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Carpenter Lab
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Carpenter research lab at IU-Bloomington studying function of transcription factors in progression and metastasis of cancer.
My department at IU in Bloomington is hiring a 12-month, tenure-track faculty position in Cancer Biology. We seek applicants in all areas of Cancer Biology.

Please share with anyone interested in applying. indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/31425
December 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Congratulations to Sunandan Chakrabarti from my lab for winning a Travel Award for his abstract and oral presentation at the @stresscell.bsky.social Symposium on HSPs in Biology, Medicine & the Environment this past week in Syracuse, NY. Thanks to the organizers for recognizing his work!
October 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Happy to announce our lab was awarded a Core Pilot Grant from the IndianaCTSI to assess some epigenetic changes associated with HDAC inhibitors in ovarian cancers. Big congratulations to Matt O'Malley in my lab that put in a lot of effort to help write and submit this proposal.
September 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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My department at Dartmouth Medical School is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor. We are looking broadly for a biochemist or cell biologist. Please share this add! apply.interfolio.com/171438
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August 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Lab field trip scheduled for 2027
I told you we’d be back
June 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
A really good review on the biology of HSFs was just published by Lea Sistonen and Eva Henriksson and colleagues. Highly recommend checking this one out:

febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
FEBS Press
The heat shock factors (HSFs) are evolutionarily conserved transcription factors best known as regulators of molecular chaperone genes in response to heat shock and other protein-damaging stresses. V...
febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Congratulations to Sunandan Chakrabarti for winning Outstanding CMCB Graduate Student for 2025!
May 15, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Congratulations to PhD student Haddie DeHart for winning First Prize for Graduate Students in Basic Science at IUSCCC Cancer Research Day!
May 8, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Natasha Hockaden who successfully defended her thesis today! Great job Natasha!

You can read about her project involving a role for HSF1 during metastatic colonization here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
May 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Happy birthday to PhD student Matt O’Malley!
April 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We are very happy that our R01 from @theNCI was officially awarded last week! This award is based on our recent work involving HSF1 in breast cancer. A huge thank you and congrats to all of our lab members that did so much good work to get us to this point.
April 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Congratulations to Haddie DeHart for winning People’s Choice Award in the 3 Minute Thesis Competition!
March 1, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Congrats to our team and collaborators for getting this new paper published in Canc Res Comm!

doi.org/10.1158/2767...
MYC and HSF1 Cooperate to Drive Sensitivity to Polo-like Kinase 1 Inhibitor Volasertib in High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer
Abstract. Ovarian cancer is a deadly gynecological disease with frequent recurrence. Current treatments for patients include platinum-based therapy regimens with PARP inhibitors specific for HR-defici...
doi.org
January 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Call your Senators regarding the pause on federal grants and assistance programs. Please and thank you.
January 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Holiday time with (most of) the Carpenter Lab!
December 19, 2024 at 1:50 AM
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I currently have an opening in my lab for a Laboratory Research Assistant. Potential candidates must have their bachelor's. You can find more information here: hrms.iu.edu/psp/PH1PRD_P...
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December 10, 2024 at 7:13 PM
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Our lab just moved to the IU Biology Department and we are accepting new graduate students.
biology.indiana.edu

The deadline for applications is Dec 1st.
biology.indiana.edu/graduate/gen...
November 24, 2024 at 5:07 PM