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Barisic Lab Awarded American Cancer Society Catalyst Award

August 26, 2026

Barisic lab has received a Catalyst Award from the American Cancer Society for the project "Chromatin Rewiring During Clonal Evolution of Blood Cancers."

The American Cancer Society is the largest non-government, non-profit funder of cancer research in the...

Darko Barisic Named John P. Leonard/Gwirtzman Family Research Scholar in Lymphoma

July 15, 2026

Darko Barisic has been appointed the John P. Leonard/Gwirtzman Family Research Scholar in Lymphoma at Weill Cornell Medicine. The award recognizes the lab's work on how genetic changes inside cells give rise to lymphoma, along with findings from that work that are moving toward translational application. Research Scholar Awards at ...

Barisic Lab Awarded Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation Research Grant

January 5, 2026

Barisic lab has received a research grant from The Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation for the project "Precision Epigenetic Therapies for Pediatric Burkitt Lymphoma." Burkitt lymphoma is among the fastest growing childhood cancers and children who relapse have very few treatment options. More than half of pediatric cases carry mutations in the BAF complex, which...

Barisic Lab Awarded Leukemia Research Foundation New Investigator Research Grant

July 1, 2025

Barisic lab has received a New Investigator Research Grant from the Leukemia Research Foundation for the project "Chromatin Remodeling Complexes as Drivers of Resistance in Acute Myeloid Leukemia." The two-year award supports work on how SWI/SNF remodeling complexes shape response and resistance to therapy in AML.

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Jiali Yu Receives National Cancer Center Postdoctoral Fellowship

June 14, 2025

Congratulations to Jiali Yu, postdoctoral fellow in the Barisic Lab, who has been awarded a research fellowship from the National Cancer Center. She will investigate how chromatin remodelers contribute to the onset and progression of blood cancers, with a focus on the role of the chromatin remodeler CHD2 in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

The National Cancer Center is a nonprofit that...

Barisic Lab Receives NIH R00 Award from the National Cancer Institute

September 2, 2024

The Barisic Lab is funded by an R00 award from the National Cancer Institute for the project "Role of chromatin remodeling complex BAF in immunity and lymphoma." The R00 is the independent phase of the NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00). Dr. Barisic received the K99 phase during his postdoctoral training at Weill Cornell Medicine and activated the R00 phase when the lab opened in 2024.

The award supports the lab's work on chromatin remodelers in the immune system and in...