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Liza Makowski Lab

@MakowskiLab

Scientist, Mentor, Mom of 3, Wife of Cancer Center Director. All views, post, and opinions are my own.

Univ TN Health Science Center Katılım Ekim 2018
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Liza Makowski Lab@MakowskiLab·
So proud to be an OG mentee of this titan of science, my hocam, @ghotamis who has been elected into the National Academy of Sciences. Here is us as babies in '03. The best. @HarvardChanSPH @theNASciences
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Hotamışlıgil Lab@gshlab

We are extremely proud and thrilled to announce our very own Dr. Hotamışlıgil @ghotamis has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences!! Congratulations on this outstanding achievement and recognition 👏👏👏😊nasonline.org/news/2026-nas-…

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AACR
AACR@AACR·
We thank all of the nearly 23,000 people attending this year's AACR Annual Meeting in person and online, as well as the more than 5,500 who shared about #AACR26 on social media, generating 224.4 million impressions so far.
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Amazing opportunity @AACR to share our experience in building the @MeDOCResearch Consortium to fill the gaps in understanding the obesity-cancer risk connection during the @theNCI - @NIH session today! Read more about this innovative transdisciplinary approach-Lam et al @JNCI_Now
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MeDOC Program
MeDOC Program@MeDOCResearch·
Did you know metabolic issues linked to obesity can raise cancer risk? 🎗️The NCI/NIH Consortia Initiative MeDOC, is bringing together experts across disciplines to tackle this head-on. Learn more at today's NCI-Sponsored session from 10:15-11:15 PST at #AACR26.
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MeDOC Program
MeDOC Program@MeDOCResearch·
Plasma Metabolomics Profiles in the Progression of Adverse Liver Conditions to Liver Cancer presented by Cindy (Xinyuan) Zhang
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MeDOC Program
MeDOC Program@MeDOCResearch·
Checkout the posters we presented today (4/20)! Circulating Sphingolipids and Colorectal Cancer Risk Among African American Adults presented by Sara Salas
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Liza Makowski Lab@MakowskiLab·
Excellent showing of Memphians from @UTHSC_Cancer - Center for Cancer Research from faculty to trainees at #AACR26 with many posters and speakers! Congrats to @RachelSPerkins1 Rachel Perkins for her @AACR Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research Award! 🎉
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Liza Makowski Lab@MakowskiLab·
So happy to catch up on the successes of my former doctoral student Mehdi @ChaibImmune at #AACR26 now a postdoc at MD Anderson. It was amazing to see his work highlighted during Jim Allison’s lifetime achievement award! Congrats Mehdi! So proud!
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Liza Makowski Lab@MakowskiLab·
Thrilled for @JJMilnerLab to be awarded this @AACR Trailblazer award! So happy to run into my former “roton” rotation student who has gone on to great things!! #Aacr26
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Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc)@AACR_CEO

These @AACR Trailblazer Grants will equip early-stage and mid-career investigators with the resources they need to conduct paradigm-shifting research that will help define the future of cancer research. We thank @Pfizer for their impactful gift that made these grants possible.

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MeDOC Program
MeDOC Program@MeDOCResearch·
Big things are happening! MeDOC Consortium members are at #AACR2026, sharing groundbreaking research on obesity-related cancers. Posters will be presented this afternoon in Sections 36 (#14) and 54 (#8). Proud to help drive real change in cancer research—stay tuned for updates!
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St. Jude Research
St. Jude Research@StJudeResearch·
Join Lily Guenther, MD, Molecular Oncology, from 3-3:30 p.m. at booth 2346. She will share her expertise in pediatric sarcoma ahead of her presentation at the Interface of Radiation Science and Pediatric Oncology Town Hall tonight at 6:30 p.m. #AACR26 #StJudeResearch
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Liza Makowski Lab@MakowskiLab·
Conserved candidate genes (RASSF3, GNS, and TBC1D30) associated with poorer overall survival in BC patients—highlighting new risk biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets.
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Triple negative breast cancer (#TNBC) remains an aggressive subtype in need of advances to predict risk and improve outcomes. Using systems genetics in a novel preclinical model in the BXD recombinant inbred family we identified genetic modifiers of TNBC onset and burden.
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