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Semir Beyaz

Semir Beyaz, PhD

Assistant Professor, Immunologist, Researcher

Assistant Professor
Cancer Center Member
Ph.D., Harvard University, 2017

Are you really what you eat? Our goal is to uncover the precise mechanisms that link nutrition to organismal health and disease states at the cellular and molecular level. A particular focus in our lab is to understand how dietary perturbations affect the immune system and contribute to the risk of diseases that are associated with immune dysfunction such as cancer.

Research

Cells respond and adapt to the signals that they receive from their environment. Environmental factors such as nutrients affect cellular states by altering cell state-specific gene expression or metabolic programs. My research group investigates the causal cellular and molecular mechanisms that link nutrition to organismal health and disease. For example, diets that lead to obesity, such as high fat diets are significant environmental risk factors that influence cancer incidence and progression in several tissues. Although the interactions between tumor cells and the immune system play a significant role in tumorigenesis, little is known about how dietary perturbations impact immunity against cancer. Our studies interrogate the functional consequences of diets on immune recognition and response pathways that play critical role in cancer immunity. By identifying the altered gene expression and metabolic programs in the immune system in response to dietary perturbations, our goal is to uncover mechanistic links that can be therapeutically exploited for the treatment of diseases associated with immune dysfunction such as cancer.

Awards

CSHL Fellow Semir Beyaz wins three awards
The Janeway Award, New England Immunology Conference
Trainee Award, American Association of Immunologists
Outstanding Poster Award, International Society for Stem Cell Research
Zhongmei Chen Yong Travel Award for Scientific Excellence, International Society for Stem Cell Research
Merit Award, International Society for Stem Cell Research
Thermo-Fisher Trainee Achievement Award, American Association of Immunologists

Publications

https://facultyprofiles.cshl.edu/semir.beyaz/publications/

Deconstructing human endometrium by single-cell biology and organoid models - Semir Beyaz, PhD

Deconstructing human endometrium by single-cell biology and organoid models - Semir Beyaz, PhD

International Medical Conference Endometriosis 2024:Elevating Sampson’s Century Legacy viaDeep Dive with AI For the benefit of Endometriosis Foundation of America (EndoFound) May 2-3, 2024 - JAY CENTER (Paris Room) - NYC   Today,…

Starting from Breakfast: Food & Inflammation for Endo - Semir Beyaz, PhD

Starting from Breakfast: Food & Inflammation for Endo - Semir Beyaz, PhD

Starting from Breakfast: Food & Inflammation for Endo Semir Beyaz, PhD

The Science of Food & Inflammation - Semir Beyaz PhD

The Science of Food & Inflammation - Semir Beyaz PhD

Endometriosis 2023:Global Patient SymposiumTogether for TomorrowMarch 18-19, 2023 - Einhorn Auditorium, Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC Great. Thank you so much, um, for the invitation, and thank you all for, um, you know, coming here today, I believe,…