Stoyanova lab develops new early cancer detection approaches and therapeutic strategies for late stage cancers. The current research areas of interest are:

1)   Protein-based biomarkers for early cancer detection. We are interested in the discovery and development of new tissue, blood, and urine-based biomarkers for significant prostate cancer and other epithelial cancers.

2)   Imaging modalities for cancer. We develop new positron emission tomography (PET) imaging modalities for epithelial cancers to improve cancer early detection and monitor treatment responses.

3)   Targeted cancer therapies. Stoyanova lab utilizes multiple approaches to develop new therapeutic strategies for late-stage cancers including discovery and testing new therapeutic targets and new small molecule inhibitors.

4)   Antibody-based therapies for advanced prostate and other metastatic epithelial cancers. Stoyanova lab develops and tests antibody-based strategies as targeted therapies. We also construct new antibody-drug conjugates as a therapeutic strategy to deliver toxic agents to the tumor sites.   

5)   Combination therapies for advanced prostate and other epithelial cancers. We are testing multiple experimental agents in combination with FDA-approved cancer therapies to enhance therapeutic responses. 

The ultimate goals of the laboratory are to improve the early diagnosis and prognosis of clinically significant prostate and other cancers and guide the development of novel and effective therapeutic strategies for metastatic cancers. 

STOYANOVA LAB MEMBERS

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Tanya Stoyanova, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology
Canary Center for Cancer Early Detection

Office: Canary Center

Email: stanya@stanford.edu

 


ADMINISTRATIVE

Rhea Scott

Administrative/Program Coordinator, Department of Radiology
Canary Center for Cancer Early Detection

 


POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS

Shiqin Liu, MD, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Radiology, Department of Radiology
Canary Center for Cancer Early Detection

 

Busola Alabi, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Radiology, Department of Radiology
Canary Center for Cancer Early Detection

Email: bralabi@stanford.edu

 

Qingqing Yin, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Radiology, Department of Radiology
Canary Center for Cancer Early Detection

Email: qingqyin@stanford.edu

 


STUDENTS

Michelle Shen (Stanford)

Undergraduate Student, Stoyanova Lab (June 2019 - Present)
2019 Canary CREST Intern

Canary Center for Cancer Early Detection

 

 Arvind Muruganantham (Baylor University)

Undergraduate Student, Stoyanova Lab (January 2020 - Present)
2020 Canary CREST Intern

Canary Center for Cancer Early Detection

 



Lab Alumni

 

En-chi Hsu (2016-2022)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stoyanova Lab
Current position: Assistant Professor. Institute of Molecular and Genomic Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan

          

Merve Aslan (2017-2021)
Laboratory Technician, Stoyanova Lab
Current position: Graduate student. PhD Program in Biophysics, University of California, Berkeley                                  

 

Jordan Lee (2020 - 2021)
Undergraduate student, Stoyanova Lab
Canary Center for Cancer Early Detection
Current position: Undergraduate Student at Stanford University

 

Manoj Kumar, PhD (2020 - 2022)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stoyanova Lab
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University

 

D’Lauren Falkner  (June 2021-August 2021)
Undergraduate student, Stoyanova Lab
Canary CREST Summer Student, Canary Center for Cancer Early Detection
Current position: Medical Student at Meharry Medical College

 

Sofia Zuzana Prieto (June 2021-August 2021)
Undergraduate student, Stoyanova Lab
Canary CREST Summer Student, Canary Center for Cancer Early Detection
Current position: Undergraduate Student at Cornell University

 

Lauryn Marie Williams (June 2021-August 2021)
Undergraduate student, Stoyanova Lab
Canary CREST Summer Student, Canary Center for Cancer Early Detection
Current position: Undergraduate Student at Delaware State University

 

Meghan Rice, PhD (2016 - 2020)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stoyanova Lab
Canary Center for Cancer Early Detection
Current Position: Scientist II, Revolution Medicines

 

Mark Buckup (2017 - 2019)
Undergraduate student, Stoyanova Lab
Canary Center for Cancer Early Detection
Current Position: Research Assistant at Mount Sinai

 

Ali Ghoochani, PhD (2017 - 2020)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stoyanova Lab
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University

 

Arushi Agarwal (June 2019 - September 2019)
Student Intern, Stoyanova Lab
Canary Center for Cancer Early Detection
Current position: Undergraduate student at California Institute of Technology


Kashyap Koul (June 2019 - August 2019)
Student Intern, Stoyanova Lab
Canary Center for Cancer Early Detection
Current position: Undergraduate student at Louisiana State University


Austin Su (2017 - 2019)
Undergraduate student, Stoyanova Lab
Canary Center for Cancer Early Detection
Current position: Medical student at Columbia University


Rachel Huang (June 2018 - August, 2018)
Canary CREST (2018) Intern, Stoyanova Lab
Canary Center for Cancer Early Detection
Current position: Medical Student at Sidney Kimmel Medical College

 

Kelsey Thompson (June 2016 - August 2016)
Summer Student Intern, Stoyanova Lab
Canary Center for Cancer Early Detection
Current position: Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at Washington University


Jenica Wang (June 2016 - August 2016)
Summer Student Intern (2016), Stoyanova Lab
Canary Center for Cancer Early Detection
Current position: Undergraduate student at Johns Hopkins University