Congratulations to Nicholas Hess, PhD, postdoctoral research associate in the laboratory of mentor Christian Capitini, MD, professor, Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, who was recently awarded a one-year traineeship from the University of Wisconsin Stem Cell …
Capitini Research Group News
Christian Capitini, MD, Awarded Funding from Cell Manufacturing Technologies (CMaT)
Principal Investigator Krishanu Saha, PhD, department of biomedical engineering, and co-Principal Investigator Christian Capitini, MD, associate professor, Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, along with partners at the University of Georgia, were recently awarded a …
Pediatric ‘Dream Team’ Members and Others Recognized with SITC’s Team Science Award
Congratulations to Christian Capitini, MD, Kenneth DeSantes, MD, Amy Erbe-Gurel, PhD, Jacquelyn Hank, PhD, Anna Huttenlocher, MD, Mario Otto, MD, PhD, Alexander Rakhmilevich, MD, PhD, Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, and researchers at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center who were recently recognized …
Christian Capitini, MD, Awarded ICTR Pilot Grant with Jenny Gumperz, PhD
Congratulations to Principal Investigator Christian Capitini, MD, along with Co-PI Jenny Gumperz, PhD, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, and Fellow Nicholas Hess, PhD, on the funding of their pilot grant entitled, “Uncovering Predictive Cellular …
Graduate Student Monica Cho Receives Cancer Biology Training Grant Support
Congratulations to Monica Cho, Graduate Research Assistant in the lab of Christian Capitini, MD, who was recently selected as a Trainee on the National Institutes of Health-funded T32 Cancer Biology Training Grant, directed by Bill …
What We Published In May 2020
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Special Honor for Nick Mohrdieck’s St. Baldrick’s Summer Fellowship
Nicholas Mohrdieck, rising senior at the UW, recently received a summer fellow award from the St. Baldrick’s Foundation for work in the laboratory of Christian Capitini, MD. As the result of a recent employee giving …
Capitini Student Receives Honors Summer Apprentice Award from UW
Congratulations to UW undergraduate student David Turicek, who was awarded a Welton Summer Sophomore Honors Apprenticeship for the project, “Treating post-transplant B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia with blinatumomab as a radiation sparing immunotherapy.” This project will …
Graduate Student Fernanda Szewc Awarded ICTR TL1 Traineeship
Congratulations to Fernanda Szewc, graduate research assistant in the Capitini Laboratory, who was recently appointed to the TL1 Clinical Investigation program supported by the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR). This two-year award …
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Awarded to Aicha Quamine
Congratulations to Aicha Quamine, Hematology/Oncology & Bone Marrow Transplant Graduate Student in the Capitini Laboratory, who was recently awarded a 2020 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) for her project “Bioengineering and Characterization …