4/9/2026
Lab photo in front of Irene’s poster from this year’s Annual CPDR meeting in Bethesda, MD.
3/6/2026
Better late than never – finally got everyone out for our annual holiday party.
1/21/2026
Had a good friend, Marc Rosen, stop by my office today with a gift – two handmade custom tables – one for my office (and one I had to take home)!
1/16/2026
Received one of the greatest honors of my life today from Dr. Mitchell Lawrence of Monash University, so grateful and humbled!
11/21/2025
Lab is on a roll – Sumer gave another incredible presentation of his work at the CPDR in Bethesda, MD.
11/16/2025
Along with Drs. Natasha Kyprianou and Sam Denmeade, I had the great honor of presenting one of my mentors, John Isaacs, with the Dr. Leland Chung Mentorship Award at the 2025 SBUR meeting in Orlando, FL.
10/11/2025
Had the privilege of presenting some of our work to generous donors and advocates at the Inaugural Capital Epicurean event by the V Foundation held in Washington, D.C., which was also attended by Dave Coulier (‘Uncle Joey’), an incredibly warm, funny, and grateful cancer survivor!
09/21/2025
Irene took home the The John Wiley Poster Award for Translational Research at the 20th Annual Brady Urological Institute Donald S. Coffey Research Day!
09/07/2025
Brennen lab family party watching Ohtani and the Dodgers vs. Orioles at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD.
09/05/2025
Annual Pharmacology & Molecular Sciences Department Retreat in Baltimore, MD.
Our team had a strong showing with fantastic poster presentation from Irene and a fashion-laden podium presentation from Sumer – enjoyed hearing that our research had some much in common with Taylor Swift!
09/2025
Victoria (Tori) Tavernier, PhD candidate in the Chemical-Biology Interface program, officially joined the lab!
06/9-11/2025
International Workshop on Patient-Derived Models of Prostate Cancer in Prato, Italy.
04/17/2025
Sumer Jasmine, PhD candidate in Pharmacology & Molecular Sciences, gave an excellent podium and poster presentation at the 2025 Center for Prostate Disease Research (CPDR) Scientific Retreat in Washington, D.C., on the most recent data from his thesis project.
04/10/2025
Sumer Jasmine, PhD candidate in Pharmacology & Molecular Sciences, almost achieved a record-breaking “three-peat” after taking a honorable mention in the 2025 SKCCC Trainee Research Day (after taking home 1st place in both 2024 and 2023)!
1/27/2025
Cade Bergeron, PhD candidate in Pharmacology & Molecular Sciences, officially joins the lab!
11/1/2024
Kejun Wang, Master’s in Biochemical and Molecular Biology, officially joins the lab!
09/05/2024
Sumer won 1st prize for his poster at the Annual Pharmacology & Molecular Sciences Retreat for the 2nd year in a row!
08/30/2024
Brennen lab website operational!
