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
Talks from submitted abstracts
10 minutes for talks; 5 minutes Q&A
Poster presentations
Interactive poster session on GatherTown
Day 1 Workshops:
Building Skills
2-3 p.m. • Tuesday, Sept. 8
Table 1: Expanding your network
(collaboration and connections)
Issac Harris (Univ. of Rochester)
Sheng Toni Hui (Harvard Univ.)
Table 2: Science Communication
Costas Lyssiotis (Univ. of Michigan)
Evan Lien (Van Andel Institute)
Table 3: Applying for funding
Thekla Cordes (TU Braunschweig)
Jessalyn Ubellacker (Harvard Univ.)
Table 4: Machine Learning and AI in cancer metabolism research
Ramon Sun (Univ. of Florida)
Ed Reznik (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
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Table 5: Balancing Life and Lab
Naama Kanarek (Harvard Medical School)
Jonathan Colloff (Univ. of Illinois Chicago)
Mike Oliphant (CU Anschutz)
Table 6: Record keeping and data management
Gina DiNicola (Moffit Cancer Center)
Eoin Fahy (UC San Diego)
Day 2 Workshops:
YOUR Next Step
2-3 p.m. • Wednesday, Sept. 9
Table 1:Preparing for the academic job search
Abir Mukherjee (Univ. of Pittsburg)
Thekla Cordes (TU Braunschweig)
Mike Oliphant (CU Anschutz)
Table 2:Transition from PhD to postdoc in Academia
Pallavi Joshi (Postdoc at UT Southwestern)
Zoe Piran (Postdoc at Genentech/Stanford Univ.)
Table 3:Transition into a position in Industry
Brent Fitzwalter (Alnylam Pharmaceuticals)
Roma Kaul (Aktis Oncology)
Table 4:Transition into a position in Publishing
Michele Hartsough (editor Cancer Discovery)
Lisa Situ (editor Cancer Discovery)
Table 5:Transition into a position in a Core Facility
Ryan Sheldon (VAI Mass spec core Director)
Thomas Matthews (UTSW_CRI Metabolomics core)
Feroza Choudhury (Moffit Cancer Center)
Table 6:Meet the editors in metabolism journals
Jean Nakhle (editor Nat.Metabolism)
Brendan Manning (editor Cancer Research)
Mari-Carmen Fernández-Agüera (editor Cell Metabolism)
10-11 a.m. • Tuesday, Sept. 8
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)