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:
Building Skills
2-3 p.m. • Tuesday, Sept. 8
Table 1: Expanding your network (collaboration and connections)
Table 2: Science Communication
Table 3: Applying for funding
Table 4: Machine Learning and AI in cancer metabolism research
Table 5: Balancing Life and Lab
Table 6: Record keeping and data management
Day 2 Workshops:
YOUR Next Step
2-3 p.m. • Wednesday, Sept. 9
Table 1: Preparing for the academic job search
Table 2: Transition from PhD to postdoc in Academia
Table 3: Transition into a position in Industry
Table 4: Transition into a position in Publishing
Table 5: Transition into a position in a Core Facility
Table 6: Meet the editors in metabolism journals
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)