Liza Makowski Lab

Scientist, Mentor, Mom of 3, Wife of Cancer Center Director. All views, post, and opinions are my own.

[Liza Makowski Lab @MakowskiLab]

A special reunion with my mentor, @ghotamis Gökhan Hotamisligil at the Immunometabolism @GordonConf. Thrilled to congratulate him in person on his election to the @theNASciences. His scientific vision and mentorship have had a lasting impact on my career.

[Liza Makowski Lab @MakowskiLab]

So proud to be an OG mentee of this titan of science, my hocam, @ghotamis who has been elected into the National Academy of Sciences. Here is us as babies in '03. The best. @HarvardChanSPH @theNASciences

[Hotamışlıgil Lab @gshlab]

We are extremely proud and thrilled to announce our very own Dr. Hotamışlıgil @ghotamis has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences!! Congratulations on this outstanding achievement and recognition 👏👏👏😊https://t.co/FczVnkTKru

[AACR @AACR]

We thank all of the nearly 23,000 people attending this year's AACR Annual Meeting in person and online, as well as the more than 5,500 who shared about #AACR26 on social media, generating 224.4 million impressions so far.

[Liza Makowski Lab @MakowskiLab]

#AACR2026

[Liza Makowski Lab @MakowskiLab]

Amazing opportunity @AACR to share our experience in building the @MeDOCResearch Consortium to fill the gaps in understanding the obesity-cancer risk connection during the @theNCI - @NIH session today! Read more about this innovative transdisciplinary approach-Lam et al @JNCI_Now

[MeDOC Program @MeDOCResearch]

Did you know metabolic issues linked to obesity can raise cancer risk? 🎗️The NCI/NIH Consortia Initiative MeDOC, is bringing together experts across disciplines to tackle this head-on. Learn more at today's NCI-Sponsored session from 10:15-11:15 PST at #AACR26.

[MeDOC Program @MeDOCResearch]

Plasma Metabolomics Profiles in the Progression of Adverse Liver Conditions to Liver Cancer presented by Cindy (Xinyuan) Zhang

[MeDOC Program @MeDOCResearch]

Checkout the posters we presented today (4/20)!

Circulating Sphingolipids and Colorectal Cancer Risk Among African American Adults presented by Sara Salas

[Liza Makowski Lab @MakowskiLab]

Excellent showing of Memphians from @UTHSC_Cancer - Center for Cancer Research from faculty to trainees at #AACR26 with many posters and speakers! Congrats to @RachelSPerkins1 Rachel Perkins for her @AACR Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research Award! 🎉

[Liza Makowski Lab @MakowskiLab]

So happy to catch up on the successes of my former doctoral student Mehdi @ChaibImmune at #AACR26 now a postdoc at MD Anderson. It was amazing to see his work highlighted during Jim Allison’s lifetime achievement award! Congrats Mehdi! So proud!

[Liza Makowski Lab @MakowskiLab]

Amazing work

[MeDOC Program @MeDOCResearch]

Be sure to checkout the MeDOC Consortium's poster at #AACR this afternoon (4/21 2-5pm PST)! The poster will be set up in Section 4, Board 26

MeDOC-KB: Knowledge Base for Unraveling the Metabolic Links Between Obesity-Related Cancers​ presented by The GW-CC

[Liza Makowski Lab @MakowskiLab]

Thrilled for @JJMilnerLab to be awarded this @AACR Trailblazer award! So happy to run into my former “roton” rotation student who has gone on to great things!! #Aacr26

[Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc) @AACR_CEO]

These @AACR Trailblazer Grants will equip early-stage and mid-career investigators with the resources they need to conduct paradigm-shifting research that will help define the future of cancer research. We thank @Pfizer for their impactful gift that made these grants possible.

[MeDOC Program @MeDOCResearch]

Big things are happening! MeDOC Consortium members are at #AACR2026, sharing groundbreaking research on obesity-related cancers. Posters will be presented this afternoon in Sections 36 (#14) and 54 (#8).

Proud to help drive real change in cancer research—stay tuned for updates!

[Liza Makowski Lab @MakowskiLab]

So honored to be a part of @MeDOCResearch

[MeDOC Program @MeDOCResearch]

Be sure to checkout the MeDOC Consortium's poster at #AACR this afternoon (4/20 2-5pm)! The poster will be set up in Section 36, Board 14

Obesity, metabolic dysfunction, and cancer risk: Uncovering the metabolic landscape​ presented by the #MeDOC Consortium

[Katherine L. Cook @KLCookLab]

Simultaneously released at #AACR26 our new collaborative study investigating the impact of weight loss and omega-3 PUFA on the #microbiome in women at high-risk for #breastcancer https://t.co/9ITADeUDFO

[Liza Makowski Lab @MakowskiLab]

Excited to be at #AACR26! Look for me Tuesday morning for our @MeDOCResearch panel in this special @theNCI @NIH Selected Session!

[St. Jude Research @StJudeResearch]

Join Lily Guenther, MD, Molecular Oncology, from 3-3:30 p.m. at booth 2346. She will share her expertise in pediatric sarcoma ahead of her presentation at the Interface of Radiation Science and Pediatric Oncology Town Hall tonight at 6:30 p.m.

#AACR26 #StJudeResearch

[Liza Makowski Lab @MakowskiLab]

Congrats to my postdoctoral fellows Dr. Sandesh Marathe @SMaratheTweets and Dr. Naveed Pervaiz on receiving Travel Awards at the @UTHSC_CGHS 18th Annual Postdoctoral Research Showcase to attend the 2026 @GordonConf on #Immunometabolism to share exciting @MeDOCResearch findings!

[Liza Makowski Lab @MakowskiLab]

Conserved candidate genes (RASSF3, GNS, and TBC1D30) associated with poorer overall survival in BC patients—highlighting new risk biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets.

[Liza Makowski Lab @MakowskiLab]

Identification of susceptibility loci using a novel murine model for triple-negative breast cancer https://t.co/vZx7b3UVws

[Liza Makowski Lab @MakowskiLab]

I am thankful to the @theNCI for funding this work and our multidisciplinary team. @GeneNetwork2 @DavidAshbrook @LauraSipe3 @davidneilhayes and a team of trainees to conquer this huge study!

[Liza Makowski Lab @MakowskiLab]

Triple negative breast cancer (#TNBC) remains an aggressive subtype in need of advances to predict risk and improve outcomes. Using systems genetics in a novel preclinical model in the BXD recombinant inbred family we identified genetic modifiers of TNBC onset and burden.