2021 Archive

Learn how St. Jude is accelerating immunotherapy’s path to the clinic.

Through the Pediatric Translational Neuroscience Initiative St. Jude investigators are gaining new understanding and learning how to better treat ataxias.

Learn what Andrea Gropman, MD, plans to achieve as the new leader of Neurometabolic Translational Research at St. Jude

Fixing DNA damage repair systems to help patients.

St. Jude is preparing future scientists through education, training pathways and STEMM initiatives, inspiring careers in biomedical research and healthcare.

 See how microscopic “bubbles” set the stage for neurological breakthroughs

Scientists at the Protein Production Facility are making high quality proteins to help support research across St. Jude.

Meet postdoctoral researcher Lisett Contreras, PhD, Department of Pathology, and learn about her research.  

See how blocking one kinase resulted in premature neuron growth

Meet St. Jude Chief of AI Renato Umeton, PhD, Office of Data Science.

Researchers are focusing on treatment-related pain as another way to reduce the risk of learning and memory problems in survivors of childhood leukemia.

The Rising Stars of Cancer Research program is a new to the Science of Childhood Cancer lecture series. The program highlights the work of emerging leaders in the cancer research community.

Empower Everyone was the theme of the St. Jude Global Alliance Convening, a virtual meeting that attracted participants from around the world.

St. Jude scientists have created an algorithm to help group T-cells by their function by evaluating two different types of data, T-cell receptor sequences and gene expression.

Walter Hughes, MD, who established the St. Jude Department of Infectious Diseases and initiated pediatric AIDS research at the hospital, has died.

St. Jude biostatisticians have developed a new method for designing phase 2 clinical trials with a small sample size. The approach uses a mathematical model called Bayesian probability . The researchers created free software to implement the process.

St. Jude will host the virtual Bringing Chemistry to Medicine Symposium July 22–23. The inaugural event in 2020 prompted a researcher in India to become a visiting scientist at St. Jude. Register for the event.

St. Jude researchers looked at burnout and perceived work demands among St. Jude physicians and found that emotional exhaustion and time demands are key factors in a problem that affects both provider and patient.

A pediatric psychologist expresses gratitude for interdisciplinary collaboration, which elevates patient care and provider well-being.

Martine Roussel, PhD, faculty member and endowed chair in molecular oncogenesis, shares how early work on oncogenes led to her lab’s discovery of new oncogenes.