Djazia Haferssas

👩🏻‍🎓 PhD candidate @UMontreal
🧬 Cancer Research | Renal Cell Carcinoma
✨ Driven by curiosity, inspired by books and fuelled by cappuccino.
🍀 Carpe diem

[Djazia Haferssas @Djaziahfs]

@SerCresGar @CIHR_IRSC Congratulations!

[Djazia Haferssas @Djaziahfs]

@ScienceMagazine I relate to this so much! As a PhD candidate, reading novels is one of my favorite ways to escape the anxiety of grad school. It’s fascinating that research also shows how reading fiction can benefit the brain. Sometimes, getting lost in a good novel is exactly the break we need.

[Djazia Haferssas @Djaziahfs]

@JoachimSchork Thanks for sharing!

[Djazia Haferssas @Djaziahfs]

@ItaiYanai Couldn’t agree more. I would also add the value of adaptability: every student has different needs and goals. Recognizing and supporting those differences can make a meaningful difference in the training experience and is an important part of great mentorship.

[Djazia Haferssas @Djaziahfs]

@ScienceMagazine Beyond imposter syndrome, I think there’s also something powerful about being in an environment that values and supports your work. The right environment doesn’t define your worth, but it can create the space for your strengths, ideas, and contributions to thrive.

[Miriam Merad, MD, PhD @MiriamMerad]

In this article, I argue that pandemics, antimicrobial resistance, cancer, inflammatory diseases & aging are among the greatest threats to our societies. Yet biomedical research receives a fraction of military spending, when in fact the #NIH is also a “Department of Defense”.

[Djazia Haferssas @Djaziahfs]

Great opportunity to join an exciting new research team! If you’re looking for excellent mentorship and interested in an exciting research topic, definitely check it out. 👇🏻🔬🚀

[Sébastien This @SebastienThis]

I'm excited to announce my new position as Assistant Professor at the Université de Sherbrooke. I'm incredibly grateful to all who have helped me get here.
The lab is now hiring! If you're interested please reach out. Looking forward to this next chapter!
https://t.co/0W35AqPxFW

[Djazia Haferssas @Djaziahfs]

A powerful multimodal study of ccRCC therapy response! Combining mouse models, scRNAseq, imaging mass cytometry, and human cohorts, the authors uncover how VEGFR-TKI + anti–PD-1 therapy reshapes the tumor microenvironment and reveal the complex role of hypoxia in tumor evolution.

[Cancer Cell @Cancer_Cell]

Hypoxia shapes both therapeutic response and resistance in metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma https://t.co/dnOYihiWdf

[Djazia Haferssas @Djaziahfs]

Excited to see our work featured on #Oncogenesis’ LinkedIn! Thanks to the editors and all co-authors for making this happen.
@CasGerarduzzi @SpringerNature #CancerResearch
https://t.co/5jDilq9SgB

[Djazia Haferssas @Djaziahfs]

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts.”
I'm happy to share my first first-author publication! 🥳 Grateful for everyone and every question that has inspired this journey.
https://t.co/hbyG4jNp3q

[Djazia Haferssas @Djaziahfs]

You have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future!

[Skai. @superSaiyanSkai]

On the days I feel lost, I return to this, and it always reignites me.

[Djazia Haferssas @Djaziahfs]

@CasGerarduzzi Thank you so much!! 😊

[Djazia Haferssas @Djaziahfs]

@ImmunoThoughts @dominique_gatti @MelicharLab Hey @ImmunoThoughts proud of you 👍🏻

[Djazia Haferssas @Djaziahfs]

@CasGerarduzzi @CKDNetwork @CSNSCN Thanks for the shoutout. I am grateful to present our kidney cancer research at the
@CSNSCN @CKDNetwork alongside @TCRG_UdeM, looking forward to exploring synergies in advancing our understanding of kidney cancer 🚀

[Djazia Haferssas @Djaziahfs]

It’s already the end of #CCRC2023 and what a fantastic conference! Three days full of discussions, exchanging ideas and learning more about cancer.
#CCRA #RRCancer

[CCRAlliance @CCRAlliance]

That’s a wrap on #CCRC2023! Can’t wait to see you all in Calgary for #CCRC2025!

[Société de recherche sur le cancer @SRC_CRS]

We are proud to support #CCRC2023, an exceptional conference, highlighting the remarkable advancements in the fight against cancer! Researchers, come to see our diverse grant programs !
🌟🔬💪 #CancerResearch

[Djazia Haferssas @Djaziahfs]

Excited for another day full of amazing science! Today’s schedule: 1) Molecular drivers of cancer metastases, 2) Metastasis 3) Tumor microenvironment and 4) Overcoming therapy resistance in cancer.
#CCRC2023 #CCRA #RRCancer

[Djazia Haferssas @Djaziahfs]

Here we go for the first day of the Canadian Cancer Research Conference (CCRC) 🎉
#CCRC2023 #CCRA #RRCancer

[CCRAlliance @CCRAlliance]

TODAY! #Halifax! Join us for our community event “Cancer: Prevention, Treatment & You” on Nov 11 at 1:30 pm at @hfxconventions. Explore the health-focused exhibit hall and catch the 2 p.m. panel hosted by @eilishbonang from @globalhalifax. Everyone’s welcome! #CCRC2023