2020
May
Publication: Structural Insights into the Activation of mTORC1 on the Lysosomal Surface. Trends in Biochemical Science
March
Publication: Rap1-GTPases control mTORC1 activity by coordinating lysosome organization with amino acid availability. Nature Communications
2019
December
Christie Shea passes her Advancement to Candidacy Exam.
October
Publication: Dynamic Incorporation of Histone H3 Variants into Chromatin Is Essential for Acquisition of Aggressive Traits and Metastatic Colonization. Cancer Cell
September
Publication: Regulation of GSK3 cellular location by FRAT modulates mTORC1-dependent cell growth and sensitivity to rapamycin. PNAS
June
Dr. Gina Lee wins the Tri-Institutional Breakout Award for Junior Investigators.
May
Dr. Ana P. Gomes gives a selected short talk in the Keystone Symposia: Cancer Metastasis: The Role of Metabolism, Immunity and the Microenvironment.
March
2018
December
Blenis lab receives the Sanofi Innovation Award.
September
Joana Nunes successfully defends her PhD thesis.
August
Blenis lab holds its second annual retreat in Garrison, NY.
Publication: Beyond the Warburg Effect: How Do Cancer Cells Regulate One-Carbon Metabolism? Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
June
Publication: mTORC1 Promotes Metabolic Reprogramming by the Suppression of GSK3-Dependent Foxk1 Phosphorylation. Molecular Cell
April
Kripa Shobana Ganesh passes her Advancement to Candidacy Exam.
March
January
Blenis Lab receives a Starr Cancer Consortium Grant.
2017
December
Dr. Ana P. Gomes is selected as a 2017 STAT Wunderkind.
September
Blenis lab holds its first annual retreat at Orchard Hill Estate, Harriman, NY.
Publication: TOR, the Gateway to Cellular Metabolism, Cell Growth, and Disease. Cell
Dr. Ana P. Gomes receives a Susan Komen Postdoctoral Fellowship.
August
July
June
Joana Nunes receives the Best Short Talk prize in the FEBS Advanced Lecture Course on Oncometabolism - From Conceptual Knowledge to Clinical Applications. Figueira da Foz, Portugal
May
Dr. Ana P. Gomes becomes one of the finalists for the Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation.
April
January
Dr. Ana P. Gomes gives a selected short talk in the Keystone Symposia: Epigenetics and Human Disease: Progress from Mechanisms to Therapeutics
Dr. Gina Lee gives a selected short talk in the Keystone Symposia: PI3K Pathways in Immunology, Growth Disorders and Cancer.
2016
December
Blenis Lab receives a R03 grant from NIH (National Cancer Institute).
August
Gwen Buel successfully defends her PhD thesis.
July
March
Tanya Schild passes her Advancement to Candidacy Exam.
Vi Vien Low passes her Advancement to Candidacy Exam.
January
Publication: Seeing mTORC1 specificity. Science
2015
December
Dr. Anders Mutvei receives a fellowship from Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Counsel)
October
September
Dr. Gina Lee gives an invited talk at the International Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Conference in the UK.
August
July
May
January
2014
October
June
Blenis Lab moves to Weill Cornell Medicine in New York from Harvard University.
April
March
Publication: Rapamycin: one drug, many effects. Cell Metabolism.
February
Publication: Akt-ivation of RNA splicing. Molecular Cell
Dr. Gina Lee receives a postdoctoral fellowship from The Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) Foundation
January
2013
December
Dr. Gina Lee receives a postdoctoral fellowship from Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance
September
June
Publication: Nutrient regulation of the mTOR complex 1 signaling pathway. Molecules and Cells
May
Publication: mTORC1 signaling aids in CADalyzing pyrimidine biosynthesis. Cell Metabolism
January
2012
December
Dr. Jeannie Li receives a postdoctoral fellowship from Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance
Publication: Hippo-YAP and mTOR pathways collaborate to regulate organ size. Nature Cell Biology
September
Dr. Gina Lee receives a postdoctoral fellowship from the Next Generation Research Program, Korean Government
July
Dr. Michal Nagiec is selected for the T32 Dana Farber Tumor Cell Biology Postdoctoral Training grant.
June
April