NathansonLab @NathansonLab
Working on a cure for brain cancer — Official lab twitter of the Nathanson Lab at UCLA #gbm #GliomaPDOX #xenografts #braincancer #drugdevelopment nathansonlab.com Los Angeles, CA Joined September 2017-
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Today, on #InternationalWomensDay, we’re celebrating NBTS-funded researcher Dr. Elizabeth Fernandez, who just defended her PhD! Inspired by her cousin’s #braintumor, she’s working to overcome #glioblastoma treatment resistance and advance #precisionmedicine. #WomenInScience
We are so honored to be partnering with Pennymac and the Kurland Family Foundation in the fight against brain cancer. Thank you to all the donors and supporters of this cause.
We are so honored to be partnering with Pennymac and the Kurland Family Foundation in the fight against brain cancer. Thank you to all the donors and supporters of this cause.
Congratulations Jennifer Salinas, graduate student at @NathansonLab for advancing to candidacy. We cannot wait to see all the wonderful things you do for your PhD! #Glioblastoma #metabolism
A lovely @NathansonLab dinner in the middle of all the cool science at #SNO2023
Exciting work on trans-differentiation in cancer published in @Cancer_Cell from our colleagues and friends in the @graeber_thomas Lab and Witte Lab at UCLA. cell.com/cancer-cell/fu…
UCLA Brain Tumor Center teams, @UCLANeurology #NeuroOnc @UCLANsgy @NathansonLab, UCLA Brain Tumor Imaging Lab at #sno2023
Congratulations Jenna for receiving the Basic Science Award at #SNO2023 for her talk titled 'CDKN2A Deletion Remodels Lipid Metabolism to Prime #Glioblastoma for Ferroptosis'. We are proud of your achievements!
Did you check out Elizabeth's wonderful poster about the apoptotic machinery in #glioblastoma #GBM at SNO this weekend? #SNO2023
Congrats to @NathansonLab, @ben_ellingson & Dr. Timothy Cloughesy, who received $2.5M from the @DeptofDefense to develop a tailored treatment for patients with glioblastoma, a deadly brain tumor with limited treatment options. uclahealth.org/news/researche…
Congratulations to our PhD candidate @Marissa_Pioso for receiving the prestigious @theNCI T32 fellowship in Tumor Cell Biology @UCLA to investigate how oncogenic signaling impairs immune response in GBM!
In case you missed it, check out our latest paper featured on the cover of the June issue of @Cancer_Cell! 🐻🦊
In case you missed it, check out our latest paper featured on the cover of the June issue of @Cancer_Cell! 🐻🦊
Check out this study co-led by our collaborator, Dr. Timothy Cloughesy, which is the first clinical trial to employ a targeted therapy specifically developed to treat brain tumors.
Check out this study co-led by our collaborator, Dr. Timothy Cloughesy, which is the first clinical trial to employ a targeted therapy specifically developed to treat brain tumors.

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