July 1, 2023 – Dr. Herranz promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure!
June 29, 2023 – Komal Mandleywala awarded a 2-year predoctoral fellowship from the New Jersey Commision on Cancer Research (NJCCR)
June 29, 2023 – Amartya Singh awarded a 2-year posdoctoral fellowship from the New Jersey Commision on Cancer Research (NJCCR)
June 13, 2023 – Komal Mandleywala passes her Qualifying Exam
May 22, 2023 – Herranz lab welcomes Le Le as a Research Teaching Scientist
April 21, 2023 – CINJ Pediatric Pilot grant awarded to Drs. Maria Victoria da Silva-Diz and Amartya Singh in the Herranz Lab
March 29, 2023 – Herranz Lab preprint publication on ACLY in T-ALL
March 29, 2023 – 2-year Rally! Foundation grant awarded to Dr. Herranz
March 21, 2023 – Collin Diamond is awarded an Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) undergraduate Pediatric Oncology Student Training (POST) fellowship
February 1, 2023 - The Herranz lab collaborates with the Rabinowitz Lab (Princeton) to publish an article in Nature: 'Slow TCA flux and ATP production in primary solid tumors but not metastases'
December 7, 2022 – Vicky da Silva-Diz is accepted to the TRTH program from ASH and EHA
December 5, 2022 – Herranz lab welcomes Oekyung Kim, PhD as a Research Teaching Scientist
December 5, 2022 – Ryan Fink rotating in the Herranz Lab
December 1, 2022 – Herranz lab collaborates with the Jacinto Lab (RWJMS) to publish an article in Nature Communications: Dietary glucosamine overcomes the defects in αβ-T cell ontogeny caused by the loss of de novo hexosamine biosynthesis
November 14, 2022 – Amartya Singh, PhD (postdoc), Chris Thai (PhD candidate) and Byron Avihai (MD/PhD candidate) join the Herranz lab.
November 2, 2022 – The Herranz Lab publishes in Blood Cancer Discovery: A therapeutically targetable NOTCH1-SIRT1-KAT7 axis in T-cell Leukemia
October 13, 2022 – Drs. da Silva-Diz and Herranz publish comment in Blood: Forever young: Sphk2 in HSCs, when less is more
September 14, 2022 – MD/PhD student Lianna Schwartz-Orbach joins the Herranz lab for her 1-year fellowship
July 1, 2022 – Dr. Herranz receives prestigious Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Scholar Award
May 19, 2022 – Herranz lab collaborates with the Konopleva Lab (MD Anderson) to publish an article in Nature Communications: Inhibition of mitochondrial complex I reverses NOTCH1-driven metabolic reprogramming in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
May 17, 2022 – Herranz lab welcomes undergraduate student Collin Diamond
May 1, 2022 – Graduate student Komal Mandleywala joins the Herranz lab to pursue her PhD studies
April 11, 2022 – Dr. Herranz presents AACR NextGen Star talk at AACR 2022 Annual Meeting
April 1, 2022 – Herranz lab welcomes postdoctoral fellow Jesminara Khatun, PhD
March 1, 2022 – Victoria da Silva-Diz receives a Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorder Pilot Project Grant from CINJ
February 16, 2022 – CINJ Committee to Expedite Translational Initiatives (CETI) funds the grant: “Dissecting the antileukemic potential of IRS-17”
January 3, 2022 – Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation funds the grant: “Dissecting the antileukemic potential of a novel dual metabolic inhibitor”
December 12, 2021 – Dr. Herranz presenting at the 2022 ASH Annual Meeting
November 29, 2021 – Dr. Herranz selected as a 2022 AACR NextGen Star
October 14, 2021 – Dr. Herranz publishes editorial comment in Haematologica
September 27, 2021 – Komal Mandleywala rotating in the Herranz Lab
September 14, 2021 – Dr. Herranz recognized as a world-expert in T-ALL by Expertscape
July 24, 2021 – Maria Victoria da Silva-Diz receives the FASEB Abstract Award and at the FASEB Hematological Malignancies conference
July 23, 2021 – Luca Tottone receives the FASEB Outstanding Abstract Award and at the FASEB Hematological Malignancies conference
July 1, 2021 – Patricia Renck Nunes is awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from NJCCR
July 1, 2021 – The Herranz Lab receives prestigious AACR-Bayer Cancer Discovery and Innovation Grant
June 15, 2021 – The Herranz Lab receives funding from the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (Princeton Branch)
April 19, 2021 – The Herranz Lab publishes in Blood
A novel and highly effective mitochondrial uncoupling drug in T-cell leukemia
March 15, 2021 – Dr. Herranz invited to present at the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute
(“The Immune System: in sickness and in health” Symposium)
January 1, 2021 – The Herranz Lab collaborates with the Maraver Lab to publish a paper in Theranostic
December 24, 2020 – Herranz’s Lab study published in Leukemia selected as a highlight of the year by the NCI
November 20, 2020 – The Herranz Lab publishes in Blood Cancer Discovery
A tumor suppressor enhancer of PTEN in T-cell development and leukemia
June 24, 2020 – Dr. Herranz gives an oral presentation at the 2020 AACR Annual Meeting
May 07, 2020 - Herranz lab collaborates with the Rabinowitz Lab (Princeton) to publish a research article in Leukemia
SHMT inhibition is effective and synergizes with methotrexate in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
May 01, 2020 – Herranz lab welcomes postdoctoral fellow Patricia Renck Nunes, PhD
January 01, 2020 – Luca Tottone is awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from NJCCR
January 01, 2020 – American Cancer Society funds the grant: The role of SIRT1 in T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
December 16, 2019 – Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation funds the grant: “Novel metabolic and epigenetic therapies in T-ALL”
October 08, 2019 - Herranz lab presents its research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
September 24, 2019 - Herranz lab presents its research at Hackensack Meridian Health Center for Discovery and Innovation
September 23, 2019 - Herranz lab welcomes Matt Lawlor as a rotating graduate student
September 13. 2019 - Herranz lab collaborates with the Ferrando lab (Columbia University) to publish an article in Cancer Discovery: Gata3-controlled nucleosome eviction drives Myc enhancer activity in T-cell development and leukemia.
August 1, 2019 - Herranz lab welcomes Naureen Hameed as a rotating graduate student
July 1, 2019 - NIH/NCI funds R01 grant: The role of glutaminolysis as a therapeutic tatget in T-ALL
June 17, 2019 – Herranz lab presents its research at the National Cancer Institute (NCI)
April 2, 2019 - Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research funds the Herranz Lab to analyze the role of Sirt1 in the pathogenesis and treatment of T-ALL
February 26, 2019 - Maria Victoria da Silva-Diz is awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from NJCCR
February 8, 2019 - Children’s Leukemia Research Association funds the Herranz Lab to investigate the metabolic and transcriptional effects of Sirt1 in T-ALL
December 3, 2018 - Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation funds the Herranz Lab through their Alex’s Million Mile grants to investigate novel therapeutic targets in T-ALL
November 2, 2018 - Herranz lab publishes a review paper with Olga Lancho as first author in Trends in Cancer:
The MYC Enhancer-ome: Long-Range Transcriptional Regulation of MYC in Cancer.
October 8, 2018 - Mihir Desai joins the Herranz Lab as a rotating undergrad
September 29, 2018 - Herranz lab presents its research at the AACR Special Conference on Metabolism and Cancer (Brooklyn, New York)
July 18, 2018 - Herranz lab collaborates with the Serrano Lab (IRB/CNIO) and the Fernandez-Marcos Lab (IMDEA) to publish a research article in EMBO Reports: Sirt1 protects from K-Ras-driven lung carcinogenesis.
July 1, 2018 - Leukemia Research Foundation funds the Herranz Lab to investigate the role of PKM2 in leukemia
June 4, 2018 - Herranz lab presents its research at Spanish National Cancer Center (CNIO), Madrid (Spain)
May 29, 2018 - Herranz lab welcomes Shirley Luo as our new Lab Manager
May 1, 2018 - Herranz lab welcomes postdoctoral fellow Maria Victoria da Silva-Diz, PhD
March 15, 2018 - Herranz lab welcomes postdoctoral fellow Luca Tottone, PhD
December 20, 2017 - Herranz lab presents its research at IMDEA Food Institute, Madrid (Spain)
December 18, 2017 - Herranz lab presents its research at Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, INSERM (France)
October 2, 2017 - Herranz lab welcomes postdoctoral fellow Olga Lancho, PhD
September 9, 2017 - Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation funds the Herranz Lab through their Shark Tank Award
July 2, 2017 - NIH/NCI funds R00 grant: Functional Dissection of Oncogenic Enhancers
July 1, 2017 - Herranz Lab opens at Rutgers Cancer Institute