Jelani Zarif Lab

Our was recently awarded an E.E Just Postgraduate research training award from @UNCF. We are seeking a Postdoc fellow to study the TME of Prostate Cancer. Very competitive salary & funding. If you or someone you know is interested and eligible, please get in touch with us ASAP.

Join us on March 12th (This Thursday!) on Zoom for this month's Myeloid Network seminar featuring Dmitry Gabrilovich @AstraZeneca for his talk titled, Kill or not to Kill: how tumor neutrophils can neutralize T cells. Info and zoom link: themyeloidnetwork.ucsd.edu @MyeloidNetwork

The Johns Hopkins Schaufeld Post-Baccalaureate scholars program is now accepting applications. Please share.

Ramadan Mubarak to all of our Muslim friends and neighbors in Maryland. May this holy month bring peace and an abundance of blessings to you and your loved ones.

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., mourns the death today of Brother Dr. Norman C. Francis. Brother Dr. Francis, a 1967 Sigma Lambda Chapter initiate, is the former longtime president of Xavier University, a Civil Rights leader, and a 2001 Alpha Award of Merit recipient.

Today, Maryland mourns the passing of Reverend Jesse Jackson—a giant of the civil rights movement and a champion for the dignity of working people. Of the many shoulders that we stand on, Jesse Jackson’s were amongst the broadest. He led with love and reminded all of us of our voice and our power. Reverend Jackson was a trailblazer who never waited for permission or to ask for a seat at the table—he insisted on it, and he widened that table for generations to come. Reverend Jackson spent his life turning pain into purpose and protest into progress and organizing communities to make those promises real. Dawn and I send our deepest condolences to the Jackson family and to all who loved him and were shaped by his life’s work. We pray that Reverend Jackson may enjoy eternal peace and a well-deserved rest.

Reverend Jesse Jackson was one of America’s greatest patriots. He spent his life summoning all of us to fulfill the promise of America and building the coalitions to make that promise real. A son of Greenville, South Carolina, Reverend Jackson first rose to the national stage as one of the young leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. His presidential runs in 1984 and 1988 electrified millions of Americans and showed them what could be possible. From Washington, DC to the Bay Area, from the Mississippi Delta to Appalachia, from South Africa to the South Side of Chicago, Reverend Jackson gave a voice to people who were removed from power and politics. He let us know our voices mattered. He instilled in us that we were somebody. And he widened the path for generations to follow in his footsteps and lead. As a young law student, I would drive back and forth from Oakland, where I lived, to San Francisco, where I went to school. I had a bumper sticker in the back window of my car that read: “Jesse Jackson for President.” As I would drive across the Bay Bridge, you would not believe how people from every walk of life would give me a thumbs up or honk of support. They were small interactions, but they exemplified Reverend Jackson’s life work — lifting up the dignity of working people, building community and coalitions, and strengthening our democracy and nation. I was proud to partner with and learn from him on this work throughout my career, and I am so grateful for the time we spent together this January. Reverend Jackson was a selfless leader, mentor, and friend to me and so many others. Doug and I are praying for Jacqueline, their children and grandchildren, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, and the millions of people across our country and around the world whose lives he impacted. Today and every day, we will carry forward his call to “Keep hope alive.”

This February marks the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Black History month by Dr. Carter G. Woodson. Black History is American history and I hope you are as inspired as I am by what you learn!

Join us this Thursday at 11am EST for the first @MyeloidNetwork Seminar of 2026 with Dr. Douglas Hanahan! themyeloidnetwork.ucsd.edu

Welcoming new additions to the @Zarif_Lab Dr. Mei Fong Ng (Postdoc Fellow), Dr. Ben Murter (Postdoc Fellow) and research Tech Neha Sane. Each is working on elucidating how macrophages drive therapeutic resistance in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Today Our @JoeBiden got to ring the bell on this phase of his cancer treatment!! 🙏🏼💙🙏🏼

Join us this Thursday (Oct 9) for The Myeloid Network Seminar at 11am EST / 8am PST, via zoom, featuring @NanZhangWistar from the @TheWistar, who will present "Leveraging myeloid cell activation in metastatic ovarian cancer". Zoom link and more info: themyeloidnetwork.ucsd.edu

September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, an opportunity to highlight the second most common cancer in men - #prostatecancer. This month we want to remind men to: ✅ Learn about their risk factors ✅ Talk with their doctor ✅ #GetScreened #MensHealth

This will not only impact the many scientific discoveries by researchers at US institutions but the patients who will benefit from these funded studies.

I cannot stress this enough: pairing a 4% funding line with the largest cut in NCI history will devastate the future of cancer research - and patients. We would be turning our backs on decades of progress.

Very proud of our @MorganStateU summer student Ms. Jordan McCoy on her brilliant symposium studying macrophages in prostate cancer!

Not just one of the best scenes in Black TV History, but American Television history. Thanks for the memories Malcolm Jamal-Warner. This is how I’ll remember you. 🤩

Grant terminations have grabbed the headlines and have seen legal action, but even more damaging to the US research enterprise has been the massive decrease in research grants issued by federal agencies NIH: -57% in the number of awards and -63% in value compared to FY24

Ted Koppel interviews my Hopkins colleague Prof. Liz Jaffee, world expert in pancreatic cancer, about the devastating cuts and slow roll out of cancer research funding by the NIH. See this CBS Sunday morning show video here: youtube.com/watch?v=CLwcYQ…

@JennGuerriero @FilipaLynce @GShapiroMDPhD @BrighamSurgery @DFCI_BreastOnc Congratulations @JennGuerriero

We call ourselves the 3 musketeers. Today we scored 4% on an MPI R01 that will investigate targeting macrophages in Brca-associated breast cancer. So proud of this dream team. Team science always wins. @FilipaLynce @GShapiroMDPhD @BrighamSurgery @DFCI_BreastOnc

Beautiful talk by Dr. Isla Garraway on CIN as biomarker for prostate cancer, development of algorithm for pathology detection of CIN by ⁦@Bea0317Knudsen⁩, CIN targeting in clinical trials. #PCFAcademy ⁦@PCF_Science⁩