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April 2024
Spotlight on Two Young Tissue Donors
Breast cancer: Two words no one wants to hear, but one in eight women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with it in their lifetime. It’s a diagnosis that does not discriminate against age, ethnicity, or gender, and that is where the important work of the Susan G. Komen Tissue Bank at the Indiana U[...]
KTB Facilitating New Breast Cancer Study
At our next two tissue collection events (coming up on April 27th and October 19th in Indianapolis) the KTB will be helping to facilitate at new study conducted by Dr. Tarah Ballinger and her team. We know that exercise is associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer. What we don’t know is[...]
ShareForCures: Empowering Breast Cancer Research
In July of 2023, the Susan G. Komen® organization (around the office, we call them “Big Komen”) launched ShareForCures, a groundbreaking breast cancer research registry. What was not publicly shared until the launch was that the Komen Tissue Bank had been asked to ha[...]
KTB Holds 3rd Think Tank
On Friday, November 10th of last year, the KTB held its third Think Tank at the Sheraton Indianapolis Keystone at the Crossing, attended by almost 50 breast cancer researchers, scientists, and other interested parties from across the United States. Some had already conducted studies using KTB sampl[...]
KTB…ABC…123 (4-14-24)
On this page we highlight information and/or events that just don’t need much space to be interesting or effective. Reading this page will keep you “in the know.” A is for our AMAZING new website which will launch on April 30. We will now be incorporated within the IU Simon Compre[...]
August 2023
Important Breakthrough in Breast Cancer Research: TONSL Gene Discovered
Note: We provide an ongoing glossary just in case you need some explanation of terms. We have such exciting news! A team of researchers led by KTB Scientific Advisor Dr. Hari Nakshatri has pinpointed a new target gene for breast cancer drug development. This gene, called TONSL, is amplified in abo[...]
Tableau Visualization
Tableau is widely recognized as one of the premier data visualization tools in the world. Our KTB data team employs it to generate interactive reports that effectively summarize, analyze, and monitor our data. Once data is visualized, it is usually more understandable. Below are several KTB data vi[...]
Meet the Researcher: Neil Carleton
The KTB is pleased to introduce you to Neil Carleton, currently in his fourth year of training for an MD/PhD at the University of Pittsburgh. Note: We provide an ongoing glossary just in case you need some explanation of terms. Q: How did you find out about the Komen Tissue Bank, and wh[...]
Sam Rysdyk at the Hackathon
Note: We provide an ongoing glossary just in case you need some explanation of terms. Several weekends ago, BC2 and KTB IT Project Manager Sam Rysdyk had the pleasure and unique experience of attending the Komen Breast Cancer Hackathon 2023 in Dallas, TX. The hackathon was a weekend-long challenge [...]
KTB…ABC…123 (8/21/2023)
On this page we highlight information and/or events that just don’t need much space to be interesting or effective. Reading this page will keep you “in the know”. A is for our AMAZING KTB Virtual Tissue Bank (VTB), which is an important but underused feature easily found on our we[...]
September 2022
Introducing … Michele Côté!
Some of you may have already heard that our amazing executive director, Anna Maria Storniolo, M.D., is semi-retiring from IU and stepping down from her duties with the Komen Tissue Bank.
Fear not, however! Dr. Storniolo is leaving us in a pair of wonderful new hands belonging to Michele Côté, Ph.D., whom the KTB already knows and loves! More importantly, Dr. Côté already loves the KTB. We thought you might like to get to know her history, work, and future plans.
WAIT…WHAT?? The KTB to collect from men!
The KTB has very exciting news! We will soon be recruiting male participants to donate healthy breast tissue! Why is this happening? Good question.
Meet the Researcher: Lexie White
The KTB is pleased to introduce you to Dr. Lexie White, NIH Stadtman Investigator, who requested and worked with data from KTB participants as well as from a previously studied cohort.
Highlighting the Importance of Data Visualization
Since 2007, the KTB has collected donors’ self-reported medical history information and data generated from research performed with samples donated by more than 9,000 women. Until recently, however, this rich and interesting data has not been accessible for easy viewing.
KTB … ABC …123
On this page, we highlight information and/or events that just don’t need much space to be interesting or effective. Reading this page will keep you “in the know.”
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August 2020
About the Susan G. Komen Tissue Bank
The Komen Tissue Bank is the only repository in the world for normal breast tissue and matched serum, plasma, and DNA. We are transforming breast cancer research by offering normal, high-quality, richly annotated tissue samples to scientists worldwide.
