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• Former Research Fellow, James Bradner, M.D. establishes his own independent research lab at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. See:  The Bradner Lab webpage for more inforamtion.  Oct 2009
• Dr. Nghiem speaks at Yale University's Dermatology Seminar Series, "Caffeine and Skin Cancer:  What's the Buzz?" Oct 2009
• UW Medicine/Seattle Public Library Lecture Series hosted Dr. Nghiem's presentation: "Does caffeine reduce the risk of skin cancer?" Click here for a pdf of the presentation slides. Click here to listen to the audio recording of the presentation that accompanies the slides. Oct 2009
• Olga Afanasiev, MD/PhD student joins the lab. Aug 2009
• Andy Tegeder, Medical Student joins the lab.  Aug 2009
• Dr. Nghiem is featured in a Seattle magazine article.  June 2009
• Dr. Nghiem is featured in a City Living Seattle article.  May 2009
• Dr. Shinichi Koba from Saga Medical School in Japan joins the lab.  April 2009
• Masoki Kawasumi and Tim Heffernan publish a possible rationale for caffeine's UV protective effects.  The article is met with great press coverage.  Feb 2009
• Dr. Nghiem is featured on Seattle King 5's Cancer Breakthroughs special. Dec 2008
• Miranda Schmidt, UW undergraduate joins the lab.  Dec 2008
• Sherry Lee, UW undergraduate joins the lab.  Sept 2008
• Heather Sloan, RN/BS, from UW and Renee Thibodeau, BS, from Whitman College join the lab. June 2008

• Dr. Nghiem discusses the role of caffeine in skin cancer prevention to Science Central. April 2008.

• The effect of caffeine on the ATR/Chk1 pathway in mice is published in Cancer Research. April 2008.
• Dr. Nghiem is featured in the Seattle PI for his work on caffeine's role in preventing skin cancer, March 2008.

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