News from the Lane Lab

January 2026

• Andy was promoted to Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School

December 2025

• Hayden, Ran, and Qingyu receive Achievement Awards for their abstracts presented at the 67th ASH Annual Meeting
  • https://meetings-api.hematology.org/api/abstract/vmpreview/290977
  • https://meetings-api.hematology.org/api/abstract/vmpreview/289069
  • https://meetings-api.hematology.org/api/abstract/vmpreview/290334

June 2025

• Shai, Andy, and colleagues published a paper on Diagnosis, Pathophysiology, Risk Assessment, and Management of Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm.
  • https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajh.27737?af=R 

March 2025

• Qingyu and Amanda's co-first author review paper on targeting PI3Kγ in leukemia is published in Blood.
  • https://ashpublications.org/blood/article-abstract/doi/10.1182/blood.2024027376/536225/PI3K-in-leukemia-class-IB-PI3-kinase-reemerges-as?redirectedFrom=fulltext

February 2025

• Timothy Guanci joined the Lane Lab as a Research Associate.
• Qingyu was awarded a two-year research funding from the Claudia Adams Barr Program in Innovative Basic Cancer Research.
  • https://www.dana-farber.org/how-you-can-help/events/participate/dana-farber-marathon-challenge/claudia-adams-barr-program

January 2025

• Jenalyn Weekes completed her work as a Research Associate.
• Qingyu joined the ResearchHub Foundation as an Associate Editor.
  • https://researchhub.foundation/

December 2024

• Chris Booth completed his postdoc training in the Lane Lab and will start his independent career path in UK.
• Shai presented his newly established BPDCN prognostic model at the 66th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.   
  • https://ash.confex.com/ash/2024/webprogram/Paper198275.html

November 2024

• Chris's paper on MYB fusions in driving myeloid-dendritic cell leukemia is published in JCI Insight.
  • https://insight.jci.org/articles/view/183889
• Karley presented her work on novel ubiquitin-like modifications in myeloid malignancy at the 2024 Ludwig Harvard retreat.
• Andy was granted the David M. Livingston Collaboration Award by Break Through Cancer.
  • https://www.linkedin.com/posts/break-through-cancer_btcsummit2024-radicalcollaboration-activity-7263229013588897792-kMCe/

October 2024

• Haili Ma joined the Lane Lab as a Research Fellow.

August 2024

• Qingyu Luo completed his postdoc training and has been promoted to Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Faculty in Medical Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Qingyu will continue working as an investigator in the Lane Lab while preparing to start his independent career path.

July 2024

• Shai Shimony completed his advanced leukemia fellowship and has been promoted to Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Faculty in Medical Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Shai will continue working as a Lane Lab member and clinical expert.

June 2024

• Qingyu's paper regarding leukemia dependency on PI3Kgamma signaling is published in Nature.
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07410-3
  • https://www.dana-farber.org/newsroom/news-releases/2024/dana-farber-researchers-discover-new-target-for-potential-leukemia-therapy
• Shai's study on UV exposure and BPDCN pathogenesis is published in Blood Advances.
  • https://ashpublications.org/bloodadvances/article/8/11/2803/515717/Organ-involvement-in-adults-with-BPDCN-is
• Qingyu has been invited as an Editorial Board Member of The Innovation.
  • https://www.the-innovation.org/
• Andy was appointed Associate Chief, Division of Hematologic Neoplasia at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

April 2024

• Shai has been invited as an Editorial Board Member of American Journal of Hematology.
  • https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10968652

February 2024

• Andy's Phase 1b clinical trial of tagraxofusp combination treatments in AML is published in Blood Advances.
• Evangeline Raulston completed her work as a Research Associate and Lab Manager. Evangeline will become a medical student at Vanderbilt University.
• Amanda Fortune joined the Lane Lab as a Research Associate.
• Amanda has been appointed as Lab Manager.

December 2023

• Johanna's paper on AMPK activation and immunogenic cell death in AML is published in Blood Advances.
  • https://ashpublications.org/bloodadvances/article/7/24/7585/498524/AMPK-activation-induces-immunogenic-cell-death-in

October 2023

• Chris and Qingyu's research and awards from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society are highlighted in IMPACT.
  • https://danafarberimpact.org/2023/09/leukemia-lymphoma-society-attacks-rare-and-resistant-blood-cancers/
• ​Qingyu has been selected as an oral abstract presenter and granted an ASH Abstract Achievement Award for the 65th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.
  • https://ash.confex.com/ash/2023/webprogram/Paper178895.html

September 2023

• Karley Whalen joined the Lane Lab as a Research Associate.
• Karley has been appointed as Lab Manager.

August 2023

• Hayden Bell joined the Lane Lab as a Research Fellow.

June 2023

• Gabe's study on ultraviolet radiation and dendritic cell leukemia is published in Nature.
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06156-8
  • https://www.dana-farber.org/newsroom/news-releases/2023/study-uncovers-role-of-ultraviolet-radiation-in-development-of-rare-leukemia-in-the-skin
• Siobhan Rice completed her postdoc training in the Lane Lab and will start her new position as a Scientist at Laronde.

March 2023

• Qingyu has been invited to serve as a grant reviewer for American Society of Hematology.

January 2023

• Jenalyn Weeks joined the Lane Lab as a Research Associate.

October 2022

• Chris has been selected as an oral abstract presenter and granted an ASH Abstract Achievement Award for the 64th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.
  • https://ashpublications.org/blood/article/140/Supplement%201/2000/491607/BPDCN-MYB-Fusions-Bind-Cell-Cycle-Gene-Promoters?searchresult=1

August 2022

• Kezhi Yan completed his postdoc training in the Lane Lab and will start his new position as a Scientist at Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

July 2022

• Evangeline Raulston joined the Lane Lab as a Research Associate.
• Evangeline has been appointed as Lab Manager.

June 2022

• Ran has been granted a Dr Oliver Press Memorial Fellow Award by the Lymphoma Research Foundation.
  • https://lymphoma.org/ran-xu-phd/
• Robert Bossong completed his work as a Research Associate and Lab Manager. Robert will become a graduate student at Harvard Medical School.

May 2022

• Chris has been granted a Special Fellow Award by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
  • https://www.lls.org/award/mechanisms-pathogenesis-myb-fusions-blastic-plasmacytoid-dendritic-cell-neoplasm
• Qingyu has been granted a Fellow Award by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
  • https://www.lls.org/award/defining-pik3r5-related-pi3k-gamma-dependency-novel-therapeutic-target-blood-cancers
• Juliette Bouyssou completed her postdoc training in the Lane Lab and will start her new position as a Scientist and medical writer.

April 2022

• Siobhan Rice joined the Lane Lab as a Research Fellow.

March 2022

• Shai Shimony joined the Lane Lab as an Advanced Clinical Fellow.

February 2022

• Katsu's paper about ZRSR2 Mutations in Myeloid Malignancies is coming out in Cancer Discovery.
  • https://aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscovery/article/12/2/522/678508/Sex-Biased-ZRSR2-Mutations-in-Myeloid-Malignancies