3/11/25 - Rianna and Raymundo were elected to the Executive Board for the SACNAS CU Anschutz chapter (Social Media Coordinator and Treasurer). Congratulations to both of you, the chapter is lucky to have you!

3/11/25 - Rianna delivered a poster at the STEM Say at the Colorado State Capitol. Thanks for representing the lab and our science!

12/06/24 - Dillon’s paper is accepted in Cell Reports. Congratulations Dillon! You can read it here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124724014712.

12/05/24 - Dillon successfully defends his thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Boulton!

12/03/24 - Ceci was awarded a Faculty Excellence in Teaching award at the Department of Pharmacology awards ceremony.

11/18/24 - Jordan Swartz (PHARMM) and Rianna Farahani (BSP) join the lab for their second rotation. Welcome Jordan and Rianna!

11/14/24 - Reina delivers a poster on her CREU project at ABRACMS 2024 and wins a presentation award at the Cancer Biology session. Congratulations Reina!

11/2/24 - Raymundo participates as panelist on “Translating personal resilience into personal success” at the SACNAS NDiSTEM conference.

10/26/24 - Ceci talks at the MOLB annual retreat.

10/05/24 - Raymundo received a Department of Pharmacology travel award to attend SACNAS. Congrats!

8/5/24 - Dillon’s review on the roles of MIRO GTPases in cancer is out. Congratulations Dillon! Read it here: https://www.jbc.org/article/S0021-9258(24)02171-9/fulltext.

6/24/23 - Raymundo received a second year of MOLB T32 award. Congrats Raymundo!

05/28/24 - Reina Saldivar joins the lab for her summer CREU experience. Welcome Reina!

04/26/24 - Dillon presented at the Pharmacology Annual Retreat and was awarded a poster prize. Congratulations, Dillon!

04/26/24 - Dillon presented his research at the Annual AACR meeting in San Diego.

03/22/24 - Raymundo is elected President of the SACNAS chapter at Anschutz. Congratulations, Raymundo!

12/04/23 - Ceci was awarded a Research Service award for her work in Occupational Wellness at the Department of Pharmacology awards ceremony.

11/20/23 - Selena Martinez (BSP) joins the lab for her second rotation. Welcome, Selena!

11/1/23 - Dillon & Ceci won 1st prizes on the Pharmacology Art contest on the digital and original non-digital categories respectively. Of course both represent our favorite organelle: mitochondria!

10/31/23 - The Pharmacology Department held a Fall Fest and Raymundo won on the Funniest Costume category. Yay Raymundo!

10/24/23 - The Super Mito Group seminar held its 1st meeting. Thanks to participants, organizers (Ceci Caino & Maria Amaya) and sponsors (the Cancer Center and the Nutrition and Obesity Research Center) for making this event a success.

10/13/23 - Ceci participated in a career panel with Wistar Alumni—it was a great way to catch up with colleagues and trainees to discuss challenges and rewards of establishing an independent research lab in academia and celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.

9/25/23 - Dillon received a best talk award at the Pharmacology Student Research day. Congratulations Dillon!

9/19/23 - Upasana Shrestha (Biochemistry major at CU Denver) joins the lab. Welcome, Upasana!

9/7/23 - Raymundo received one of the MOLB T32 awards. Congrats Raymundo!

8/28/23 - Heidi Solis (BSP) joins the lab for her first rotation. Welcome, Heidi!

8/21/23 - Our collaborative paper with the Reyland lab examining metabolic reprogramming by PKCdelta is out. Read it here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105186.

7/12/23 - Ceci participated on a DEI panel for the CREU program, along Drs. Del Pino-Jones and Cittelly.

7/1/23 - We are very excited, Raymundo (MOLB) officially joined the lab for his thesis work. Welcome Raymundo! :)

7/1/23 - Ceci is promoted to Associate Professor of Pharmacology. A big thanks to all trainees, mentors and collaborators who helped us build the lab and did not give up when times were tough.

6/5/23 - Mia Vigil starts her summer Cancer Research Experience for Undergraduates (CREU) program in our lab. Mia will be working with Masoom on her summer research project. Welcome, Mia!

6/1/23 - Ceci joins the Editorial Board of The Journal of Biological Chemistry for a 5 year term (2023-2028). Looking forward to contributing to the mission of JBC.

5/2/23 - Our collaborative paper with the Altieri lab uncovering a Parkin-Kindlin 2 signaling axis in metastasis suppression is out. Read it here: https://www.jbc.org/article/S0021-9258(23)01802-1/fulltext.

4/24/23 - Ceci speaks at the 4th International Cell and Experimental Biology Conference.

4/21/23 - The CANB DEI committee piloted the Upstander/Ally training for graduate students. Dr. Amira Del Pino-Jones delivered a great training session!

12/20/22 – Dillon receives a best poster award at the 37th Annual Student Research Forum. Congratulations Dillon!

12/12/22 - Raymundo Lerma (MOLB) joins the lab for his second rotation. Welcome Raymundo!

11/15/22 - Dillon presents his research at the AACR Cancer Metastasis Special Conference in Portland OR.

11/4/22 - Ceci joins the Molecular Biology (MOLB) Graduate Program as training faculty.

10/31/22 - The Pharmacology Department hosts a Halloween costume contest and lunch. :)

9/29/22 - Dillon presents a poster at the EMBO Mitochondria in life, death and disease course in Montenegro.

9/8/22 - Ceci becomes a standing member on the MRAD NIH study section, which focuses on the mechanisms and regulation of cellular function, signaling and communication, and developmental genetics.

9/2/22 - Dillon receives a best poster award at the Pharmacology Student Research Day. Congratulations Dillon for your 4th poster prize!

8/29/22 - Chase M. Barker (PHCL program) joins the lab for her first rotation. Welcome, Chase!

8/22/22 - Dr. John Meshki joins the lab as a Research Associate. Welcome John!

8/4/22 - Jessica presents her poster at the CREU poster session and completes her program. We wish you good luck in your next adventure!

8/1/22 - Our lab turns 5 years old!

7/21/22 - Our collaborative paper with the Richer lab on how cholesterol transport influences breast cancer metabolism is published. You can read it here: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/14/14/3543.

7/15/22 - Dr. Masoom Raza joins the lab as a postdoctoral fellow. Welcome Masoom!

6/1/22 - Jessica Garofalo starts her summer Cancer Research Experience for Undergraduates (CREU) program in our lab. Welcome, Jessica!

5/27/22 - Madison receives her PhD degree at the University of Colorado Convocation ceremony. Congratulations Dr. Furnish, we will miss you and wish you well on your next adventures!

5/10/22 - Our recent MCR publication is featured on the University of Colorado’s Cancer Center: https://news.cuanschutz.edu/cancer-center/tumor-cells-use-mitochondria-to-keep-growing.

5/3/22 - Ceci gives a seminar for the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Colorado.

4/19/22 - Denisa defends her poster, completing her Masters of Human Modern Anatomy Capstone project. She also got a poster award for her presentation! Congratulations, Denisa!

4/19/22 - Ceci speaks at the Cell and Experimental Biology conference in Boston, MA.

4/13/22 - Channel 7 airs a note on how the pandemic affected our lab and research. You can watch it here:  https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national/urgency-of-covid-19-research-put-research-for-other-diseases-on-hold .

4/12/22 - Madison presents her work IN PERSON! at the AACR annual meeting in New Orleans, LA.

4/1/22 - Madison’s paper on how the MIRO2/GCN1 signaling axis supports metastatic prostate cancer growth was selected for the Highlights section of the April issue of Molecular Cancer Research. https://aacrjournals.org/mcr/article/20/4/499/682304/Selected-Articles-from-This-Issue. Congrats!

3/31/22 - Madison’s review on the role of mitochondrial trafficking in metastasis was one of the Top Cited papers from Cancer Reports (Wiley).

3/29/22 - Dillon’s F31 predoctoral application from NCI is funded! This fellowship will support his work on the mechanisms by which mitochondria enable metastatic dissemination. Congratulations, Dillon!

3/16/22 - Ceci joins the DEI taskforce and the Steering Committee of the CANB program.

3/7/22 - Madison successfully defends her thesis, becoming the 1st graduated student from the lab. Congratulations, Dr. Furnish!

2/28/22 - Bridget Hoag (CANB) joins the lab for her 3rd rotation. Welcome, Bridget!

2/24/22 – Dillon’s review on the importance of mitochondrial fission and fusion in metastasis is accepted for publication in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. You can read it here: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2022.849962. Congratulations Dillon on this fantastic contribution for the field!

 2/22/22 – Our collaborative manuscript with the Altieri lab showing that tumors with deficient mitochondria can be targeted with GCN2/AKT inhibitors is out. You can read more here: https://www.pnas.org/content/119/8/e2115624119.long

1/28/22 – Ceci becomes a trained facilitator of the Entering Mentoring curriculum from CIMER. Looking forward to developing Mentorship tools and workshops to enhance mentoring relationships in campus!

 1/17/22 – Ceci joins Frontiers in Oncology, Molecular and Cellular Oncology Section, as Associate Editor.

 12/26/21 – Dillon receives a best poster award at the 36th Annual Student Research Forum. Congratulations Dillon for your 3rd poster prize!

12/22/21 – Madison’s paper is accepted in Molecular Cancer Research. You can read it at: https://mcr.aacrjournals.org/content/early/2022/01/06/1541-7786.MCR-21-0374. Congratulations Madison et al!

 12/3/21 – Ceci speaks at the Hillman Cancer Center seminar series.

 7/26/21 – Ceci is promoted to Full Member of the Molecular and Cellular Oncology Program of the University of Colorado Cancer Center.

 7/15/21 – The lab is looking to expand! Postdoc applicants and rotation students welcome!

 7/1/21 – The lab is awarded a DoD CDMRP Idea Development award to study a novel mitochondrial signaling axis for therapeutic gain in prostate cancer.

 6/15/21 – The lab is awarded a NIGMS Maximizing Research Investigator Award to study mitochondrial dynamics in mammalian cells.