Lab News and Miscellany
April 2026 - Sandra graduates from the MIDS Program
Sandra presented her work on how the U5 region of the MLV LTR controls early spread of MLV infection at the annual symposium for MID Scholars. Learn more about the MIDS Program here
Thanks to ScEYEnce Studios for turning our vision into a great logo
And there’s shirts!
February 2026 - we finally made a lab logo!
2024 Goodbyes
This year we said goodbye to Ananya and Ashley
Ananya is going to University of Wisconsin Madison to pursue a PhD and Ashley headed to Case Western for a Master’s degree.
2022 Goodbyes
This year we said goodbye to OG lab members Haley and Ram.
Ram is headed to Midwestern University to study medicine and Haley is off to University of Chicago for graduate school. We are so proud of them, but they will be sorely missed!
June 2021 - Our first R01 is funded!
October 2020 - Melissa is named a Gilead Research Scholar in HIV
The Gilead Scholars Program supports junior faculty conducting basic or clinical research on HIV-1
Learn more about the Gilead Scholars Award here
This was the inaugural award from this program and provides support for two years for our project titled, Genetic basis for interferon-gamma-independent antiviral antibody production
Learn more about the RK Mellon Institute for Pediatric Research here
December 2019 - Melissa receives a Pilot Award from the RK Mellon Institute for Pediatric Research
January 14, 2019 - Kane Lab Launches!
The lab officially opens... We’re very excited to get started and figure out where everything is around here.
May 2017 - Melissa wins the Andy Kaplan Prize in Retrovirology
This is technically Bieniasz Lab news, but it was an incredible honor for Melissa to be selected by senior researchers in Retrovirology as the winner of this annual prize in honor of Andy Kaplan.