• Who could have imagined being in the same Division as Euro postdocs would lead to a world-renowned team-up in breast cancer science? - Drs. Steffi Oesterreich and Adrian Lee discussing reviewers’ comments from ‘Tamoxifen-bound estrogen receptor (ER) strongly interacts with the nuclear matrix protein HET/SAF-B, a novel inhibitor…
• Congratulations to Dr Neil Carleton for being awarded this year’s Hamilton Translational Science award from the MSTP program. - Congratulations to Dr Neil Carleton for being awarded this year’s Hamilton Translational Science award from the MSTP program.  (Curiously, Dr Nolan Priedigkeit MD PhD, another…
• Congratulations to long-time lab member Jian Chen for 20 years serving Pitt!!
• Komen “More Than Pink” Walk 2025! - The Susan G. Komen More Than Pink Walk in Pittsburgh was a great success! A sunny day with thousands of attendees. Thanks to all of…
• So happy and proud of Hunter Waltermire who will start Pitt Med School this August!
• Patient-Derived Organoid Workshop hosted by Dr. Adrian Lee and the Institute for Precision Medicine - The Institute for Precision Medicine hosted the NCI-BCRF-Komen workshop on “Patient-Derived Breast Cancer Organoids: Challenges & Opportunities” on May 21-22, 2025 at The Assembly in Pittsburgh,…
• NFL legend Larry Fitzgerald toured the Lee-Oesterreich lab!
• New Publication from Dr. Julia Foldi & the L/O Lab: personalized ctDNA in metastatic ILC - Julia Foldi MD and colleagues from the Lee-Oesterreich laboratory collaborated with Natera Inc to report on retrospective analysis of real-world data in 66 patients with…
• The Hope for OTHERS team 2025
• Experts from the Institute for Precision Medicine spearhead groundbreaking discussions at the global PMWC 2025 conference - At the PMWC conference, Adrian Lee, PhD, Director of the Institute for Precision Medicine (IPM), chaired the Clinical Utility of Liquid Biopsies track, leading a…
• George Tseng received an R01CA285337 with MPI of Adrian and Steffi entitled “Single-cell congruence evaluation and selection of cancer models towards precision medicine” - George Tseng received an R01CA285337 with MPI of Adrian and Steffi entitled “Single-cell congruence evaluation and selection of cancer models towards precision medicine”. This work…
• Lee/Oesterreich Lab Retreat 2024! - The Lee-Oesterreich Lab held its annual retreat on December 6, 2024, at Zone 28, Freeport Road, Pittsburgh. This retreat was a valuable opportunity for lab…
• Dr. Steffi Oesterreich was awarded the 2024 AACR Distinguished Lectureship in Breast Cancer Research, and Dr. Adrian Lee moderated exciting session on liquid biopsies at 2024 SABCS
• Lab Retreat - Happy to see Dr Ryan Hartmaier, Senior Director, AstraZeneca, Translational Medicine, Oncology R&D, who was hosted by Adballa Wedn as part of PCB seminar series…
• PSTP Retreat - Great poster from Caleb at the PSPT retreat on Nov 1st, 2024.  Also happy to see Kana and Hunter there.