Holmen Lab

She’s at it again! Undergraduate Savannah presented her poster on PTEN in melanoma at the University of Utah’s Office of Undergraduate Research symposium. She received an Honorary Mention for best in Wellness, Health, and Medicine. Congrats Savannah!

A new oral drug combination, developed by @HolmenLab, shows great promise in treating and preventing melanoma from spreading to the brain. Clinical trials, led by @HowardColman1, are now underway, offering new hope for patients facing advanced melanoma bit.ly/4huSgku

One of our undergraduate students, Savannah, presented her project on PTEN in melanoma at the 2025 Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research held at Southern Utah University in Cedar City, UT last week. Way to go, Savannah! 🥳

Thrilled to share that our paper is now out in @Cancer_Cell ! 🚀 A true @SilvioGutkind team effort. Huge thanks to all collaborators, especially Silvio for his invaluable support and all our collaborator in particular @AndrewEAplin @HolmenLab authors.elsevier.com/c/1kgpb5TA51lC…

This Halloween, we successfully generated clones of Dr. Holmen! Can you spot the original? 👩‍🔬 Happy Halloween!

Grad students Jared Almazan and Karly Stanley presented posters on their thesis research and former undergrad/current lab tech MiKaela Field presented her work in collaboration with @GennieParkman and her undergrad Allison Stevens @SocietyMelanoma in NOLA this week!

We are now listening to Karly Stanley @huntsmancancer talk about FAK and how it promotes #melanoma brain metastasis in BRAF- mutant #melanoma 🐁 #TraineeMeeting @SocietyMelanoma

Two weeks ago, our undergraduate students Clara, Lorelei, Paulina, and MiKaela presented their projects at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) in Long Beach, CA. Super proud of these 4 and their accomplishments!

Proud of our undergraduate student Lorelei for presenting her research at the Utah State Capitol last week!

Kicking off the new year with a pizza party and pictionary! Can you guess what Dr. Holmen was drawing? 🧐

Thanks to the organizers of #SMRCongress for a great week of melanoma research, and a wonderful award ceremony. Us @huntsmancancer researchers especially enjoyed the photo booth 😉 Congrats to all the awardees! #SMR2023

Dr. Gennie Parkman presented her work on genetic silencing of AKT to induce melanoma cell death at #SMRCongress this week. She is a former graduate student and post-doc of our lab, now with her own lab at Weber State University. We are so proud of her! #SMR2023 @GennieParkman

Congrats to graduate student Jared Almazan on his presentation of our most recent work treating melanoma brain metastasis with combined RAF/MEK/FAK inhibition. #SMR2023 #SMRCongress

Thrilled to share some news! 🎉Graduate student Jared Almazan will be presenting our latest work on melanoma brain metastasis at The 20th International Congress of the Society for Melanoma Research on Nov 07, 2023. See you there! tinyurl.com/ytnp5huq

The Holmen lab is hiring! Undergraduates interested in #workstudy positions in cancer research are encouraged to apply: employment.utah.edu/salt-lake-city…

Are you a #postdoc interested in melanoma, metastasis, therapeutic resistance, or tumor immunology? The Holmen lab is hiring! Learn more about our research at the link in bio and apply here: employment.utah.edu/salt-lake-city… #melanoma

Congrats to Adriene, who did a great job presenting her summer research at the Medical Student Research Forum today! @huntsmancancer @UofUMedicine #melanoma

Are you a student/postdoc working in #melanoma? Attend our first ever Pre-SMR Trainee Meeting! Great opportunity to network with the future leaders of the field. Top talks given speaking slots at the main @SocietyMelanoma meeting. Click here to sign up: conta.cc/43ipEUZ

Also check out the study by @GennieParkman @HolmenSheri @MaxTheSFCat that is beautifully complementary to ours and shows that all 3 AKT paralogs are critical for melanoma proliferation/survival and that SGK and AKT inhibitors synergize. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

So excited to see this fantastic study from @KarrethLab that beautifully aligns with our study on AKT silencing in melanoma!