News & Media Coverage

Read the latest lab news and media coverage featuring research from the Youngblood Lab.

Abhi Mahesh Joins the Lab
07.01.2026
Abhi is a recent graduate in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He will focus on the analysis of high-dimensional datasets and assist with experiments.
Welcome Summer Medical Students Ella Foster and David Zhang
06.15.2026
Ella will focus on understanding STING's role in meningioma cytotoxicity. David is leading a project investigating venous thromboembolism in meningiomas.
Lara Koutah Joins the Lab
05.01.2026
Lara completed her master's degree in the Ahmed Lab last year and will spend a year at the Youngblood Lab leading experimental efforts on multiple projects.
PitNET Project Receives Funding From Malnati Brain Tumor Institute
03.25.2026
The lab has received a new pilot grant from the Lou and Jean Malnati Brain Tumor Institute to investigate molecular drivers of aggressiveness and therapeutic opportunities in pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs).
Meningioma STING Paper Published
02.12.2026
Our recent work investigating STING as a therapeutic target in meningiomas has been published in Nature Communications.

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Study on Release of Exosomes After Glioblastoma Blood-Brain Barrier Opening Published
12.16.2025
Our study, published in Nature Communications, shows that glioblastoma patients treated with paclitaxel after blood-brain barrier opening release exosomes in proportion to drug response (overall survival).

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