LeeOesterreich, Author at Lee/Oesterreich Laboratory

Congratulations to Steffi for the award of Komen Scholar!

LeeOesterreich April 5, 2017 Awards & Honors 0 Comments

Steffi received the honor to serve as Komen Scholar – an international advisory groups which helps to guide Komen’s research and scientific program, education and advocacy work, and public health efforts in the US and abroad.

http://ww5.komen.org/News/Sixteen-Leaders-In-Breast-Cancer-Research-Join-Susan-G–Komen-As-Advisors,-New-Komen-Scholars.html

http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/10264796-74/cancer-research-university

https://www.mirm.pitt.edu/news-archive/dr-steff-oesterreich-joins-susan-g-komen-as-advisor-new-komen-scholar/

New grant: $100,000 award from MBCN!

LeeOesterreich March 11, 2017 Awards & Honors 0 Comments

Steffi received a $100,000 Metastatic Breast Cancer Research Leadership Award from the Metastatic Breast Cancer Network (MBCN), a patient driven organization. The research they fund will focus on improved understanding of metastases in patients with invasive lobular breast cancer (ILC).

http://www.mbcn.org/mbcn-funded-grants/

Congratulations Ahmed on obtaining the “Outstanding Student Award” from the Genetics Department!

LeeOesterreich March 1, 2017 Awards & Honors 0 Comments

Congratulations to Nilgun and Sreeja on their new grants!

LeeOesterreich February 2, 2017 Awards & Honors 0 Comments

Sreeja has received a AACR Scholar-in-Training Awards and Nilgun has received the DOD grants to support their post-doc studies.

Steffi gave a talk at the Susan Love Meeting

LeeOesterreich February 1, 2017 News 0 Comments

Steffi spoke at the Susan Love Meeting in Santa Monica about ILC. She also enjoyed meeting up with Lori Petite, member of the ILC Advocacy Steering committee.

Congratulations to Dr. Courtney Andersen for publishing a Clinical Cancer Research paper!

LeeOesterreich January 11, 2017 Latest Research 0 Comments

AACR journal Clinical Cancer Research recently released a paper titled “Active estrogen receptor-alpha signaling in ovarian cancer models and clinical specimens” in January this year. Our previous lab member Dr. Courtney Andersen was the first author of this paper.

The 1st International ILC Symposium was successfully held in Pittsburgh!

LeeOesterreich September 30, 2016 News 0 Comments

The 1^st International ILC Symposium was a success. It was attended by 100 researchers and physicians, and 30 advocates. For more information, please go to: https://upci.upmc.edu/wcrc/ilcsymposium-info.cfm

People are moving on!

LeeOesterreich September 11, 2016 News 0 Comments

Dr. Matt Sikora starts his own lab as an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado.

Dr. Rebecca Watters has started a new position as Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Pitt.

Dr. Amir Bahreini graduated (YEAH!), and is now back in his home country Iran.

Dr. Courtney Andersen graduated, and is now a Postdoctoral Scientist at AstraZeneca in Waltham, MA.

Pittsburgh Penguins support breast cancer research!

LeeOesterreich June 11, 2016 News 0 Comments

Our research on ILC is funded by BCRF, which is supported by the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation.

https://www.bcrfcure.org/blog/all-heart-and-ice-pittsburgh-penguins-knock-breast-cancer-out-play

in 2016, we were also fortunate to obtain funding for metastatic breast cancer from the Nicole Meloche Memorial Fund. http://mageewomens.org/giving/my-magee-campaigns/

Congrats to Emily and Kevin for their NIH training grants!

LeeOesterreich May 11, 2016 Awards & Honors 0 Comments

Congratulations to Steffi for the award of Komen Scholar!

Steffi received the honor to serve as Komen Scholar – an international advisory groups which helps to guide Komen’s research and scientific program, education and advocacy work, and public health efforts in the US and abroad.

New grant: $100,000 award from MBCN!

Congratulations Ahmed on obtaining the “Outstanding Student Award” from the Genetics Department!

Congratulations to Nilgun and Sreeja on their new grants!

Steffi gave a talk at the Susan Love Meeting

Steffi spoke at the Susan Love Meeting in Santa Monica about ILC. She also enjoyed meeting up with Lori Petite, member of the ILC Advocacy Steering committee.

Congratulations to Dr. Courtney Andersen for publishing a Clinical Cancer Research paper!

AACR journal Clinical Cancer Research recently released a paper titled “Active estrogen receptor-alpha signaling in ovarian cancer models and clinical specimens” in January this year. Our previous lab member Dr. Courtney Andersen was the first author of this paper.

The 1st International ILC Symposium was successfully held in Pittsburgh!

The 1^st International ILC Symposium was a success. It was attended by 100 researchers and physicians, and 30 advocates. For more information, please go to: https://upci.upmc.edu/wcrc/ilcsymposium-info.cfm

People are moving on!

Pittsburgh Penguins support breast cancer research!

Our research on ILC is funded by BCRF, which is supported by the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation.

https://www.bcrfcure.org/blog/all-heart-and-ice-pittsburgh-penguins-knock-breast-cancer-out-play

in 2016, we were also fortunate to obtain funding for metastatic breast cancer from the Nicole Meloche Memorial Fund. http://mageewomens.org/giving/my-magee-campaigns/

Congrats to Emily and Kevin for their NIH training grants!

Kevin was awarded the F30 grants with the project titled “Combination FGFR4 and ER-targeted Therapy for Invasive Lobular Carcinoma

Emily was awarded the F31 grants with the project titled “Targeting the EMT-like Phenotype in Invasive Lobular Carcinoma.

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Steffi received the honor to serve as Komen Scholar – an international advisory groups which helps to guide Komen’s research and scientific program, education and advocacy work, and public health efforts in the US and abroad.

Steffi spoke at the Susan Love Meeting in Santa Monica about ILC. She also enjoyed meeting up with Lori Petite, member of the ILC Advocacy Steering committee.

AACR journal Clinical Cancer Research recently released a paper titled “Active estrogen receptor-alpha signaling in ovarian cancer models and clinical specimens” in January this year. Our previous lab member Dr. Courtney Andersen was the first author of this paper.

The 1st International ILC Symposium was a success. It was attended by 100 researchers and physicians, and 30 advocates. For more information, please go to: https://upci.upmc.edu/wcrc/ilcsymposium-info.cfm

Our research on ILC is funded by BCRF, which is supported by the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation.

in 2016, we were also fortunate to obtain funding for metastatic breast cancer from the Nicole Meloche Memorial Fund. http://mageewomens.org/giving/my-magee-campaigns/

Kevin was awarded the F30 grants with the project titled “Combination FGFR4 and ER-targeted Therapy for Invasive Lobular Carcinoma

Emily was awarded the F31 grants with the project titled “Targeting the EMT-like Phenotype in Invasive Lobular Carcinoma.

The 1^st International ILC Symposium was a success. It was attended by 100 researchers and physicians, and 30 advocates. For more information, please go to: https://upci.upmc.edu/wcrc/ilcsymposium-info.cfm