CCS Monthly Seminar Series

Hosted by the Education Committee

Recordings are available on this public page for about one month (with permission of the presenter).


Next up:

Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 12 PM EDT / 6 PM CEST

Trainee Talks

Blanca Majem Cavaller, PhD
Institute for Research in Biomedicine Barcelona
Metastatic oral cancer hijacks systemic cholesterol metabolism to drive inflammation in the tumor microenvironment and cachexia in the host

Felix Hambitzer, MD-PhD candidate
University Hospital Heidelberg
Exploring the adipose tissue microenvironment in PDAC-associated cachexia

Chris Karagiannis, PhD
The University of Melbourne
Early neuromuscular dysfunction and cytokine signaling precedes muscle wasting in animal models of cancer cachexia

To join us please REGISTER in advance via the following Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_A0yai2L0RrWVMZiziZhTBQ



April 8, 2026

Trainee Talks

Noah James Forrest, MD-PhD Student
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Unsupervised machine learning approaches for classifying cancer associated cachexia

Chiara Ninfali, PhD
Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC)
Functional Assessment of Cancer Cachexia Using a 3D Tumor–Muscle Model

Abolfazl Nik-Akhtar, MSc
University of Ottawa
Reciprocal multi-omics reveals that modulation of ADP-ribosylation in skeletal muscle shapes LLC-induced cancer cachexia


March 11, 2026

Dr. Maria Rohm
Helmholtz Munich, Germany

Multi-tissue coordination and communication in cancer cachexia


February 11, 2026

Dr. Poorna Anandavadivelan
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Blood Flow Restriction Exercise in the Perioperative Setting to Prevent the Loss of Muscle Mass in Patients with Pancreatic, Biliary Tract, and Liver Cancer -the PREV-Ex Randomized Controlled Trial


January 14, 2026

Dr. Eileen White
Associate Director, Ludwig Princeton Branch; Deputy Director, Chief Scientific Officer, and Associate Director, Basic Research at the Rutgers Cancer Institute, USA
Systemic Alterations in Cancer Cachexia