Dr. Munir Tanas has been selected as an inaugural Stead Family Scholar by the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine.

Photo: Keith Garcia presents poster at Cancer Epigenetics Meeting, Keystone Symposia, Keystone, CO

Dr. Munir Tanas received a five-year NIH R01 grant entitled “Epigenetic Modulation of the TAZ-CAMTA1 Transcriptional Program by the Ada2a-containing Histone Acetyltransferase (ATAC) Complex”.

Photo: Nikki’s graduation party

Photo: Post comprehensive examination celebration

Keith Garcia, a Cancer Biology Ph.D. student in Dr. Munir Tanas’ laboratory, was recently awarded a University of Iowa Sloan Center Mini-Grant. These grants are awarded for the purchase of key reagents to be used in the student’s research project.

Sarah Hall (M.S. in Pathology) successfully defended her thesis entitled Characterizing the Contribution of Hippo Pathway Dysregulation to Sarcomagenesis this past June. Sarah performed her thesis work in the laboratory of Dr. Munir Tanas.

Nicholas Borcherding, MSTP and Chandni Desai, M2, were presented The Richard G. Lynch, MD Award at the 49th Annual Medical Student Research Day (September 15, 2017).

Dr. Siggy Janz and Dr. Munir Tanas, and their respective research teams, received 1-year pilot awards from the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center for studies utilizing the High Throughput Screening (HTS) Facility. The HTS Facility is in the College of Pharmacy and is directed by Dr. Meng Wu. Each pilot grant is for $10,000.