Goodbye to Simge and Neha’s Graduation
Last Sunday, we hold a farewell party for Simge and Neha at Angie’s backyard and enjoyed the delicious Ravioli, Tortellini, Lasagna, etc., and of course, Chinese dumplings by Xiao! Congrats girls! It is bittersweet to say goodbye, Simge, and we wish you all the best on your residency at UChicago! So nice that we can […]
2024 Hirbe Lab Chinese New Year Celebration
We were celebrating the Chinese New Year of Dragon (Loong), and for sure, our new R01 grant, on February 18 at Xiao’s house! So proud of our lovely lab family! Live long and prosper! Hallelujah!!!
2024 Hirbe Lab Thanksgiving & New Year Party
We enjoyed the delicious turkey dinner at Xiao’s house on January 21, 2024, to make up the Thanksgiving as well as to celebrate the New Year! So glad to get reunited finally, especially with our lab alumnus Kevin, a current medical student at WashU!
2023 CTOS Annual Meeting
CTOS was amazing as usual! Dana’s poster won an award for the best preclinical work and Xiao delivered an amazing presentation! It was wonderful to connect with colleagues and see some of Ireland!
2023 Sept & Oct Birthday Treats!
Dr. Hirbe ordered some Bundtlets from Nothing Bundt Cakes for the Lab Meeting on Monday, 10/16, to celebrate the September and October Birthdays!
Lab Lunch Farewell to Kevin and Divya
We did the goodbye lunch for Kevin and Divya in Saigon Cafe! Best wishes on their new journey!
2023 CTF Annual Conference
CTF was amazing as usual! Kevin, Simge, and Paul presented posters that were well received and Dr. Hirbe was a panelist in the clinical case conference and Gabe a talk highlighting one of our awesome cell-free DNA biomarker collaborations with the NIH. Everyone had fun connecting with collaborators in the evenings!
Another fun Hirbe lab dinner!
We enjoyed delicious food and had fun for this early summer in Xiao’s backyard on June 16!
Dr. Nishida’s Visit
The Hirbe lab was excited to host Dr Yoshihiro Nishida from Nagoya University. Dr Nishida was able to spend some time learning how our NF Center is run and shared some of the research that he is passionate about. We truly enjoyed his visit!
Birthday celebration!
Winter has been a little crazy, but we finally celebrated the January and February birthdays in the lab!
Dana’s paper has been accepted to CCR!
We were excited to celebrate the acceptance of Dana’s paper to CCR! We hope to bring this exciting work to a clinical trial. Stay tuned!