Epidemiology & Biostatistics

The Ed Reznik Lab

Research

Ed Reznik
Ed Reznik, PhD


Assistant Professor

The Reznik Lab studies metabolic and mitochondrial dysfunction in cancer through analysis of multimodal genetic, metabolomic, and clinical data. We use computational tools to address a basic question: how do tumors adapt their metabolism, the process by which they obtain energy and nutrition from the extracellular environment, to sustain malignancy? Our research draws on data from basic science and clinical practice to understand how metabolic adaptations confer selective advantages to tumors, serve as biomarkers of response and resistance to therapy, and poise tumors for effective targeted intervention.

The lab’s research is equal parts machine learning, data science, and bioinformatics, and is conducted by a multidisciplinary group of quantitative scientists and translationally-minded physicians. We study metabolism in many disease contexts, but also have a unique translational focus on kidney cancer.

Reznik Lab Members

Publications Highlights

Benedetti E, Liu EM, Tang C, Kuo F, Buyukozkan M, Park T, Park J, Correa F, Hakimi AA, Intlekofer AM, Krumsiek J, Reznik E. A multimodal atlas of tumour metabolism reveals the architecture of gene-metabolite covariation. Nat Metab. 2023 Jun;5(6):1029-1044. doi: 10.1038/s42255-023-00817-8. Epub 2023 Jun 19. PMID: 37337120; PMCID: PMC10290959.

Posada Calderon L, Eismann LReese SWReznik E, Hakimi AA. Advances in Imaging-Based Biomarkers in Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Critical Analysis of the Current Literature. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Jan 5;15(2):354. doi: 10.3390/cancers15020354. PMID: 36672304; PMCID: PMC9856305.

Golkaram M, Kuo F, Gupta S, Carlo MI, Salmans ML, Vijayaraghavan R, Tang C, Makarov V, Rappold P, Blum KA, Zhao C, Mehio R, Zhang S, Godsey J, Pawlowski T, DiNatale RG, Morris LGT, Durack J, Russo P, Kotecha RR, Coleman J, Chen YB, Reuter VE, Motzer RJ, Voss MH, Liu L, Reznik E, Chan TA, Hakimi AA. Spatiotemporal evolution of the clear cell renal cell carcinoma microenvironment links intra-tumoral heterogeneity to immune escape. Genome Med. 2022 Dec 19;14(1):143. doi: 10.1186/s13073-022-01146-3. PMID: 36536472; PMCID: PMC9762114.

Rappold PM, Vuong L, Leibold J, Chakiryan NH, Curry M, Kuo F, Sabio E, Jiang H, Nixon BG, Liu M, Berglund AE, Silagy AW, Mascareno A, Golkaram M, Marker M, Reising A, Savchenko A, Millholland JM, Chen YB, Russo P, Coleman J, Reznik E, Manley BJ, Ostrovnaya I, Makarov V, DiNatale RG, Blum KA, Ma X, Chowell D, Li MO, Solit DB, Lowe SW, Chan TA, Motzer RJ, Voss MH, Hakimi AA. A Targetable Myeloid Inflammatory State Governs Disease Recurrence in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma. Cancer Discov. 2022 Jun 27:candisc.0925.2021. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-21-0925. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35758895.

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People

Ed Reznik

Ed Reznik, PhD



Assistant Professor

  • The Reznik Lab studies metabolic and mitochondrial dysfunction in cancer through analysis of multimodal genetic, metabolomic, and clinical data.
  • PhD, Boston College

Members

Sonia Boscenco
Sonia Boscenco

PhD Student

Venise Jan Castillon

MSK Bridge Program Scholar

Mark Dawidek

Fellow

Yash Khandwala

Research Fellow

Minsoo Kim
Minsoo Kim

Research Scholar

Eric Minwei Liu
Eric Minwei Liu

Research Fellow

Lina Posada Calderon

Research Fellow

Anirudh Sridharan
Anirudh Sridharan

Graduate Research Assistant

Cerise Tang
Cerise Tang

Research Fellow

Amy Xie
Amy Xie

PhD student in the BCMB Allied Program in the Graduate School of Weill Cornell

Lab Alumni
Lennert Eismann

Research Fellow

Marc Ganz

Medical Student

Tricia Park
Tricia Park

Computational Biologist I

Katiana Vazquez Rivera
Katiana Vazquez Rivera

Research Fellow

David Tourigny
David Tourigny

Affiliated Research Scholar

Mark Zucker
Mark Zucker

Research Scholar

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