the lab, Eliane, as an undergraduate researcher (even if unofficial for now)!
We have had many virtual Venere Lab Social Hours during these past months but we finally had a physically distanced, in-person Social Hour where Abby started what we hope will be a new lab tradition of the extremely fun and very funny Venere Lab Jeopardy!
05/12/2020
Congratulations to Miranda for passing candidacy!
05/03/2020
Congratulations to Sherry for graduating from OSU and starting at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine!
Congratulations to Katie for graduating from OSU and starting the Master of Science in Nursing program at OSU on your way to becoming a Primary Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner!
04/27/2020
Congratulations to Abby for being awarded a Pelotonia Graduate Fellowship Award!
Congratulations to Preetham for being awarded a Pelotonia Undergraduate Fellowship Award!
04/16/2020
Congratulations to Miranda for a successful virtual poster presentation at the 2020 Annual College of Medicine Trainee Research Day!
03/11/2020
Welcome to the lab, Luke, as our new lab manager!
03/03/2020
Congratulations to Sherry for a successful poster presentations at the 2020 Annual Denman Undergraduate Research Forum!
02/28/2020
Congratulations to Abby for being selected to present at and then winning 3rd best poster presentation in Biological Sciences at the 2020 Annual Hayes Graduate Research Forum!
2019
11/22/2019
Congratulations to Miranda and Abby for successful poster presentations at the 2019 Society for Neuro-Oncology Annual Meeting!
11/18/2019
Congratulations to Sherry for a successful poster presentations at the 2019 OSU Autumn Undergraduate Research Festival!
09/03/2019
Celebration dinner for Kuntal and Debjani as they transition to research positions at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory!
06/21/2019
Congratulations to Miranda for being awarded a slot on the Systems and Integrated Biology T32!
06/01/2019
The lab participated in the ABTA BT5K run/walk here in Columbus for the third straight year as “Team Running for Research”. Monica and our collaborator, Justin Lathia (Cleveland Clinic), spoke at the event.
05/17/2019
Congratulations to Abby for passing candidacy!
05/10/2019
Congratulations to Abby for being awarded the 2019 Radiation Oncology Best Presentation Award and a $2,500 travel award along with it!!
05/08/2019
Congratulations to Kuntal and Miranda for successful poster presentations at the 2019 OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center Annual Meeting!
05/05/2019
Congratulation to Amanda for graduating from OSU and starting the Master of Science in Nursing program at OSU on your way to becoming a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner!
04/29/2019
Our article elucidating attenuated activity of the APC/C E3 ligase in CSCs came out today in Molecular Cancer Research!
De K, Grubb TM, Zalenski AA, Pfaff KE, Pal D, Majumder S, Summers MK, Venere M.
Molecular Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-18-1361.
04/24/2019
Our collaborative article with the Chalmers Lab exploring magnetic separation of CSCs came out today in Biotechnology and Bioengineering!
Park KJ, Kim J, Testoff T, Adams J, Poklar M, Zborowski M, Venere M*, Chalmers JJ*.
Biotechnol Bioeng. doi: 10.1002/bit.26973.*co-corresponding authors
04/17/2019
Monica presenting at the inaugural American Cancer Society’s ResearcHERs meeting!
04/12/2019
The Venere Lab hosted Tyler Alban from the Lathia Lab/Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute to give what was a phenomenal talk to members of the OSU Radiation Oncology Department.
04/11/2019
Congratulations to Miranda for a successful poster presentation at the 2019 OSU College of Medicine Research Trainee Day!
04/02/2019
Congratulations to Miranda for being awarded the 2019 Basic Radiation Oncology Seed Grant!
02/28/2019
Congratulations to Treg for getting accepted to Cleveland Clinic’s Molecular Medicine PhD Program!
02/26/2019
Congratulations to Amanda for getting accepted to OSU’s College of Nursing Grad-Entry Master’s program!
