Stoyanova Lab News
Zishuo Li joins Dr. Stoyanova’s lab as an undergraduate student!
Welcome to the lab, Zishuo!
Kelly Kang joins Dr. Stoyanova’s lab as a master’s student!
Welcome to the lab, Kelly!
Aarush De joins Dr. Stoyanova’s lab as an undergraduate student from UCLA!
Welcome to the lab, Aarush!
Exciting news: Shruti Sharma awarded the 2025 NSF GRFP Fellowship
Shruti Sharma, a PhD student in Dr. Stoyanova’s lab, was awarded the Graduate Research Fellowship from the U.S. National Science Foundation.
Congratulations, Shruti!
Ashley Javier joins Dr. Stoyanova’s lab as an undergraduate student from UCLA!
Welcome to the lab, Ashley!
Excited to Share Our New Publication: Extracellular Vesicles in Serum Carry Trop2 Protein as a Potential Molecular Indicator in Prostate Cancer
Stoyanova Lab is excited to share our new publication in the Journal of Extracellular Biology on identifying the extracellular vesicles in serum that carry Trop2 protein as a potential molecular indicator in prostate cancer.
Congratulations to Prima Dewi Sinawang, Dr. Mehmet O. Ozen, Dr. Shiqin (Laura) Liu, Dr. En-Chi Hsu and the team!
Link to publication: https://doi.org/10.1002/jex2.70083
Excited to Share Our New Publication: Extracellular Domain Shedding of TROP2 Activates EGFR Signaling to Drive Prostate Cancer Metastasis
Stoyanova Lab is excited to share our new publication in Cancer Research on identifying the functional role of shed Trop2 extracellular domain in prostate cancer metastasis.
Congratulations to Dr. Shiqin (Laura) Liu, Dr. En-Chi Hsu, and the team!
Link to publication: https://aacrjournals.org/cancerres/article/doi/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-24-4855/764517/Extracellular-Domain-Shedding-of-TROP2-Activates
Shweta Jinka joins Dr. Stoyanova’s lab as an undergraduate student from UCLA!
Welcome to the lab, Shweta!
Exciting News: Dr. Tanya Stoyanova receives the JCCC BSCRC Ablon Scholars Award
Dr. Tanya Stoyanova was awarded the 2025/2026 Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) and the Broad Stem Cell Research Center (BSCRC) Ablon Scholars Award to develop new cancer early detection and therapeutic strategies.
Congratulations, Tanya!
Exciting news: Dr. Hyeonji Hwang, a postdoctoral fellow at Dr. Stoyanova’s Lab in UCLA, awarded the Prostate Cancer Research Program Early Investigator Research Award by the US Department of Defense (DOD) for the project titled “Targeting Trop2-Mediated Ferroptosis as a New Therapy for Advanced Prostate Cancer”
Congratulations, Hyeonji!