Lily Umeta joined the lab as a Postdoctoral Associate (Jun 2026)

Sid Kumar co-authored a paper in PNAS

Julia Laube (UC-UPRISE) and Ann Miller join the lab as summer undergraduate researchers (May - July 2026)

Karan Vishwakarma, People's Choice Awardee (speaker) at the 2026 Virtual In Vivo Imaging Symposium (May 2026)

Mihir Kachhia Rieveschl/Parke-Davis Doctoral Candidacy awardee (Apr 2026)

Lily Umeta defended her dissertation toward the degree of Doctor of Philosophy titled “Chemical Genetic Screening and Mechanistic Validation of HBC-8: A Heterobifunctional Compound with MAP3K1 and CRBN Dependent Anticancer Effects” (Apr 20th, 2026)

Lily Umeta is the lead author on a paper in Cells titled “MAP3K1: A Multifunctional Kinase at the Crossroads of Cancer Progression and Tumor Suppression“ (Mar 2026)

Anshu Yadav joined the lab as a Postdoctoral Associate (Jan 2026)

Suchita Vishwakarma Rieveschl/Parke-Davis Doctoral Candidacy awardee (Dec 2025)

Peter Schaffer joined the lab as a Postdoctoral Associate (Dec 2025)

Anish Mohan joined the lab as Research Assistant (Oct 2025)

The Natarajan Lab moved to University of Cincinnati (Aug 2025)