In collaboration with Hematologics Inc. in Seattle, WA, the Lamba Lab has discovered genetic mechanisms leading to the loss of surface CD33 expression in leukemic cells. Read more about our collaboration and findings below.
Please welcome our newest PhD student, Jaclyn Shaw, to the lab group. Jaclyn is a first-year biomedical sciences PhD student with a cancer biology concentration and graduated with her BS in biochemistry from the University of Florida in 2025.
In 2026, The University of Florida International Center has honored six students from the UF College of Pharmacy with Outstanding Merit Certificates, recognizing international students who excel academically and advance the university’s mission of teaching, research and service. Congratulations to our PhD candidate Dr. Satyavardhan Nittu for his outstanding achievement!…
Dr. Lamba has received a $3.3 million five-year R01 grant from National Cancer Institute to study the biology of acute myeloid leukemia! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!…
Congratulations to both of you for winning awards at this year’s ASH Annual Meeting! More about the awards can be found here https://pharmacy.ufl.edu/2022/12/08/marrero-marchi-win-abstract-awards-at-the-american-society-of-hematology-annual-meeting/…
University of Florida College of Pharmacy graduate students Richard Marrero, Pharm.D., Nam Nguyen, Pharm.D., and postdoctoral fellow Vivek Shastri, Ph.D., received Abstract Achievement Awards from the American Society of Hematology, or ASH. The three received the awards during the ASH Annual Meeting held in Atlanta on Dec. 11-14. To read…
CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Lamba for being appointed to Frank A. Duckworth Eminent Scholar Chair beginning January 1, 2022…what an AMAZING way to end the year. To read more about Dr. Lamba’s appointment, click here: https://pharmacy.ufl.edu/2021/12/14/five-uf-college-of-pharmacy-faculty-appointed-to-endowed-professorships/…
Welcome Dr. Phani to the Lamba Lab Group! We are very excited about the new discoveries we will make together. Dr. Phani’s research interests include: Cancer signaling, drug screening, patient derived in vitro cancer models (tumorspheres & organoids) for drug discovery.
Congratulations to Dr. Jatinder Lamba on her $1.9 million grant to continue research on Acute Myeloid Leukemia! Click link to read more: https://pharmacy.ufl.edu/2021/08/24/dr-jatinder-lamba-awarded-1-9-million-grant-to-continue-acute-myeloid-leukemia-study/…
Congratulations to Mohammed Gbadamosi for winning the oral presentation award in the Senior Clinical Sciences Division at 34th Annual UF College of Pharmacy Research Showcase! Link to article: https://pharmacy.ufl.edu/2021/04/16/34th-annual-research-showcase-breaks-record-for-most-posters-and-oral-presentations/ Nature Leukemia paper featured in Springer Nature……
