
Ifé Akano
@ifeakano
Ph.D. in Pharmacology @WeillCornellGS • mentorship and community building enthusiast • she/her
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/ife-akano 07-12-2019 04:58:12
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Are you a URM senior graduate student or early stage postdoc? Apply now for MSK View to learn more about training as a postdoc at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and network with trainees and faculty! MSK ScienceEducation


So excited to share that my thesis work is out now at Molecular Cell! Karen AdelmanLab and I show that U1 snRNP increases RNA Pol II elongation rate within AT-rich introns, thereby reducing the likelihood of Pol II termination or arrest. Highlights below! authors.elsevier.com/c/1gobY3vVUPNx…

We continue celebrating 2023 #WomensHistoryMonth! Today we highlight another talented #WomenInSTEM #WomenInMedicine from the Karuna Ganesh Lab - Ellie Benitez (Ellie Benitez)


I am still a little in shock :)... I feel very grateful that the U.S. National Science Foundation is investing in my research ideas, industry impact goals, and educational potential through this 5-year CAREER award 🎉🙏🏽😁 news.rice.edu/news/2023/rice…


My growth and success are a direct reflection of my vibrant community 💌 and I am incredibly grateful to be a part of a program that makes me feel valued and supported. Thank you for the feature MSK ScienceEducation!







What an incredible event🤩 So proud of Ifé Akano and Viktor Belay (he/him) for putting this together!! Thank you Dr. Ushma Neill W. Marcus Lambert, PhD @ypcarrasco Angela Byars-Winston for your inspiring insights 🫶🏻 Thank you HHMI , Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medicine for supporting! 🙏🏻



Excited to share our new paper w/ David Lyden, Han Sang Kim & Jackie Bromberg Weill Cornell Medicine led by the amazing Inbal Wortzel & Ifé Akano revealing a new & unexpected function for chromatin on the surface of exosomes in #cancer #metastasis Nature Cancer nature.com/articles/s4301…