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Barbara Kee

@BarbaraLKee

Chair of Committee on Cancer Biology, studying immunology and cancer, mentor (she/her) @UCCancerCenter @UChicagoImmuno @UChicagoCCB @UChicago 🇨🇦

 Chicago, IL
Joined January 2017
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🔥Hot off the press: A new study in @Cancer_Cell from Dr. Weichselbaum (@rweichselbaum) and colleagues show how high-dose radiation increases TET2 expression, activating immunosuppressive MDSCs to drive tumor progression. @UChicagoRadonc @UChicagoMed ow.ly/zj6J50ZOR6z
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Meet Barbara L. Kee, PhD, a scientist studying the molecular mechanisms that control immune cell development and function and how they contribute to cancer and autoimmune diseases. ow.ly/Zzbt50ZvbYI #FollowFriday @UChicagoImmuno @UChicagoCCB @UChicagoPath
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Our latest paper is now online @JImmunol! Congratulations to Roy Morgan and the rest of the team! Development and function of specified thymic iNKT1 cells critically depend on an Ets1-Tbet transcription factor axis academic.oup.com/jimmunol/ar…
Development and function of specified thymic iNKT1 cells critically depend on an Ets1-Tbet transc...

Development and function of specified thymic iNKT1 cells critically depend on an Ets1-Tbet transc...

Abstract. Invariant natural killer T 1 (iNKT1) cells are prototypic interferon γ–producing, innate-like T lymphocytes that play crucial roles in protection

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That would be @J_Immunol
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Review @TrendsImmuno @BarbaraLKee @UCCancerCenter @UChicagoImmuno Transcriptional control of NK cell antitumor activity cell.com/trends/immunology/f…
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Muir Lab@Muir_Lab17 Jul 2025
Congrats to Dr. @PatrickJonker4 for successfully defending his @UChicagoCCB thesis yesterday!
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Congrats to Dr. Emma Wilkinson who defended her thesis "Elucidating the Role of ALKBH1 in Arsenic-Induced Skin Tumorigenesis" today. Congratulations Emma, thank you for all you have done for CCB, and best of luck at Dana-Farber!
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This holiday season, CCB students volunteered with @Tutoringchicago to distribute over 950 gifts to students across Chicago. Many of our members are involved in outreach organizations including Tutoring Chicago which provides tutoring to students facing economic/social barriers.
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We had wonderful discussions at our first joint work-in-progress session with @UChicagoCOI! We can't wait to create more collaborative spaces for our graduate students and scientists in the future.
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Celebrate my first student @BenNicholson78 receiving the F99/K00 award from NCI.
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Congrats to our PhD student @storldes for being awarded the Robert C. and Mary Jane Gallo Scholarship! @UChicagoCCB
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#AACR25 is coming to Chicago this year. Hurry up and submit your abstracts. @UCCancerCenter @UChicagoCCB
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Abstract submission is now open for the AACR Annual Meeting 2025 (April 25-30). Submit an abstract by November 26 and join us in Chicago for the most comprehensive cancer meeting in the world. Learn more: bit.ly/3Bs1grj #AACR25
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This is Shuxuan Yi! Shuxuan studied biology science at @Tsinghua_Uni and is now interested in understanding the tumor microenvironment (TME) and developing new treatments to help reduce drug resistance. Besides research, she loves raccoons 🦝 and is a video game enjoyer 🥰.
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Meet Elyse Schechter! She studied biology at @UNC. Elyse is interested in mechanisms of tumor evolution and drug resistance. She loves to cook and is excited to explore Chicago and the amazing food and activities it has to offer.
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Meet David Rodriguez! David studied Biology at @ucsantabarbara and completed a post-bacc at @EinsteinPhD in NYC. He's interested in advancing cancer bio research and growing as a scientist. You can often find him skateboarding through the streets and neighborhoods of Chicago! 🛹
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ALT Photo of David, a first-year PhD student in CCB, smiling in front of a body of water.

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It's third time that @UChicago hosts #SouthSideScienceFestival, providing a great opportunity for young kids s to expose to various areas of science and learn from experts how science works. @UCCancerCenter
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Calling all @UChicagoCCB students- this is a great opportunity!
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#AACR25 is coming to Chicago this year. Hurry up and submit your abstracts. @UCCancerCenter @UChicagoCCB
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A breakthrough by UChicago scientists may have finally solved how a common mutation causes cancers—and points the way to new treatments. “We hope the real-world impact is going to be very high,” said Prof. Chuan He. Learn more: ms.spr.ly/6016moEyj ms.spr.ly/6015moEyb
UChicago scientists decode key mutation in many cancers

UChicago scientists decode key mutation in many cancers

Finding points to expanded role of RNA in human gene expression

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Jocelyn Hsu@joce_hsu2 Oct 2024
RSVP here: uchicago.zoom.us/meeting/reg…
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Why should you pursue a PhD at UChicago? What resources does UChicago have for graduate students? How can you strengthen your candidate statement? Get all your questions answered at the Virtual Seminar hosted by the UChicago Biological Sciences Division on October 23rd! RSVP now!
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Check out the complete program for #AIC2024!
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