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Yasemin, Shyanne, James, Nina, Jess, and Kelley

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2025

  • July 2025 - The Alvarez lab went out to celebrate Yasemin and Shyanne's new fellowships!
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  • July 2025 - Celebration for the beautiful weather and welcoming the newest graduate student to our lab (Aya, far right) and summer undergraduate intern (Jimena, far left)!
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  • May 2025 - Naurisha presented her work at the Mary Gates Research Symposium. Nice work Naurisha!
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  • February 2025 - Dr. Tala Khatib has joined the Alvarez lab as a new postdoc! Welcome Tala :)

2024

  • December 2024 - The Award-Winning Alvarez Ornament! (2nd Place)
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  • December 2024 - Lunch with the rotation students!
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  • November 2024 - Happy Birthday to our undergrad Naurisha!
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  • September 2024 - Past, present, and (potential future) members of the Alvarez Lab at Lake Annette!
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  • August 2024 - Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) poster presantion and more!
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  • Shayla (SURP Intern) learning how to ride a bike for the first time!
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  • Shayla presenting her poster about Investigating the Effects of APOBEC3 Enzymes on Translation!
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  • Alvarez Lab at the SURP poster session!
  • August 2024 - The Alvarez Lab at Obliteride!
Alvarez Lab at Obliteride
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  • July 2024: Shyanne spent two weeks at UC Irvine taking part in BigCARE (Big Data Training for Cancer Research)'s 2024 Summer Workshop!
Shyanne at BigCARE 2024
  • July 2024: Research technicians Josh Wu and Sharan Srinivasan started in the lab. A big welcome to Josh and Sharan!
  • July 2024: Lab outing to Bainbridge Island!
Alvarez lab on the Ferry!
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Wine tasting at Eleven winery
  • June 2024: Shayla Hernandez started in the Alvarez lab as a part of the SURP program. Welcome Shayla!
  • March 2024: Alvarez Lab at Dune pt 2!
Shyanne, Kelley, Jess, and Yasemin in front of colorful mural.

Shyanne, Kelley, Jess, and Yasemin at Ballard Beer Box before Dune pt 2!

  • January 2024: Shyanne and Jess presented posters at Deaminet 2024 in Irvine, CA!
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Jess and Shyanne at Deaminet 2024!

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Jess with her poster titled "Investigating the regulation and function of APOBEC3 enzymes during acquired resistance"

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Shyanne with her poster titled "Investigating APOBEC3 enzyme regulation in cancer"

2023

  • September 2023: Nina Marie Garcia successfully defended her dissertation "Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms that Lead to Tumor Recurrence and Acquired Drug Resistance in Cancer." Congratulations Dr. Garcia, we're all so proud of you! 
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Nina Marie Garcia

  • August 2023: Shyanne, James, Yasemin, and Kelley ran the 5k for Obliteride! We braved the heat and had a great time :)
Collage of the Alvarez Lab at Obliteride
  • August 2023: Catherine Shokralla, our summer SURP student from UCLA, presented her poster titled "Role of Nrf2 in Breast Cancer Metastasis." Great job Catherine, we loved having you in the lab!
Jess, Nina, Catherine, Kelley, Yasemin, and Shyanne at the SURP Poster Session

Jess, Nina, Catherine, Kelley, Yasemin, and Shyanne at the SURP Poster Session.

  • June 2023: Shyanne King officially joined the lab as our newest graduate student. Welcome Shyanne, we're so happy to have you!
Shyanne, Kelley, and Yasemin at Rattlesnake Ridge!

Shyanne, Kelley, and Yasemin at Rattlesnake Ridge!

  • May 2023: Brock left the lab to start as a Research Scientist at the David Rawlings Lab at Seattle Children's Research Institute. Congratulations Brock, we'll miss you!
  • January 2023: We're very excited to welcome Yasemin Ceyhan as a new postdoc in the lab!

2022

    • July 2022: Jess Becerra and Kelley McCutcheon joined the lab as research techs. Welcome Jess and Kelley!
    Lab lunch during Jess and Kelley's first week!

    Lab lunch during Jess and Kelley's first week!

    • January 2022: Ashley's paper "APOBEC Mutagenesis Inhibits Breast Cancer Growth through Induction of T cell–Mediated Antitumor Immune Responses" was published in Cancer Immunology Research. Congrats to Ashley and her coauthors!

    2021

    • August 2021: The lab successfully moved across the country, from Durham, North Carolina to sunny Seattle, Washington! Big thanks to Nina, Brock, Ashley and Rachel for help with the move!
    • July 2021: Rachel Newcomb successfully defended her dissertation, “Exploring the functional consequences of whole-genome duplication in tumor progression.” Rachel will be starting a postdoc at RTI International in September.
    • July 2021: Ashley DiMarco successfully defended her dissertation, “APOBEC Mutagenesis as a Driver of Tumor Evolution through Genetic Heterogeneity and Immunogenicity.” Congrats to Ashley on a terrific body of work! Keep your eyes open for some papers from Ashley in the next couple of months. We wish Ashley the best as she starts her new position as a Principal Scientific Researcher at Genentech.
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    Ashley DiMarco

    • June 2021: Rachel’s paper “Context-dependent effects of whole-genome duplication during mammary tumor recurrence” was published in Scientific Reports. Congrats to Rachel and her coauthors!

    2020

    • September 2020: Doug successfully defended his dissertation, “Metabolic Adaptations in Tumor Recurrence.” Doug will be starting a postdoc in Daniel Haber’s lab at Mass General Cancer Center.
    • July 2020: Nina Marie Garcia was awarded an HHMI Gilliam Fellowship. Congratulations Nina!
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