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Lab News

July 2026

Jenny joins the lab as a post-doctoral fellow. 

Welcome Jenny!

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May 2026

 Kate presents at the Early Career Investigator’s Showcase at the American Urologic Association Annual Meeting.

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May 2026

Congratulations to Caroline for graduating from UNC! We are sad to see her leave, but excited to see where her career takes her!

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April 2026

Kate and Kanisha presented their research at the AACR Annual Meeting.

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April 13, 2026

Caroline Dickey won Best Poster at the University of North Carolina Women in Science Symposium.

Congratulations Caroline!

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March 2026

Dr. Gessner presented the plenary session at the 41st Annual European Association of Urology Congress! 

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January 2026

Cake to celebrate Matt's birthday. 

Happy birthday Matt!

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January 2026

Cake to celebrate Caroline's birthday. 

Happy birthday Caroline!

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November 2025

Fall lab party!

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October 15, 2025

Kanisha presented a poster on her research at the Lineberger Trainee Research Day!

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October 2025

Dr. Gessner presented our research at the International Bladder Cancer Network meeting in Munich, Germany.

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September 2025

The lab attends the Lineberger Scientific Symposium and celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Lineberger Cancer Center!

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May 2025

Matt Smith joins the team as lab manager.

Welcome, Matt!

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March 2025

Kanisha Kar joins the team as a post-doctoral fellow.

Welcome, Kanisha!

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November 2024

Ryan Gomes joins the team as laboratory technician

Welcome, Ryan!

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October 2024

Congratulations to Jochen on US citizenship!

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September 2024

Ava Langaker joins the team as an undergraduate student.

Welcome, Ava!

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August 2024

Kate presents our spatial transcriptomic findings at the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network Think Tank.

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August 2024

Emma Stone joins the team as an undergraduate student.

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July 2024

Caroline Dickey joins the team as an undergraduate student.

 

Welcome, Caroline!

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June 2024

The Gessner Lab officially opens in UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.

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May 2024

Jochen Genschel, PhD, joins the team as laboratory technician.

Welcome, Jochen!

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