Elana Thieme awarded the UW Cellular & Molecular Biology Training Grant
September 2023
Congratulations to Elana Thieme on receiving the UW Cellular & Molecular Biology Training Grant! This grant is awarded to selected graduated students entering their 2nd year of graduate school.
Dr. Stanley Lee awarded the Edward P. Evans MDS Discovery Research Grant
August 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Stanley Lee on receiving the Evans MDS Discovery Research Grant! This grant will support work on the aga-associated mechanisms that promote the development of MDS.
Dr. Sayantani Sinha presents at the 2023 FASEB Hematological Malignancies Conference at Southbridge, MA
August 2023
Dr. Sayantani Sinha presents a poster on her current work and gives a lightning round talk at the 2023 FASEB Hematological Malignancies Conference at Southbridge, MA.
Dr. Stanley Lee is appointed the new Deputy Director of the MDS/MPN Program in Seattle Translational Tumor Research (STTR) consortium
July 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Stanley Lee on his new appointment! He has been named the deputy director of the MDS/MPN Program for the STTR. The Seattle Translational Tumor Research (STTR) consortium works to bring experts from different cancer fields together in order to accelerate scientific discovery.
Elizabeth Bonner publishes a review on RNA splicing in cancer
June 29th 2023
Congratulations to Elizabeth Bonner on the publication of her first splicing review in the Stanley Lee Lab! In this review Elizabeth delves into the current knowledge of aberrant RNA splicing regulation in cancer and therapeutic targeting of RNA splicing in cancer treatment. Follow link to read her review.
Elana Thieme joins the Stanley Lee Lab
June 2023
Welcome to Elana Thieme! Elana has chosen to work on her PhD project in the Stanley Lee lab and the Manu Setty Lab. She is a graduate student in the Molecular Cellular Biology (MCB) program at the University of Washington.
Dr. Sayantani Sinha presents at the 2023 Splicing Factor Mutations Workshop
May 2023
Dr. Sayantani Sinha gave a poster presentation at the 2023 Splicing Factor Mutations Workshop in Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York.
Dr. Sayantani Sinha receives a CCEH Award
March 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Sinha on receiving a CCEH award! This award will be supporting her work in developing an AAV-based gene editing tool to model aberrant RNA splicing in hematopoiesis
Dr. Sayantani Sinha gave an oral presentation on her current work at the ASH 2022 Conference
December 10th 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Sinha on her amazing talk at ASH 2022! She presented the findings for her project on the use of PARP1 inhibitors to target spliceosome mutant myeloid neoplasms.
Dr. Sayantani Sinha is awarded the ASH Abstract Achievement Award
November 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Sinha on being selected for an ASH abstract achievement award! This award is given to trainees that submitted a high-scoring abstract for the annual ASH conference.
Elizabeth Bonner receives the Dr. Paul Neiman Outstanding Graduate Student Award
October 20th 2022
Congratulations to Elizabeth Bonner on receiving the Dr. Paul Neiman Outstanding Graduate Student Award! This award is given to a highly motivated student that has demonstrated their potential for success during their graduate studies.
Dr. Stanley Lee and collaborators were selected for the 2022 Mark Foundation Endeavor Award
March 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Stanley Lee! Dr. Lee, Dr. Robert Welner (University of Alabama Birmingham), Dr. Rui Lu (University of Alabama Birmingham), and Dr. Brent Ferrell (Vanderbilt University Medical Center) have received the Mark Foundation Endeavor Award. This award aims to promote collaborative work by supporting innovative cancer research projects from multidisciplinary teams. Their project focuses on the inflammatory effects caused by mutant HSPCs and mature immune cells in the bone marrow that may contribute to clonal selection and progression from CHIP to MDS.
Dr. Stanley Lee Presents at the 2021 ASH Conference Myeloid Workshop
December 2021
Dr. Stanley Lee presented the in the 2021 ASH Myeloid Workshop in New York City, New York.
Elizabeth Bonner receives a CCEH Award
October 2021
Congratulations to Elizabeth Bonner on receiving a CCEH award! This award was given in support of her work to dissect mechanisms underlying transcriptional dysregulation in MDS.
Rasika Venkataraman publishes review on DEAD-box RNA helicases
September 23rd 2021
Congratulations to Rasika Venkataraman on publishing her first review in the Stanley Lee Lab! In this review Rasika details what is currently known about DEAD-box RNA helicases and their role in cancer. Follow link to read her review.
Rasika Venkataraman joins the Stanley Lee Lab
June 2021
Welcome to Rasika Venkataraman! Rasika has chosen to work on her PhD project in the Stanley Lee lab. She is a graduate student in the Molecular Medicine and Mechanisms of Disease (M3D) program at the University of Washington.
Dr. Sayantani Sinha joins the Stanley Lee Lab
April 1st 2021
Dr. Sayantani Sinha joins the Stanley Lee Lab as a post-doctoral fellow. Prior to arriving to Seattle, WA, Dr. Sinha completed her PhD training at the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. A warm Seattle welcome to Dr. Sinha.
Dr. Stanley Lee has been awarded the 2021 ASH Scholar Award
January 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Stanley Lee! He has received the 2021 ASH Scholar Award. This award aims to provide support to promising early-career investigators in their transition from their training and their independent career.
Dr. Stanley Lee receives the Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation Myelodysplastic Syndrome Research Grant
October 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Stanley Lee! He has been selected as a recipient of the Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation Grant. This grant will support work on the identification and validation of aberrant mRNA splicing in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) with intent to determine novel therapeutic targets. This will help expand the treatment options available to MDS patients.
Elizabeth Bonner officially joins the lab
August 31st 2020
Ms. Elizabeth Bonner officially becomes the first graduate student of the Lee Lab, through the University of Washington Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) Graduate School Program. We are very excited and lucky to have you here. Check out Elizabeth’s MCB Bio. Welcome to the lab, Elizabeth!
Ettaib El Marabti joins the Lab
August 17th 2020
Mr. El Marabti joins us as a Graduate Research Assistant. He is currently pursuing his medical degree at Weill Cornell Medicine and will be graduating in 2022. He comes to the Hutch for a “gap year” to continue research on understanding RNA splicing in cancer. Welcome to Seattle, Ettaib!
Kristine Griffith joins the team
July 1st 2020
Kristine Griffith is a Sr. Research Administrative Manager and will be providing administrative support for the lab. Welcome, Kristine!
Elizabeth Bonner joins the lab
June 22nd 2020
Ms. Elizabeth Bonner joins the lab as a rotation student through the University of Washington Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) Graduate School Program. Welcome, Elizabeth!
The Lee lab receives the Safeway Early Career Award in Cancer Research
March 31st 2020
Dr. Stanley Lee received the Early Career Safeway Pilot Award in Cancer Research from the Fred Hutch/UW Cancer Consortium. This pilot grant aims to understand the fundamental processes of how RNA splicing is regulated during normal blood cell development and how, when it goes awry, can lead to leukemia. He aims to gain new understanding that will hopefully lead to improved treatments for leukemia patients. More news here.
Erica Arriaga-Gomez joins the Lab
January 2nd 2020
Ms. Erica Arriaga-Gomez joins the lab as a Research Technician. She finished her undergraduate degree at Macalester College, MN, and worked as a technician at Macalester for 1 year before coming to the Hutch. Welcome to Seattle!
Stanley Lee joins Fred Hutch
October 1st 2019
Dr. Stanley Lee officially joins the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center! His independent research program seeks to understand how somatic mutations in RNA splicing factors and chromatin regulators drive blood diseases and he hopes to develop novel therapies and cures for blood cancers. The Lee Lab is located on the 4th floor of the Thomas Building with a fantastic view of Lake Union and the Seattle Space Needle!