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The latest research article from the lab entitled, “Identification of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma extracellular matrix signatures from in-depth proteomic profiling that correlate with lymphocyte infiltration” is now published in Cancer Research Communications.

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Celebrating Fred's graduation!

Congratulations to Fred Lee, who earned his MD/PhD this week. Join us in celebrating this tremendous achievement!

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Celebrating Leanna's graduation!

Leanna Leverton graduated this week, receiving her PhD from the GEMS program. Join us in congratulating Leanna on this exciting milestone!

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Preprint alert!

The latest preprint from our lab entitled “MatriSpace: Identification and visualization of spatially-resolved ECM gene expression patterns in health and disease” is now available on bioRxiv!

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Congratulations Leanna!

Leanna Leverton, 5th-year PhD student in our lab, receives the Mark R. Lambrecht Award for Scholarship and Commitment from the UIC Physiology and Biophysics Department. Congratulations Leanna!

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Dr. Naba has contributed to a new review in Genome Biology entitled: “Blood Proteomics: Insights from public datasets, accomplishments, and remaining challenges.“

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Dr. Naba and fellow scientists have come together to commemorate the impact and achievements of the late Dr. Richard O. Hynes. Read the piece entitled “In Memoriam: Richard O. Hynes (1944-2026)” in Matrix…

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Congratulations Dr. Leverton!

PhD student, Leanna Leverton, has successfully defended her thesis! During her PhD training, Leanna investigated the molecular mechanisms of the fibrillar assembly of the novel ECM protein SNED1.

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The Naba Lab welcomes Dr. Krista Habing!

Krista, originally from Champaign, IL, completed her B.Sc. in Bioengineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2020. She then moved to the Pacific Northwest, where she completed her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering...

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The Naba lab is thrilled to have joined the Gene Ontology (GO) consortium as a biocurator. A special shout-out to Daiqing Chen, graduate student in the lab, for her contribution to the publication “The Gene…