In the last year and a half, Team eDyNAmiC has been busy at work, making ground-breaking, transformative progress in tackling the Cancer Grand Challenges’ extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) challenge. Work from our team has been featured in The Guardian and individual host institution news magazines and blogs. Investigators have been honored and recognised by organisations including the King Faisal Foundation, Association for Computing Machinery, The Mark Foundation, Gilead Sciences, Forbes, The Royal Society, and National Academy of Medicine.
Read on below to learn more about what team members have been up to!
News Features:
- The Guardian: ‘Bond villain’ DNA could transform cancer treatment, scientists say
- Passenger genes allow more targeted cancer therapy
- Vicious circles Cancer’s deadly weapon – rings of DNA – have been hiding in plain sight
- UC San Diego Researchers Help Discover That Tiny DNA Circles are Key Drivers of Cancer
- Brain cancer specialists hope Biden’s Moonshot speeds therapies
Awards and Recognition:
- Howard Chang (2024): King Faisal Foundation, King Faisal Prize for Science
- Vineet Bafna (2024): Association for Computing Machinery, 2023 Fellow
- Sihan Wu (2023): Gilead Sciences, Research Scholar Program Solid Tumor Award
- Andrea Ventura (2023): The Mark Foundation, ASPIRE Award
- King Hung (2023): Forbes, 30 Under 30 – Science
- Serena Nik-Zainal (2022): Royal Society, Francis Crick Medal and Lecture
- Paul Mischel & Zhijian “James” Chen (2022): National Academy of Medicine, 2022 Members
