We investigate how hormones and metabolic factors impact tumor progression. Our goal is to use this information to develop novel therapeutics for the treatment.
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21 Feb 2025
Just a day away! Join the Cancer Research Advocacy Group for a special webinar on survivorship. Great tips on navigating the insurance system! Register here: forms.illinois.edu/sec/38030…
@CancerCenterIL @MCB_Illinois #BCSM #Cancer
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17 Oct 2024
Cholesterol sensing and metabolic adaptation in tissue immunity dlvr.it/TFSQVM #immunology
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30 Aug 2024
Come join our team at University of Illinois!
29 Aug 2024
Our department is recruiting a Tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor in Neuroinflammation, broadly defined. Excellent colleagues, supporting environment and low cost of living. Apply by 10/31. Please share! neurojobs.sfn.org/job/38089/…
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We know TWO! @NelsonLabUofI @PrairieLTR
21 Aug 2024
Announcing @TheEndoSociety's 2025 Laureates!
How many do you know?
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22 Aug 2024
Truly honored to receive the Weitzman Laureate Award for Outstanding Research. To be recognized by my peers and the society I call home is very special.
21 Aug 2024
2025 Laureate Award Winners | We are excited to unveil the highest achievers in endocrinology and highlight their groundbreaking research and innovations in clinical care. They will be honored at ENDO 2025 next July in San Francisco, CA. Learn more about their accomplishments: bit.ly/3WPWsmx
#endocrinology #ENDO2025
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Thanks to my #team, mentors - especially @donaldmcdonnell and Hamid Habibi, and amazing colleagues at the University of Illinois @CancerCenterIL @MCB_Illinois @IGBIllinois @BeckmanIllinois
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Congratulations to all the other Laureate Awardees, especially my "lab neighbor" @PrairieLTR !
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21 Aug 2024
2025 Laureate Award Winners | We are excited to unveil the highest achievers in endocrinology and highlight their groundbreaking research and innovations in clinical care. They will be honored at ENDO 2025 next July in San Francisco, CA. Learn more about their accomplishments: bit.ly/3WPWsmx
#endocrinology #ENDO2025
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31 May 2024
👏 Congratulations to CCIL members Ying Dao, Viktor Gruev, and Erik Nelson for being named 2024 "Researchers to Know" by the Illinois Science and Technology Coalition!
➡️ Learn more: go.illinois.edu/Researcherst…
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15 May 2024
In 2867 women with #obesity and a median follow-up of 23.9 years, bariatric surgery was associated with lower incidence of #breastcancer compared to usual obesity care #cancer
15 May 2024
Bariatric surgery was associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer in women with obesity. The risk reduction was strongest in women with high insulin levels at baseline. ja.ma/4agruZm
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26 Mar 2024
Looking forward to my upcoming trip @UofIllinois for the #microbiome #cancer symposium this Friday. Will be discussing our @wakeforestmed @WakeCancer group’s work on tissue resident microbes on breast cancer.
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29 Feb 2024
The Cancer Center at Illinois is hiring an Assistant Director for Program Operations.
👉Apply by March 18. More details here:
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2 Jan 2024
Hello #chemtwitter #biologytwitter #science #HigherEducation Do you know of anyone who is interested in a career at a primarily undergraduate institution? I want to make you aware of the Consortium for Faculty Diversity: gettysburg.edu/offices/provo… 🧵
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14 Dec 2023
Research from @UofIllinois shows a new cancer vaccine holds the potential to help patients receive personalized treatment.
👉Get the details: bit.ly/3RGPJd0
#CancerResearch @WangLabUIUC @CEEatIllinois @IllinoisMatSE @ILLINOISmed @MCB_Illinois @NCSAatIllinois
ALT Researcher Hua Wang (left) with PhD candidate Rimsha Bhatta (right).
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5 Dec 2023
Excited to share our recent Nat Commun paper led by my excellent grad student @BhattaRimsha. We developed a facile and universal approach to generating metabolically tagged extracellular vesicles (EVs), which enables the conjugation of adjuvants and other
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13 Oct 2023
CCIL Cancer Discovery Platforms Program Leader, Erik Nelson (@NelsonLabUofI), appeared on @WCIA3
this morning to talk about breast cancer research, screening tips, and more for #BreastCancerAwareness Month.
👉 Watch his interview here: bit.ly/3tz2ZHi
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3 Oct 2023
#ILLINOIS professor @xinzhu_yu is a recipient of a multiyear New Innovator Award from the @NIH_CommonFund.
The award will allow her to continue her exploration of mechanisms driving astrocyte-neuron interactions in the brain. ▶️ go.illinois.edu/NIHHighRisk
ALT Image of Illinois molecular and integrative physiology professor Xinzhu Yu holding a model human brain in front of data scan images of what appears to be brainwave activity. Photo by Fred Zwicky
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13 Sep 2023
Please apply to come and be my colleague! Lots of other great colleagues too: @C_C_Hinman @NelsonLabUofI @TsaiNien @psweeney1229 @AuerbachLab @LlanoLaboratory @xinzhu_yu
Join our creative, ambitious community of scholars! We're hiring a tenure-track professor in Computational Neurobiology.
go.illinois.edu/neuroinfo
#academicjobs #physiology #neuroscience #compneuro #neurobiology #neuroinformatics #HigherEdJobs
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18 Aug 2023
Working on neuroinflammation? Neuroinflammation and cancer? Apply to work with the best colleagues and best college town!
18 Aug 2023
My department is recruiting a Tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor in Neuroinflammation jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/…
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