News
November 2023
Amelia successfully defended her PhD thesis! Congratulations!!
October 2023
Some of us travelled to Minneapolis for the AACR Brain Cancer conference! We made time for Korean BBQ.
Congrats to Carmo from our lab on finishing the half marathon in London this weekend, and for raising money for CRUK!
September 2023
The Pathania Lab visited Tuscany for a lab retreat and participated in team building exercises (most of which involved eating).
July 2023
We attended the Milner Therapeutics Institute Symposium in June, and Manav gave a talk!
June 2023
Anto went to DC for the 2023 SNO Pediatric Conference and met up with Katia, one of my oldest friends from University!
Celebrating the arrival of summer and some interesting new results!
April 2023
Our first paper is now published in Cancer Discovery! A huge effort that involved the generation of multiple mouse models, identification of targeted therapy opportunities, and an extremely productive (and ongoing) Transatlantic partnership with our collaborators. Many congratulations to Michael and Anto for all their hard work and ingenuity!
January 2023
Carmo and Lucie have joined the lab this month! Welcome!
October 2022
Antonella gave a well-received talk at the recent CRUK Centre retreat! Lots of interesting conversations happening. Thanks for being a great lab ambassador Anto!
Incredibly humbled to announce that we have been awarded a CRUK Career Establishment Award! An important endorsement of our approach and efforts thus far. Thanks to my team and collaborators, and can't wait to get started! We're now #recruiting a #postdoc and research #assistant to help us uncover tumour/stromal interactions and precision therapy approaches using *various* in-house mouse models of paediatric #glioma at #Cambridge. Get in touch if you're interested!
And this month also marks the official start of Michael's PhD programme here in Cambridge! Good luck Michael-- we're all rooting for you!
September 2022
The Pathania Lab attended the CRUK Brain Tumour Conference in London, following a long hiatus from in-person meetings.
A wonderful dinner at a fancy French restaurant followed, but alas no pictures of that!
A wonderful dinner at a fancy French restaurant followed, but alas no pictures of that!
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July 2022
Currently advertising for a postdoc and research assistant.
Please contact Manav if you're interested in discussing these opportunities in greater detail.
These positions have now been filled.
Please contact Manav if you're interested in discussing these opportunities in greater detail.
These positions have now been filled.
December 2021
We were finally able to host the Parsons-Smart family in person to show them around the lab and talk about science! We remembered Emily fondly. We will use this visit as inspiration to continue working hard to understand more about this cancer, and to think creatively about experimental treatment strategies that one day may improve survival.
March 2021
Antonella is expecting a baby girl in April!
All the best Antonella and family, we look forward to your return in the fall!
All the best Antonella and family, we look forward to your return in the fall!
January 2021
We recently held a virtual event to recognise the amazing contribution that Emily Parsons and family have made to our work. Emily single-handedly raised over £50,000 for research into H3K27M gliomas.
Read more about Emily here.
Emily's JustGiving page can be found here.
Emily is an inspiring individual, and her story is incredibly moving, motivating us like nothing else can to continue to persist in understanding and picking apart this disease, responsible for a large proportion of cancer-related death in children and young people.
Thank you Emily.
Read more about Emily here.
Emily's JustGiving page can be found here.
Emily is an inspiring individual, and her story is incredibly moving, motivating us like nothing else can to continue to persist in understanding and picking apart this disease, responsible for a large proportion of cancer-related death in children and young people.
Thank you Emily.
December 2020
We are happy to have contributed to the seminal work recently published in Cell by the Jabado and Kleinman labs, in which they identify interneuron progenitors as the cell-of-origin in H3.3-G34R paediatric gliomas.
November 2020
We are in lockdown for the second time this year.
This time, essential work in the lab can continue in a limited capacity.
This time, essential work in the lab can continue in a limited capacity.
October 2020
Kyle McGeehan is a visiting MPhil student from the US. He is also the recipient of a Cambridge Trust & Professor Robert Edwards Scholarship.
Kyle will be working on mutant G34R and IDH1 driven models of glioma in the lab. Welcome Kyle!
Kyle will be working on mutant G34R and IDH1 driven models of glioma in the lab. Welcome Kyle!
September 2020
We have received a grant from Brain Research UK to study the role of ATRX loss and G-quadruplexes in paediatric gliomas. We hope to also test new combination therapies for tumours that harbour ATRX loss. Read more about the project here.
This funding will allow us to make the most of our models and available research infrastructure here at CRUK CBTCE.
This funding will allow us to make the most of our models and available research infrastructure here at CRUK CBTCE.
June 2020
We are back in the lab, with appropriate PPE and physical distancing. Our work can begin again!
It hasn't been easy, but we will persevere!
It hasn't been easy, but we will persevere!
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March 2020
The UK is under lockdown due to the rapidly escalating COVID pandemic and our research has been halted.
Hopefully, we'll be back in the lab soon to continue our much-needed work tackling childhood and young adult brain cancer.
Please stay safe and well.
Hopefully, we'll be back in the lab soon to continue our much-needed work tackling childhood and young adult brain cancer.
Please stay safe and well.
February 2020
We received a grant from Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity! Very happy about this vote of confidence in our approach. With this funding we will be developing models of paediatric glioma subtypes and using these to identify new genetic vulnerabilities and treatment options.
Read more about the work we plan on doing here and here.
Read more about the work we plan on doing here and here.
November 2019
We are off to a racing start and are busy establishing a strong foundation for future work!
August 2019
We've moved in to our new location within the Milner Institute in the Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre.
Many thanks to the Gilbertson, Franklin and Rowitch labs for accommodating us up to this point!
Many thanks to the Gilbertson, Franklin and Rowitch labs for accommodating us up to this point!
February 2019
Antonella De Cola joins the lab!
November 2018
Michael McNicholas has joined the lab and is helping us get off the ground!
September 2018
The Pathania Lab is established at the University of Cambridge.