Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center Distinguished Lecture Series

Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center Distinguished Lecture Series

“Understanding the Role of Organellar Metabolism in Physiology and Cancer”

Kivanc Birsoy, Ph.D.

Joseph L. Goldsteing Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics

Rockefeller University

Hosted by: Rolf Brekken, Ph.D. and the Translational Cancer Biology T32 Trainees

Friday, November 6th | Noon

NB5.124 Seminar Room ( In-person Preferred)

Hybrid option:

ZOOM Meeting

Meeting ID: 944 9607 1951

Passcode: 078668

About Dr. Kivanc Birsoy:

Birsoy is a faculty member in the David Rockefeller Graduate Program, the Tri-Institutional M.D.-Ph.D. Program, and the Tri-Institutional Ph.D. Program in Computational Biology & Medicine. Joseph L. Goldstein Professor of Cancer Biology | Cell Biology | Genetics and Genomics | Mechansims of Human Disease. Dr. Birsoy studies the regulation of cellular metabolism in the context of cancer and genetic disorders. The Birsoy lab studies how metabolic pathways regulate biological processes and contribute to diseases including cancer, mitochondrial disorders, and inborn errors of metabolism. Using genetic and metabolomic tools, Birsoy studies the mechanisms by which human cells alter their uptake and use of nutrients to adapt to the genetic and environmental stresses observed in these disorders.
Meet the P.I.: https://www.rockefeller.edu/our-scientists/heads-of-laboratories/1120-kivanc-birsoy/