Virtual Conference: 10am-3pm EST, Sept. 8 & 9, 2026
Abstracts due: July 24, 2026
Talk/poster notifications: Aug. 10, 2026
Registration closes: Sept. 4, 2026
PROGRAM
(coming soon)
Talks from selected abstracts
10 minutes for talks; 5 minutes Q&A
Poster presentations
Interactive poster session on GatherTown
Day 1 Workshops
(coming soon)
Day 2 Workshops
(coming soon)
CAREER KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Ralph DeBerardinis M.D., Ph.D.
An unexpected career
in cancer metabolism
Professor & Director, Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth & Development, UT Southwestern
Professor, Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Registration is FREE.
As a virtual conference, this Showcase is unique. While the audience is everyone (including faculty scientists), it will feature oral and poster presentations by non-faculty scientists only.
This format provides the maximum opportunity for students, postdocs, and faculty to interact and network.
Workshops will feature a mix of training sessions and panel discussions.
Virtual Conference: 10am-3pm EST, Sept. 8 & 9, 2026
Presenters
(coming soon)
Organizing Committee
Thekla Cordes, Ph.D., Professor, Cellular Metabolism, TU Braunschweig and HZI (Germany)
Gina DeNicola, Ph.D., Metabolism Program Leader, Moffitt Cancer Center (USA)
Isaac Harris, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center (USA)
Evan Lien, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Metabolism & Nutritional Programming, Van Andel Institute (USA)
Abir Mukherjee, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh (USA)
Michael Oliphant, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Pharmacology, University of Colorado Anschutz (USA)
Hijai Regina Shin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (USA)
Jessalyn Ubellacker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Molecular Metabolism, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (USA)
