Lab News
2024
March
Congratulations to Dr. Amanda Riley for successfully defending her thesis!
Welcome Amy Lowe who joins the lab as a Research Technician II
2023
November
Congratulations to Kevin Levine for recieving a Young Investigator Research Award for his talk at the EGFR Resisters research summit!
September
Congratulations to Amanda Riley for recieving second place for her poster at the HB retreat!
August
Congratulations to Siobhan O'Brien for receiving a TDS IRC and WRF postdoctoral fellowship to support her postdoctoral research!
July
Welcome Dr. Kevin Levine who joins the lab as a Clinical Fellow
Welcome back to Saksham Gupta, who returns to the lab as a Research Technician I
June
Welcome back to MSTP student Alex Shida, who returns for a summer rotation
May
Congratulations to Dr. Phoebe Parrish on successfully defending her dissertation!
April
Congratulations to Sitapriya Moorthi on her promotion to Staff Scientist
March
Congratulations to Amanda Bradley and Daniel Groso on receiving NCI R37 diversity supplements
January
Welcome Dr. Siobhan O'Brien who joins the lab as a Post-Doc
Welcome to winter rotation student Elana Thieme (MCB)
2022
December
Congratulations to Amanda Bradley on receiving a Lung Cancer Research Foundation Fellowship to support her postdoctoral research!
October
Congratulations to Sitapriya Moorthi for winning the best postdoc poster award at the TDS IRC retreat!
Welcome to Annie Waldum, who joins the lab as a Research Technician I
September
Welcome to autumn rotation student Conor Kelly (Genome Sciences)
August
Welcome to Daniel Groso, who joins the lab as a Research Technician I
July
Congratulations to Amanda Riley on receiving a F31 fellowship to support her research!
Welcome to our summer high school internship (SHIP) students Dara Jimenez and Luna Tewolde!
June
Welcome to MSTP student Alex Shida, who joins us for a mini rotation!
Welcome to MCB student Heather Borror, who joins the lab to conduct her Ph.D. research
Congratulations to the newly minted Dr. April Lo on successfully defending her dissertation!
May
Alice is featured in the Fred Hutch Science Says expert series on precision oncology!
Welcome to our undergraduate research intern Saksham Gupta who is joining us from IIT Kanpur!
Congratulations Alice on her fantastic seminar and promotion to Associate Professor!
March
Welcome to spring rotation student Heather Borror (MCB)
2021
November
April's paper is published in Science Signaling. Congratulations, April!
Congratulations to the Berger and Nabet labs for recieving a collaborative Human Biology Pilot Project Award!
October
Alice recieves a 4-year Research Scholar Grant from the American Cancer Society to study paralog synthetic lethality!
September
Congratulations to Phoebe Parrish for recieving third place in this years poster competiton at the Human Biology retreat! Well done!
Congratulations to Amanda Riley this years recipient of the Galloway Cup for taking first place in the poster competition at the Human Biology retreat! Well deserved!
Welcome our new high school research interns Grace Wang and Akshay Vakharia!
Welcome Dr. Amanda Bradley who joins the lab as a Post-Doc. Congratulations to Amanda on recieving a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship to support her research!
Welcome Callie Rominger, our new research tech!
August
The lab celebrates its second publication in Cell Reports! This project was lead by Phoebe Parrish, congratulations everyone!
The lab celebrates its first publication in Nature Communications! This work was lead by Dr. Athea Vichas and Amanda Riley, great work everyone!
April
Alice receives a MERIT award from the National Cancer Institute which will fund 7 years of research into RIT1-mutant cancers. Congratulations, Alice!
January
Welcome Eric Morales Perez, who joins the lab as an undergraduate researcher and lab aide!
2020
March
Alice appeared on LCFA’s Hope with Answers podcast to talk about lung cancer and the stigma associated with being diagnosed alongside patient, advocate, and co-founder of EGFR Resisters, Jill Feldman. Listen on LCFA’s website, or find the Hope with Answers podcast on all major podcast streaming platforms (Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify). Check it out!
January
Our lab's collaboration with the Bradley Lab, recently published in Nature Genetics, is highlighted on the Fred Hutch website.
2019
September
Alice Berger receives a Career Enhancement Program Award from the newly established Specialized Program of Research Excellence in Lung Cancer
Amanda Riley appointed to Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program at the University of Washington. Congratulations, Amanda!
Congratulations to Phoebe Parrish on receiving funding from the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program!
August
We wish a fond farewell to Maria McSharry as she starts graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley. Best wishes Maria!
July
Welcome to Shriya Kamlapurkar, our new research tech!
June
Alice Berger awarded the inaugural Fred Hutch Innovators Network Endowed Chair
Welcome to Phoebe Parrish and Amanda Riley who join the lab to conduct their Ph.D. research
Welcome to summer rotation student Andrea Belleville (MSTP)
May
Welcome to Dr. Sitapriya Moorthi who joins the lab as a post-doc. Congratulations to Sita on receiving a Translational Data Science Integrated Research Center fellowship to support her research
April
Congratulations to Athea, Maria, and April who each received funding to attend the AACR annual meeting in Atlanta, GA.
Welcome to spring rotation students James Anderson (MCB) and Phoebe Parrish (Genome Sciences)
January
Alice Berger receives the Devereaux Outstanding Young Investigator Award from the Prevent Cancer Foundation
Welcome to winter rotation student Amanda Riley
2018
October
Congratulations to Athea on receiving a Lung Cancer Research Foundation Fellowship to support her postdoctoral research
Thank you to Seattle Translational Tumor Research for our STTR Data Generation & Bioinformatics grant!
September
Kristin Holmes has been appointed to Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program at the University of Washington. Congratulations, Kristin!
Welcome to autumn rotation student Katharine Chen (MCB)
August
We wish a fond farewell to Naomi Nkinsi as she starts medical school at UW. Best wishes Naomi!
July
Welcome to summer rotation students Maya Lewinsohn (MSTP) and Jessica Gianopulos (MCB).
February
Alice Berger receives the Lori Monroe Translational Research Scholarship from the LCFA/IASLC to support research on lung cancer in non-smokers
January
Kristin Holmes receives a AACR Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Award. Congratulations, Kristin!
Welcome to winter rotation student Hannah Lewis
2017
November
Dr. Athea Vichas joins the lab as our first post-doc. Welcome, Athea!
New L1000/Connectivity Map paper out in Cell! Check it out - over a million profiles generated!
September
April Lo, new Ph.D. student in the Genome Sciences program, has joined the lab
August
Thank you to the Cancer Center for our CCSG New Investigator support grant!
May
Kristin Holmes, new Ph.D. student in the MCB program, has joined the lab
February
Alice Berger named recipient of the Stephen H. Petersdorf Lung Cancer Research Award
2016
October
Welcome to the first two Berger Lab members, research techs Naomi Nkinsi and Maria McSharry!
September
Berger Lab opens at Fred Hutch
August
Alice Berger’s high-throughput phenotyping paper out and on cover at Cancer Cell!
June
Alice Berger named recipient of the Fred Hutch President’s Young Investigator Award
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