2025
October 2025: Congratulations to Shayan Avanessian and Renske van den Bijgaart on their co-first author publication! This paper defines the mechanisms by which NK cells regulate the production of the cytokine Flt3L in the tumor.
August 2025: Congratulations to Reid Hager our Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) student on winning best poster presentation at the SURP Symposium!
June 2025: Congratulations to Nayvin Chew on his F31 fellowship!
2024
December 2024: The Barry lab brought out their brooms and swept the competition in this year's holiday ornament competitions. Their ferris wheel took home first place in the TRP and UW Immunology contests!
November 2024: We welcome Yogesh Kushawaha to the laboratory as a Research Technician II! Welcome Yogesh!
September 2024: The Barry Lab was awarded R01CA283080 from the NIH/NCI!
August 2024: We are sad to say goodbye to Thao Tang and wish her the best of luck on her future research and education endeavors!
August 2024: Congratulations to Pablo López-Colón our Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) student on winning best poster design!
July 2024: We are sad to say goodbye to Renske van den Bijgaart, but wish her the best of luck on her future endeavors back home in the Netherlands!
March 2024: Congratulations to Nayvin Chew for passing his general exam! Ph.D. Candidate!!
2023
May 2023: The Barry lab joined the Hull family and the woderful BOWL-A-NOMA community to participate in the 2023 Edition of BOWL-A-NOMA to raise funds and awareness for melanoma research, treatment, and prevention.
August 2023: Kevin and the Barry lab are awarded a Research Scholar Grant from the American Cancer Society to support their research into the immunomodulatory role of natural killer cells in shaping immune responses to cancer.
June 2023: Kevin and the Barry lab are awarded a Young Investigator Award from the Melanoma Research Alliance to support their research into the innate immune response to melanoma.
2022
December 2022: The Barry lab was proud to win the 2023 Translational Research Program holiday ornament contest with their original design made only from lab materials and determination.
November 2022: Congratulations to Shayan Avanessian for passing his general exam!! Ph.D. Candidate has a nice ring to it!!!
August 2022: Research Technician II Thao Tang joins the Barry lab!
June 2022: Erin Peterson (Research Technician II) leaves the lab to continue her studies in the UW MSTP Program. Good luck Erin!
June 2022: Graduate student Nayvin Chew joins the Barry lab!
May 2022: In honor of Elliott Hull, the Barry lab was honored to receive a generous donation from Bowl-A-Noma to support our research on melanoma.
2021
August 2021: Graduate student Shayan Avanessian Joins the Barry Lab!
July 2021: Postdoctoral Research Scholar Renske van den Bijgaart Joins the Barry Lab!
2020
April 2020: Pushing science forward while working from home
Fred Hutch News - April 2020
February 2020: Research Technician II Erin Peterson joins the Barry lab!