
Muir Lab
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(Extra)Cellular Cancer Biology @UChicagoCCB.
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🔥 Hot off the press: Researchers at The University of Chicago, in collaboration with University of Pittsburgh, have published a groundbreaking study in Nature Cell Biology demonstrating how the accumulation of a tumor metabolite hinders T cell function in the tumor microenvironment. ow.ly/vxWI50VEJVm


Happy to share our new story published in Cell Metabolism regarding oral fructose tolerance test and blood glycerate measurements as a potential predictor of individual vulnerability to fructose-induced fatty liver disease. Awesome collaboration with Xia Yang Lab UCLA. Congrats all!

Wonsuk in my lab and Xiyu in Qin Yang's lab discovered NaR as an alternative NAD precursor, made by the liver-kidney axis, published in Cell Metabolism. Congrats all! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

!!*RECRUITING*!! We are looking for an enthusiastic PhD student CRUK Scotland Inst UofG Cancer Sciences! This exciting fully funded project aims to unravel metabolic determinants of cachexia. Fancy some great teamwork with the labs of Owen Sansom 🏳️🌈 and Campbell Roxburgh? Reach out or apply below!👇



We are excited to announce our 2025 UofU Diabetes Postdoctoral Rising Stars in Metabolism Symposium! This is truly a unique opportunity to network, present your research, and enjoy the breathtaking views that Salt Lake City has to offer. Deadline is May 15th, 2025. Please share!


Our paper Science Immunology shows certain lipids are responsible for the immunosupression of ascites & propose blocking lipid uptake thru SCARB1 may help immunotherapy success in ovarian cancer. Wonderful to collaborate with Donal Brennan again, Marcia Haigis & super postdoc Karen Slattery

Congrats to all #40Under40inCancer cancer researchers at UChicago! Ari Rosenberg Kal Tsanov UChicago Medicine University of Chicago Hematology/Oncology UChicago Committee on Cancer Biology Association for Value-Based Cancer Care



📢New Kelsey Fisher-Wellman, PhD paper out! AML mitochondria remain unperturbed & phenotypically stable under diverse nutrient conditions. And rather than specific nutrients or physiological relevance, AML cell proliferation is influenced by the complete nutrient profile 👉 cancerandmetabolism.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…


Our faculty in the media!! Dr. Shergill is on Everyday Health talking about the rise in appendix cancer in GenX/millenial groups-- part of the rising rates of cancer diagnoses in young people. Learn more from Dr. Shergill at everydayhealth.com/cancer/appendi…