A very warm farewell and congratulations to our rising University of Washington MS2 students Crystal Tam and Brooke Lorenz who are wrapping-up their III (Independent Investigative Inquiry) projects at the Simpson Lab this week before returning to Spokane for their…
Originally published to the UW Division of Dermatology website on August 17, 2023. A new study by the Simpson Lab shows MEK inhibitors, used to control the growth of cancer cells like melanoma, may be the key to reducing skin breakdown in…
Originally published to the UW Division of Dermatology website on July 20, 2023. Congratulations to Cory Simpson, MD, PhD, on receiving a two-year $100K (R03) grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) to support the Simpson…
Please join us in welcoming UW medical students Brooke Lorenz and Crystal Tam to the Simpson Lab Research Team! Brooke and Crystal are both second-year medical students currently studying at the UW School of Medicine in Spokane. Brooke LorenzPronouns: she/her Hometown: Spokane, WA Undergrad: Whitworth University…
Originally published to the UW Division of Dermatology website on June 21, 2023. UW Dermatology is pleased to welcome Jessica Ayers, a graduate student researcher in the Molecular Medicine and Mechanisms of Disease (M3D) PhD Program, to the laboratory of Cory…
Christopher “CJ” Johnson, Simpson Lab researcher, was recently featured in WWAMI News for earning the Physician-Scientist Support Foundation (PSSF) Medical Scholars Research Fellowship (MSRF) award for 2023-2024. "Montana Student Receiees Rare Grant to Pursue Lab Science." Keep Reading.
The UW Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (ISCRM) highlighted the Simpson Lab’s recent paper published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology on new imaging tools for skin research. “Breaking Boundaries in Skin Research with Biosensors and Optogenetics” Keep Reading.
Please join us in congratulating Christopher "CJ" Johnson, Simpson Lab researcher and second-year medical student at the WWAMI Montana site in Bozeman, on winning the Physician-Scientist Support Foundation (PSSF) Medical Scholars Research Fellowship (MSRF) award for the 2023-2024 academic year. Christopher is one of only five students…
The Simpson Lab recently celebrated the publication of our first academic paper! The new article titled, “Live Imaging with Genetically Encoded Physiologic Sensors and Optogenetic Tools,” was published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology (JID) on Feb. 21, 2023. (top left) Cory…
Congratulations to Dr. Cory Simpson who was recently nominated as an "Emerging Leader" in the UW Department of Medicine! In commemoration of the Dept. of Medicine’s 75th anniversary, current and former UW Dermatology were selected as "Changemakers" and "Emerging Leaders" for making…
Congratulations to CJ Johnson, medical student, for earning a travel award to represent the Simpson Lab at this year’s Western Student & Resident Medical Research Forum in sunny Carmel, Calif.! CJ shared a great talk on how ER stress regulates…