Michael Defends!
May 2023: Michael successfully defended his thesis and is going back to the clinic to finish his MD. Congrats, Michael!!
SIS 2022
June 2022: All five graduate students attended the annual Southeastern Immunology Symposium hosted by Duke — the first SIS in 2 years!
Immunology Happy Hour 2022
June 2022: We hosted the monthly immunology happy hour with the Major lab! Love our Hawaiian theme!
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Defense
May 2022: Our first undergrad, Minna, successfully defended her honors thesis! Congrats, Minna!
AAI
May 2022: Michael and Mary attended the AAI 2022 Annual Meeting in Portland
AACR
April 2022: Jess attended the AACR 2022 Annual Meeting in New Orleans
Holiday Dinner 2021
December 2021: The lab celebrated a successful year of navigating supply shortages and new data with dinner at Jasper’s
Halloween!
October 2021: The Philip lab dressed up as our fearless leader, Mary Philip!
Summer 2021: Natalie passed her Phase II qualifying exam in MPI!
Holiday Party
December 2020: The Philip Lab celebrated the holidays and challenging year with a virtual Secret Santa party
December 2020: Natalie passed her Phase I qualifying exam in MPI!
November 2020: Carlos passed his Phase II qualifying exam in Cancer Biology!
October 2020: Megan passed her Phase II qualifying exam in MPI!
July 2020: Carlos passed his Phase I qualifying exam in Cancer Biology!
July 2020: Michael passed his Phase II qualifying exam in MPI!
May 2020: Natalie F. joined the lab as a graduate student!
Immunology Happy Hour
January 2020: The Philip Lab, along with the Rathmell Lab, hosted the Immunology Happy Hour
December 2019: Michael passed his Phase I Qualifying Exam in Molecular Pathology and Immunology!
December 2019: Megan passed her Phase I Qualifying Exam in Molecular Pathology and Immunology!
Autumn Immunology Conference
November 2019: Some members of the Philip Lab attended the Autumn Immunology Conference in Chicago, IL.
October 2019: Jess passed her Phase II qualifying exam in Cancer Biology and became a PhD Candidate! Congrats!
September 2019: Michael R. joined the lab as the first MSTP graduate student!
July 2019: Taylor B. joined the lab as a research assistant.
July 2019: Jess passed her Phase I qualifying exam in Cancer Biology!
May 2019: Megan E. and Carlos D.R. joined the lab as graduate students!
V Foundation!
The Philip lab received a grant from the V Foundation to work on developing an in vitro model of hepatocellular carcinoma using liver organoids.
SIS Conference
The Philip Lab attended the 2018 Southeastern Immunology Symposium in Birmingham, AL on June 15-17.
May 2018: Jess R. joined the lab as the first graduate student!
October 2017: Gulnara A., research assistant I, joined the lab!
September 2017: The Philip Lab established at Vanderbilt