Translational oncology researcher passionate about improving cancer patients’ lives. Post-doc at #VUMC in the Rathmell labs. PhD from #UTSW @brekkenlab
Excited to share our preprint where we identified impaired mitochondrial metabolism as a driver of epithelial plasticity and primary tumor escape in metastasis. This was a big collaboration with lots of people from VUMC as well as the NCI!
Happy to share @enarner preprint on mitochondrial metabolism and kidney cancer metastasis--This ongoing project started with @KimrynRathmell using patient data to show inhibition of oxphos promotes EMT and primary tumor escape. Great work Emily!
https://t.co/TYz2vrwOIL
If you’ve made it this far in my tweet, come check out my poster tomorrow between 2-5pm! I’ll be presenting my post-doc work about a metabolic switch we identified that controls tumor cell metabolism and metastasis in kidney cancer. Come see me in Section 12, board 24!
So excited to be at #AACR25 in Chicago and receive a scholar in training award from the Kidney Cancer Association (@kidneycan) and the Chris CJ Johnson foundation (@renalmedullary). I’m learning so much. If you see me around, please say hi! #SITAKIDNEY#DayintheLife@kaydaustin
Finished off the night at the scholar in training reception, where I networked with so many other amazing early-career investigators as well as @kidneycan@KidneyCancer and @kaydaustin!
We are excited to honor the incredible physician-scientist @KimrynRathmell with @AmericanCancer most important award. Her passion to combine science and care to improve patient outcomes with #kidneycancer is an inspiration to us all https://t.co/m0Bm6sNYM9
#UTSW scientists have discovered a mechanism that promotes metastasis in pancreatic, breast, and potentially other cancers along with a new druggable therapeutic target to block it. @brekkenlab@scisignal https://t.co/7lIFFJOam5
Studying the mechanisms of #EpithelialToMesenchymal transition, researchers investigated the kinase AKT and identified a pathway centered on TBK1 required for EMT and metastatic spread in pancreatic cancer in mice. @UTSWCancerBio@brekkenlab@enarner https://t.co/DMYkbcaD6N
It’s finally out!! It’s been 3 years since I graduated with my PhD from UTSW, but my last first-author paper from grad school and the culmination of my thesis work has finally been published in @scisignal!! https://t.co/vzz1g1ZQQ2
@JMarkedCooper@brekkenlab Thanks @JMarkedCooper! There’s lots of ways this pathway can be targeted for the treatment of metastasis. I hope they can make a difference!
Thanks to Rolf and everyone in the @brekkenlab for not giving up and pushing this out the door! Especially Dina and Jill! I’m extremely grateful to the whole crew and glad to see this out there!