The Whelan Lab
Research in the Whelan lab is motivated by the need to detect and treat ovarian cancer in its early stages. We approach the problem of ovarian cancer detection with a diverse tool kit drawn from bioanalytical chemistry, molecular biology, bioinformatics, and nanoscience.
Recent Whelan Group News
October 17, 2025 - Several members of the lab attended the Midwest Universities Analytical Chemistry Conference (MUACC) at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. The meeting afforded wonderful opportunities to learn and to share science. Congratulations to Anubhuti Srivastava and Spencer Moffitt (2025 REU student, Oberlin College) on winning poster prizes. Many thanks to Prof. Matt Lockett for organizing a great conference!
October 10, 2025 - Another publication! "Quantifying biomolecular interactions in high-conductivity samples with capillary electrophoresis" has been published in a special issue of Journal of Separation Science. Congratulations to the authors (Miyuru, Samson, and Bhagya) and thanks to Prof. Jim Grinias of Rowan University for the invitation to submit.
October 6, 2025 - Rebecca delivered a talk at the University of Washington, as part of the Chemistry Department's analytical seminar series. It was a delight to hear about all the cutting-edge analytical chemistry being done at UW and to share some of our group's recent work on MUC16 structural characterization. Many thanks to the UW Chemistry Department and especially Prof. Dan Chiu for the invitation and for being a gracious host!
September 23, 2025 - Our most recent publication, "Characterization of M11-like and OC125-like monoclonal antibody binding to CA125 tandem repeats," has been published in Biosensors. The KU-based team included Trisha Nair, Caitlin McEntee, Chien-Wei Wang, Anubhuti Srivastava, Jane March, and Eliza Hanson. Congratulations to all!
September 15, 2025 - Our recent study on the structure of ovarian cancer biomarker CA125 has been highlighted by the University of Kansas Health System. We are honored to have our team's work featured in this venue. The article can be found at: Research on ovarian cancer biomarker