Showcase Offers Range of Cancer Biology Research for Graduate Students

By Karen Gehrman | October 14, 2025

Cancer Research Showcase 2025

In September, our Office of Education and Training coordinated a Cancer Research Showcase for Graduate Students, designed to introduce the vibrant cancer research community at UCSF to students across PhD and MD/PhD programs who wish to pursue a degree in cancer biology.

The goal of the event was to empower trainees to launch careers dedicated to improving our understanding and treatment of cancer. HDFCCC members are studying a wide range of aspects of cancer biology from basic mechanisms to translational research and computational biology.

Click the images below to view the individual presentations. Note, most presentations require UCSF login. 

Featured Presentations

Resources and Networking Opportunities at HDFCCC

How do tumors evolve resistance to targeted therapies?

Cancer Metabolic Imaging and Therapy Lab

Exploring Combinations of Genetic Elements in a Perturberative Faction at a Large Scale

Functional genomic target discovery in neuro-oncology

How Oncogenes Reprogram Cells and Drive Metastasis

SETs are a Discovery Engine for Therapy Sensitization & Resistance

Repurposing CRISPR to Turns Genes On and Off

Understanding drivers of pre-malignant progression

Translation Control in Cancer Neuroscience

Targeting Intracellular Proteins through MHC I for Cancer

Understanding drivers of an immunosuppressed tumor microenvironment

Functional Genetics to Explore and Exploit the Tumor Immunopeptidome