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Congratulations to GSK PhD student Thomas MccNamara in the lab of Andrew Intlekofer for defending his thesis entitled "Investigating the Role of Physiologic L-2-Hydroxyglutarate in CD4+ T Cell Differentiation and Function"

Congratulations to GSK PhD student Stephanie Pierre in the lab of David Scheinberg for defending her thesis entitled "Combination Strategies for Low Dose Targeted Alpha Therapy and CAR-T Cell Therapy."

Congratulations to GSK PhD student Dingyu Liu in the lab of @DanweiHuangfu for defending her thesis entitled "Functional Genomic Dissection of Lineage Specification in Human Pancreas Development and Diabetes."

Congratulations to GSK MD, PhD student Rebecca Gelfer in the lab of @RossLevineLab for defending her thesis entitled "Very Long Chain Fatty Acid Synthesis is a Metabolic Dependency and Therapeutic Target in NRAS Mutant Leukemia."

Congratulations to GSK MD, PhD student Kathleen Luckett in the lab of @KarunaGaneshLab for defending her thesis entitled "Tumor-Intrinsic ZFP36L2 Links Epithelial Regeneration to Immune Evasion in Colorectal Cancer."

Congratulations to GSK PhD student Yassmin Elbanna in the lab of @huselab for defending her thesis entitled "Mechanoimmunological Control of Metastatic Site Selection."

Congratulations to GSK PhD student Lisa McGary in the lab of Santosha Vardhana for defending her thesis entitled "Investigating the Role of Glucose Metabolites in T Cell Differentiation and Effector Function."

Congratulations to GSK PhD student David Van Dongen in the lab of Stephen Long for defending his thesis entitled "Biochemical Characterization of the Integral Membrane CAAX Endopeptidase RCE1."

Congratulations to GSK PhD student Ashley Nichols in the lab of @J_Maciejowski for defending her thesis entitled "Chromosome Tethering and Mitotic Transcription Promote ecDNA Nuclear Inheritance."

Congratulations to GSK PhD student Yan-Ting Chen in the lab of Santosha Vardhana for defending his thesis entitled "Context-Specific Regulation of T cell Function by Amino Acid Availability."

Congratulations to GSK PhD student Anran Tang in the lab of Thomas Norman for defending her thesis entitled "Scaling CRISPR Screens to Map Large-Scale Genetic Interactions."

Congratulations to GSK PhD student Jenna Snyder in the lab of Adrienne Boirefor defending her thesis entitled "Diverse Leptomeningeal Fibroblasts Support Cancer Cell Growth."

Congratulations to GSK PhD student Brianna Naizir in the lab of Andrea Schietinger for defending her thesis entitled "Defining the Role of TOX in CD4 T Cell Fate Commitment and Effector Function."

Congratulations to GSK PhD student @juldelgado22 in the lab of Andrew Koff for defending her thesis entitled "A Multi-Omics Study of Molecular Determinants and Pathway Diversity Underlying Therapy-Induced Senescence in Cancer."

Congratulations to GSK PhD student Tiffany Merlinsky in the lab of @SantoshVardhana for defending her thesis entitled "Cysteine Availability Limits CD8+ T Cell Priming in Severe COVID-19"

Congratulations to GSK PhD student Won Jun Kim in the lab of @AbdelWahablab for defending his thesis entitled "Mis-Splicing-Derived Neoantigens and Cognate TCRs in Splicing Factor Mutant Leukemias."

We are now accepting applications for our Cancer Biology and Cancer Engineering #PhD programs for the 2026 academic year. Apply: sloankettering.edu/gerstner/…

Congratulations to GSK's students who were awarded fellowships over the last year! sloankettering.edu/news/gers…

Congratulations to #GSK alumnus Zhi (Zach) Zheng from the lab of Scott Keeney, who has been awarded the 2025 Chairman's Prize! mskcc.org/news/2025-gsk-chai…

Congratulations to GSK PhD student Margaret Kennedy in the lab of @LoweLabMSKCC for defending her thesis entitled "Investigating Transcriptional Dysregulation in Disease through Genetic Engineering and Therapeutic Inhibition."