Congratulations to Briana Banks, who gave an outstanding defense of her thesis on April 25th! 'The Effect of Chronic Psychological Stress During Puberty and Early Adulthood on Mammary Gland Development and Cancer Risk'.

So proud of Chufan Cai - not only did she do great work in the Chen lab but also collaborated with my lab and got the first exciting project going. Congrats Dr Cai!

Congratulations to John T. Wilson Distinguished Service Professor Chuan He, who has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences!

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Congratulations Chufan Cai UChicago Committee on Cancer Biology on an excellent thesis! We are so proud of you!

Congratulations to Dr. Chufan Cai on a successful defense! Fantastic work!

Huge congratulations to Alexander Muir, PhD, on receiving #NCCN foundation #YoungInvestigatorAward
for his outstanding potential contributions to the cancer treatment delivery landscape. #PancreaticCancer
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Read the latest article from the April issue—
NRAS Mutant Dictates AHCYL1-Governed ER Calcium #Homeostasis for #Melanoma Tumor Growth, by Chufan Cai et al.
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Another great poster from McNerney lab. Katarzyna Zawieracz, grad student showing CUX1 as a epigenetic regulator in intestinal epithelial homeostasis.
#CancerPlan #Every1HasARole
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Katarzyna Kurylowicz, graduate student in Becker’s lab presents cool data investigating the relationship between macrophage metabolism and their phenotype in cancer. UChicagoCancerCenter UChicago Committee on Cancer Biology Becker Lab
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Sidney Wang, grad student in Kline’s lab presents excellent poster at #AACR24 showing PRDM1 as a potential therapeutic target to enhance CAR-T therapy efficiency in large B-cell lymphoma.
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Matt Jotte, MSTP student @uchicago presents data showing the deficiency of CUX1 and EZH2 causes resistance to chemotherapy in myeloid tumors.
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Ben Nicholson, PhD student in Miao’s lab presents excellent data at #AACR24
showing neutrophils in the tumor micro environment causing resistance to ICB treatment.
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Nia Hammond from Faubert’s lab University of Chicago Hematology/Oncology presenting exciting data at #AACR24 showing that OXPHOS activity in the brain is required for the survival and metastasis of non-small cell lung cancer cells.
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Jing Chen, PhD (Jing Chen Lab at UChicago) gave a fantastic talk at AACR Cancer Immunology working group showing the role of dietary TVA in enhancing the anti-tumor immunity.
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I am beyond honored and excited to share that I received the U.S. National Science Foundation GRFP to support my PhD in #CancerBiology at the The University of Chicago The University of ChicagoCCB. Thank you to James LaBelle, M.D., Ph.D., the LaBelle lab, my mentors, and my friends and family.

#PhD #NSFGRFP #WomenInSTEM

Huge congratulations to Pete Savage, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology on his new appointment as chair of the Committee on Immunology (UChicago Committee on Immunology). His leadership in COI and UChicagoCancerCenter is invaluable. #CancerResearch #Immunology 🧬🔬
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Huge congrats to Dr. Santiago Acero-Bedoya, PhD (he/him) for successfully defending his thesis 🎉! We are so proud of you and all your accomplishments. Best of luck in New York!
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The doctor ushering in a new era of cancer research and care at UChicago dlvr.it/T3RCM6

Congratulations to Kay Macleod, PhD (Macleod Lab - University of Chicago) on her new appointment as the Associate Director for Basic Sciences for the UChicagoCancerCenter 🎉🎉🎉
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We are pleased to welcome Dr. Todd Golub back to The University of Chicago to speak about his work in cancer precision medicine Broad Institute at a seminar co-sponsored by The University of ChicagoCCB and UChicagoCancerCenter. (Speaker
Intro by Will Phillips) UChicago Pritzker School of Medicine