Scientist studying breast cancer, obesity, diabetes, & their relationship #WomensHealth | #gardening | #dogs
Joined September 2018
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Liz Wellberg retweeted
Jun 10
I'm excited to share our article in press in Nature Communications!
This project encompasses the bulk of my dissertation research, investigating the role of FGFR1 in ER breast cancer brain metastasis. 🧵
nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
@CUCancerBio @cittelly
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RT @melindagates: If you want proof that our health systems overlook women, just look at menopause.
In The New York Times @nytimes today,…
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Liz Wellberg retweeted
Jun 3
Paying peer reviewers works.
Expanded Fast & Fair experiment @BiologyOpen
• 6 vs 38 working days to decision with reviews
• 3 vs 9 reviewer invitations per manuscript
• no reduction in editor-assessed review quality
• similar acceptance rates
biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…
ALT Scatter plot showing that Fast & Fair peer review reached first decision with reviews much faster than conventional peer review: mean 5.5 versus 37.7 working days. Most Fast & Fair manuscripts met the 7-working-day target, while conventional manuscripts were slower and more variable, up to 116 working days.
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Liz Wellberg retweeted
Brain FGF2 and NCAM1 contribute to FGFR1-dependent progression of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer brain metastases nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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Erik R. Nelson, PhD, #ENDO2026 Annual Committee Basic Science Chair, shares program highlights for researchers—from discovery to networking. Join us in Chicago, June 13–16, to connect bench to bedside and back: bit.ly/4wNkvDT
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Liz Wellberg retweeted
Excited to share our latest publication in @_JCBFM demonstrating that targeting cellular senescence mitigates the effects of midlife obesity on neurovascular function by restoring BBB integrity and NVC
full article: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4208…
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Liz Wellberg retweeted
#ENDO2026 | Only 24 hours left to save on registration | You won't want to miss the groundbreaking science, innovative research, and practical insights designed to deepen your expertise and transform your perspectives: bit.ly/3OkWu5x
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Apr 10
Maternal exercise during lactation remodels obesity-associated mammary metabolism and milk fatty acids, enhancing offspring lipid oxidation
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Apr 8
I'm excited to share that Malika and Nisha each won awards this week at our annual GREAT Symposium, on behalf of the @ou_gradcollege! I am constantly proud of and impressed by my current and former trainees 🤩
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Mar 20
Congratulations to PhD student Malika Sekhri for her new honors 🤩 She won 1st place at the OUHSC Pathology Dept Annual Kimmelstiel competition (2nd time) and won a travel award oral presentation for the coming 2026 IDeA State Cancer Research Trainee Conference. I'm a proud PI!
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Liz Wellberg retweeted
Got new research to share? There’s still time to present it at the Fibroblast Growth Factor Signalling in Development, Health & Disease Conference in St. Julian's, Malta.
We still have a limited number of poster presentation slots available for researchers with new or recently completed work.
🚨 Registration deadline extended to 07 April 2026
🛎️ Places are limited and subject to hotel availability
If you just needed a little extra time to polish your work — this is it.
Submit today ➡️ bit.ly/4sASrk2
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Liz Wellberg retweeted
Excited to share our new translational review in @JAMA_current
~10% of new cancer diagnoses in the US are linked to overweight or obesity, and up to 50% of some cancers.
🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
@SherryShenMD @BrownLab_KUMC @WinshipAtEmory @MSKCancerCenter
Mar 9
#Obesity is associated with higher risk for 12 #cancer types and accounts for approximately 10% of annual new cancer cases in the US.
📄 This Review summarizes the primary biological pathways connecting obesity and cancer development. ja.ma/3OPhtgT
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Liz Wellberg retweeted
Mar 3
Congenital vs adult-onset estrogen deficiency in female mice: physiological effects and implications for therapy doi.org/10.1530/JOE-26-0013
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NIH is advancing a Unified Funding Strategy to ensure clearer, more consistent funding decisions across all Institutes and Centers – without using paylines.
Hear from over a dozen Institute and Center (IC) Directors on how this strategy aligns with their IC funding practices in this NIH Funding blog post. ➡️ grants.nih.gov/news-events/n…
ALT graphic of NIH Unified Funding Strategy with 6 guiding principles
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Liz Wellberg retweeted
Estradiol Reprograms Microglia to Create an Immune-Suppressed Niche Permissive to Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis biorxiv.org/content/10.64898… #biorxiv_cancer
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Liz Wellberg retweeted
🚨Haven't registered for #FGF26? Now's the time!
⌛9 days to go until registration deadline closes.
‼️We still have a few remaining grants available!
Secure your spot today, click here to register ➡️bit.ly/46fZshA
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Liz Wellberg retweeted
In a cohort study of women with benign uterine pathology or endometrial hyperplasia, combined GLP-1RA and progestin was associated with reduced Endometrial #Cancer risk jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
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I'm so proud to share that Barbara defended her dissertation on Friday! She's the first PhD student to join my lab and she did a wonderful job on her project. Congratulations ⭐️ We will miss her. @Aramens9
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Liz Wellberg retweeted
👉From adipose–tumor crosstalk to ferroptosis: lipid metabolism is reshaping how we think about cancer progression.
Our new review in Trends in Cancer, led by Joe Rupert & Nikki Cao, in collaboration with @mkolonin.
🔗bit.ly/3YPUeow
@MDAndersonNews🤝@UTHealthHouston
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New lab preprint! We know that FGF signaling drives ER breast cancer after treatment. Here, we asked how. ETV4, induced by Fgf1, does a lot in vitro, but is only necessary (not sufficient) in vivo. Could it be a biomarker of pending therapy resistance in obesity? @Aramens9
The Ets transcription factor ETV4 regulates FGF1-dependent proliferation and glycolysis in ER-positive breast cancer biorxiv.org/content/10.64898… #biorxiv_cancer
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