We investigate how hormones and metabolic factors impact tumor progression. Our goal is to use this information to develop novel therapeutics for the treatment.
Urbana, IL
Joined February 2020
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Just a day away! Join the Cancer Research Advocacy Group for a special webinar on survivorship. Great tips on navigating the insurance system! Register here: forms.illinois.edu/sec/38030…
@CancerCenterIL @MCB_Illinois #BCSM #Cancer
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Cholesterol sensing and metabolic adaptation in tissue immunity dlvr.it/TFSQVM #immunology
Come join our team at University of Illinois!
Our department is recruiting a Tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor in Neuroinflammation, broadly defined. Excellent colleagues, supporting environment and low cost of living. Apply by 10/31. Please share! neurojobs.sfn.org/job/38089/…
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We know TWO! @NelsonLabUofI @PrairieLTR
Announcing @TheEndoSociety's 2025 Laureates!
How many do you know?
endocrine.org/awards/laureat…
Truly honored to receive the Weitzman Laureate Award for Outstanding Research. To be recognized by my peers and the society I call home is very special.
2025 Laureate Award Winners | We are excited to unveil the highest achievers in endocrinology and highlight their groundbreaking research and innovations in clinical care. They will be honored at ENDO 2025 next July in San Francisco, CA. Learn more about their accomplishments: bit.ly/3WPWsmx
#endocrinology #ENDO2025
Thanks to my #team, mentors - especially @donaldmcdonnell and Hamid Habibi, and amazing colleagues at the University of Illinois @CancerCenterIL @MCB_Illinois @IGBIllinois @BeckmanIllinois
Congratulations to all the other Laureate Awardees, especially my "lab neighbor" @PrairieLTR !
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2025 Laureate Award Winners | We are excited to unveil the highest achievers in endocrinology and highlight their groundbreaking research and innovations in clinical care. They will be honored at ENDO 2025 next July in San Francisco, CA. Learn more about their accomplishments: bit.ly/3WPWsmx
#endocrinology #ENDO2025
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👏 Congratulations to CCIL members Ying Dao, Viktor Gruev, and Erik Nelson for being named 2024 "Researchers to Know" by the Illinois Science and Technology Coalition!
➡️ Learn more: go.illinois.edu/Researcherst…
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In 2867 women with #obesity and a median follow-up of 23.9 years, bariatric surgery was associated with lower incidence of #breastcancer compared to usual obesity care #cancer
Bariatric surgery was associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer in women with obesity. The risk reduction was strongest in women with high insulin levels at baseline. ja.ma/4agruZm
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Looking forward to my upcoming trip @UofIllinois for the #microbiome #cancer symposium this Friday. Will be discussing our @wakeforestmed @WakeCancer group’s work on tissue resident microbes on breast cancer. – at Clemmons, NC
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The Cancer Center at Illinois is hiring an Assistant Director for Program Operations.
👉Apply by March 18. More details here:
go.illinois.edu/ProgramOpera…
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Hello #chemtwitter #biologytwitter #science #HigherEducation Do you know of anyone who is interested in a career at a primarily undergraduate institution? I want to make you aware of the Consortium for Faculty Diversity: gettysburg.edu/offices/provo… 🧵
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Research from @UofIllinois shows a new cancer vaccine holds the potential to help patients receive personalized treatment.
👉Get the details: bit.ly/3RGPJd0
#CancerResearch @WangLabUIUC @CEEatIllinois @IllinoisMatSE @ILLINOISmed @MCB_Illinois @NCSAatIllinois
ALT Researcher Hua Wang (left) with PhD candidate Rimsha Bhatta (right).
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Excited to share our recent Nat Commun paper led by my excellent grad student @BhattaRimsha. We developed a facile and universal approach to generating metabolically tagged extracellular vesicles (EVs), which enables the conjugation of adjuvants and other
nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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CCIL Cancer Discovery Platforms Program Leader, Erik Nelson (@NelsonLabUofI), appeared on @WCIA3
this morning to talk about breast cancer research, screening tips, and more for #BreastCancerAwareness Month.
👉 Watch his interview here: bit.ly/3tz2ZHi
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#ILLINOIS professor @xinzhu_yu is a recipient of a multiyear New Innovator Award from the @NIH_CommonFund.
The award will allow her to continue her exploration of mechanisms driving astrocyte-neuron interactions in the brain. ▶️ go.illinois.edu/NIHHighRisk
ALT Image of Illinois molecular and integrative physiology professor Xinzhu Yu holding a model human brain in front of data scan images of what appears to be brainwave activity. Photo by Fred Zwicky
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Please apply to come and be my colleague! Lots of other great colleagues too: @C_C_Hinman @NelsonLabUofI @TsaiNien @psweeney1229 @AuerbachLab @LlanoLaboratory @xinzhu_yu
Join our creative, ambitious community of scholars! We're hiring a tenure-track professor in Computational Neurobiology.
go.illinois.edu/neuroinfo
#academicjobs #physiology #neuroscience #compneuro #neurobiology #neuroinformatics #HigherEdJobs
Working on neuroinflammation? Neuroinflammation and cancer? Apply to work with the best colleagues and best college town!
My department is recruiting a Tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor in Neuroinflammation jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/…