Janiszewska named an AACR ‘NextGen Star’

JUPITER, FL — The American Association for Cancer Research has named Michalina Janiszewska, PhD, a “NextGen Star” ahead of its 2019 Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia March 29 – April 3. The honor provides early career scientists with career development support and increased visibility in the field.

Janiszewska, an assistant professor in the department of Molecular Medicine at Scripps Research in Jupiter, Florida, studies cancer heterogeneity, or the diversity of cancer mutations, gene expression patterns and cellular behaviors that may reside within a single patient’s cancer. Her focus has been on resistance mechanisms of HER-2 positive breast cancers, and more recently on brain cancer, one of the most heterogeneous and aggressive of all cancer types.

The American Association for Cancer Research accelerates progress toward the prevention and cure of cancer by promoting research, education, communication, and collaboration. It publishes several peer-reviewed journals including Cancer Discovery; Cancer Research; Clinical Cancer Research; Molecular Cancer Therapeutics; Molecular Cancer Research; Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention; Cancer Prevention Research, and Cancer Immunology Research.