Lab News
July 2026
Jenny joins the lab as a post-doctoral fellow.
Welcome Jenny!

May 2026
Kate presents at the Early Career Investigator’s Showcase at the American Urologic Association Annual Meeting.

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!

April 2026
Kate and Kanisha presented their research at the AACR Annual Meeting.

April 13, 2026
Caroline Dickey won Best Poster at the University of North Carolina Women in Science Symposium.
Congratulations Caroline!

March 2026
Dr. Gessner presented the plenary session at the 41st Annual European Association of Urology Congress!

January 2026
Cake to celebrate Matt's birthday.
Happy birthday Matt!

January 2026
Cake to celebrate Caroline's birthday.
Happy birthday Caroline!

November 2025
Fall lab party!

October 15, 2025
Kanisha presented a poster on her research at the Lineberger Trainee Research Day!

October 2025
Dr. Gessner presented our research at the International Bladder Cancer Network meeting in Munich, Germany.

September 2025
The lab attends the Lineberger Scientific Symposium and celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Lineberger Cancer Center!

May 2025
Matt Smith joins the team as lab manager.
Welcome, Matt!

March 2025
Kanisha Kar joins the team as a post-doctoral fellow.
Welcome, Kanisha!

November 2024
Ryan Gomes joins the team as laboratory technician
Welcome, Ryan!

October 2024
Congratulations to Jochen on US citizenship!

September 2024
Ava Langaker joins the team as an undergraduate student.
Welcome, Ava!

August 2024
Kate presents our spatial transcriptomic findings at the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network Think Tank.

August 2024
Emma Stone joins the team as an undergraduate student.

July 2024
Caroline Dickey joins the team as an undergraduate student.
Welcome, Caroline!

June 2024
The Gessner Lab officially opens in UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.

May 2024
Jochen Genschel, PhD, joins the team as laboratory technician.
Welcome, Jochen!

