October 2024
Department Retreat at The Langham Hotel & our lab yearly photo!
New lab member!
Maria Paula joined our laboratory as a visiting graduate student from the Federal Fluminense University in Brazil!
New lab member
Nitya Dixit is our youngest member. She is a visiting student from the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. Welcome !
August/September 2024
The lab attended the ISEH annual meeting, this year in Chicago!
April 2024
Solar Eclipse viewing at UIC
Lab March Madness
We had a tie Chandani and Sandra won this year!
Happy Easter! The lab has some very talented cake decorators, this is a new hybrid species: the famous lamb/puppy cake 😉!!!
December 2023
Happy Holidays!
ASH 2023
The lab traveled to sunny San Diego to the ASH meeting. Charles, Anna and Maura presented their work and each one of them won an achievement award! Proud mentor!
October 2023
Charles and Sandra presented their work at the Stem Cells, Tissue Plasticity, and Regenerative Biology Conference at the Stowers Institute!
Department of Pharmacology & Regenerative Medicine - Annual Retreat at the Chicago Navy Pier
September 2023
Congratulations sen zhang!
August 2023
Chandani Patel was awarded an NIH predoctoral T32 fellowship! Congratulations!
The Pinho lab and friends at the ISEH 2023 annual meeting in New York! Looking forward to next year in Chicago!
July 2023
Tom’s last day in the Lab
We will miss you Tom!
May 2023
New Lab member
Chandani Patel officially joined our lab as a GEMS PhD student! Welcome Chandani!
This month, Anna presented a poster at the KUH FORWARD Annual Symposium held at Northwestern University in Chicago, while Charles presented at the Gary Kruh Research Symposium organized by the UIC Cancer Center.
March 2023
Chicago Women in STEM Initiative
Lab members Anna Di Staulo and Sen Zhang help to organize and participate in the Chicago Women in STEM Initiative Symposium!
New Lab Member
Maura Bueno just joined our lab as a visiting PhD student from the State University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Welcome / Bem-Vinda Maura!
December 2022
Our Year in review! Happy 2023!
ASH 2022
It’s been a busy year and we finished December by traveling to the ASH meeting in New Orleans! Sandra was a moderator in the Bone Marrow Microenvironment – Contribution of Immune Signaling to the Microenvironment session!
Congratulations Pablo!
Pablo just graduated with a perfect GPA and he is now starting in the UIC PharmD program!!! We are all very happy for him! Congratulations Pablo!
November 2022
And we are back to the Chicago University Club for the Department Retreat! Anna won the Doris Woeltjen Award!!!
October 2022
Nyscf conference
Anna and Charles presented their work at the NYSCF conference in New York!
New Lab member
Sen Zhang officially joined our lab as a Postdoctoral Fellow! Welcome Sen!
Charles’s abstract was selected for a short talk at the NYSCF conference in NY!
September 2022
Congratulations CJ for a fantastic talk!
Charles won the second prize for best scientific presentation in the Annual GEMS Research Symposium!!!
August 2022
We are so excited to share our latest work together with the Tahmasebi and Sonenber labs published in PNAS. Our study reveals the role of the amino acid sensor GCN2 in the clearance of red blood cells during stress by liver macrophages. “The amino acid sensor GCN2 controls red blood cell clearance and iron metabolism through regulation of liver macrophages”.
The role of GCN2 in regulating erythrophagocytosis via liver Mφ
Congratulations to Anna Di Staulo for receiving the lab first NIH F31 fellowship!!! We are all very happy and proud!
July 2022
New lab member
Tom joined the lab as a visiting undergraduate student from the University of bath in the UK. Welcome Tom!
Lab Summer dinner with the most photogenic team and the Chicago skyline in the background!
Sandra Pinho, Anna Di Staulo, Pablo Pardo, Alex Dittmar, Itay Solomon and Charles Ayemoba!!!
June 2022
We are recruiting a Postdoctoral Fellow! Please apply below or send an email directly to spinho@uic.edu
Sandra traveled to New York to join Einstein Memorial Symposium to celebrate the extraordinary life and career of her previous mentor Paul Frenette.
Thank you to all the organizers for the invitation!
Alex Dittmar is back this Summer to work with us! Welcome back Alex!
April 2022
It’s official! The Pinho lab was just awarded our first R01 grant!!! Thank you NIH for supporting our research!
March 2022
Our research is featured in the AACR journal Cancer Discovery - Research watch
VCAM1 Mediates Innate Immune Tolerance of Hematopoietic and Leukemic Stem Cells
February 2022
Our new paper is out and accompanied by an insightful "News & Views” by Anna Maria Paczulla Stanger and Claudia Lengerke in Nature Cell Biology. VCAM1 as a don’t-eat-me molecule
The exciting news continue in the Pinho lab. Our new study “VCAM1 confers innate immune tolerance on haematopoietic and leukaemic stem cells” was just published in Nature Cell Biology. Congratulations to our team and all the authors!
January 2022
Lots of exciting things happening in the lab in the beginning of 2022!
We co-author “The microbiota regulates hematopoietic stem cell fate decisions by controlling iron availability in bone marrow” published in Cell Stem Cell. Congrats to Dachuan Zhang and the Frenette Lab!
Anna is awarded a Gold Medal for her poster presentation as part of the 2021 University of Illinois College of Medicine Research Forum. Way to go Anna!
Anna is also selected as a pre-doctoral trainee for the Chicago KUH FORWARD Training Program. A very exciting start to 2022!
December 2021
The Pinho and Chronis lab are awarded a Longevity Impetus Grant to investigate the mechanisms underlying hematopoietic stem cells aging! Thank you Norn Group!
November 2021
The Pinho lab attends the annual Department of Pharmacology & Regenerative Medicine (in person) retreat at the University Club in downtown Chicago. Anna & Charles present their works in progress during the poster session.
Charles, Sandra, and Anna pose for a lab photo during the poster session. Charles always keeps us laughing with his funny poses. :D
Enjoying the magnificent view of Millennium Park from the 9th floor of the University Club!
October 2021
Sandra travels to the University of Wisconsin as the keynote speaker for the 2021 Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Fall Conference. An amazing first post-COVID in person conference. Thanks to the UWSCRMC students for the invitation!
August 2021
The lab attends the International Society for Experimental Hematology’s 50th annual scientific meeting. Sandra serves as the Session Chair for the Niches and Microenvironment in Normal and Malignant Hematopoiesis session.
Pinho Lab outing and celebration of Anna & Charles passing their preliminary exam and becoming PhD candidates!
Exploring the Chicago river walk!
Beautiful day on Lake Michigan for the Chicago Architecture Boat Tour
Lab photo after enjoying some tasty gelato on the Chicago riverwalk!
Enjoying a close up view of the St. Regis Chicago, the city's third-tallest building by architect Jeanne Gang on the Chicago Architecture Boat Tour.
July 2021
Sandra’s long-time mentor & friend, Paul Frenette, MD, passes away. Paul will be remembered as a brilliant and creative hematologist, an inspirational mentor and a cherished friend. You can learn more about his extraordinary career and life here.
Paul S. Frenette (1965-2021)
June 2021
Alex Dittmar joins the lab as the Graeme Carnegie Fellow in the Dept. of Pharmacology & Regenerative Medicine. Welcome Alex!
Sanjeev Raghuwanshi, Charles Ayemoba, Alex Dittmar and Anna Di Staulo!
July 2020
Sandra receives the University of Illinois Cancer Biology Mini Targeted Grant
June 2020
Anna Di Staulo officially joins the lab as a full time graduate student.
The lab obtains a new Advia 2020i. We are ready to analyze blood samples!
May 2020
Charles Ayemoba officially joins the lab as a full time graduate student. Charles also obtains a NIH T32 grant to help fund his graduate studies.
March 2020
Anna Di Staulo joins the lab as a rotating graduate student.
January 2020
Two new members join the lab. Liam Armstrong joins as the lab technician and Charles Ayemoba joins as a rotating graduate student. We are looking forward to seeing what we can accomplish together!
Sandra also gives an oral presentation at the Chicago Blood Stem Cell Group Meeting. Way to go!
Sandra gives an oral presentation for the American Society of Hematology.
December 2019
The lab officially opens!