Lab Highlights & Achievements
2024: $1.3M funding from DoD-Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs to investigate mitochondrial dynamics in prostate cancer progression.
October 2024: Asmaa El-Kenawi contributing to panel discussion at Prostate Cancer Foundation retreat in San Diego.
November 2024: Jennifer Rooks presenting at the SBUR Annual Meeting in Phoenix!
November 2024: Asmaa El-Kenawi co-moderating Health Disparity in Urologic Diseases session at SBUR Annual Meeting with Larisa Nonn, featuring research from Salma Kaochar, Simpa Salami, and Franklin Huang.
Lab Outing: Our team enjoyed a fantastic outing to Topgolf! We had a blast hitting balls and sharing laughs.
April 2025: Jenny presenting her research at the AACR Annual Meeting in Chicago!
May 2025: Lab breakfast to celebrate our rotation students completing their projects! Great work by our future scientists.
May 2025: Asmaa El-Kenawi receiving the AUA Distinguished Award! A well-deserved recognition for her outstanding contributions to urology research. Read more here https://www.auanet.org/researchhonors/#introduction-and-welcome
May 2025: Jenny receiving a poster award at Cancer Research Day! Outstanding recognition for her excellent research.
July 2025: Farewell celebration for Erin Perkin as she joins a biotech company in Kentucky! Wishing her all the best in her new adventure.
July 2025: Lab team bonding at Westfield Mini Golf! Great fun with putting competitions and team spirit.
September 26, 2025: The department of Urology and our lab are organizing GU Oncology Symposium at the IUSCCC – Advancing research and clinical care in genitourinary cancers! visit https://events.iu.edu/event/1993934-from-cells-to-cures-the-iu-genitourinary-cancer.
October 2025: The lab is hosting a 3-days metabolomics training led by Mengyuan Zhu, Ph.D. Field Applications Scientist at Thermo Fisher. We will be also welcoming Hannah Heath from University of Illinois as a visiting Student. Cannot wait for Dr. Zhu and Hannah’s visits!
November 2025: The lab is planning to go on trip to Ann Arbor for the Midwest Metabolism Meeting with Jenny and Burke presenting! – expanding our metabolic research network!