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

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