On Friday, November 16, UAB's Comprehensive Cancer Center held its 20th annual Research Retreat, with the theme of "Developmental Therapeutics," at The Club atop Red Mountain.

The Department of Pathology had a strong showing at the event, with students and faculty presenting dozens of posters. Postdoctoral fellow Darshan Chandrashekar, Ph.D., presented the afternoon lecture on "UALCAN: An Integrated Data-mining Platform to Facilitate the Comprehensive Analysis of Cancer Transcriptome." The UALCAN tool has been cited on numerous papers and the website has been visited 93,000 times since it launched in January 2017. Learn more.

The daylong event capped off with the announcement of the Albert F. LoBuglio Distinguished Faculty Award, presented to a faculty member of the CCC who has made distinguished contributions to the research activities of the Center. Michael Birrer, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the CCC, presented to Pathology faculty and CCC member Upender Manne, M.D., with the award. This is the 17th time the award has been presented; previous winners from the department include Ralph Sanderson, Ph.D., Division Director, Molecular & Cellular Pathology, in 2017; and William Grizzle, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, in 2005.

Upender Manne, M.D., above left, receives the Albert F. LoBuglio Distinguished Faculty Award from Michael Birrer, M.D., at the CCC's annual Research Retreat.