From left to right, Elda, myself, and Zobeida smiling with the AACR Pancreatic Cancer Research meeting hall in the background

#AACRPan25 #PancreaticCancer research
@theaacr.bsky.social

#ItTakesAVillage

I feel very lucky to have such amazing friends and colleagues!!
#EldaGrabocka & @zcmlab.bsky.social

#WomanInSTEM

Great @cdi-einstein.bsky.social seminar by Jose Javier Bravo Cordero from @mountsinainyc.bsky.social covering ECM architecture, metabolism and neuroscience. Fantastic work! Thanks for visiting us!

Delighted to host Dr. Javier Bravo Cordero at our Cancer Dormancy Institute Seminar Series. Don't miss his exceptional work! @cdi-einstein.bsky.social @einsteinmededu.bsky.social @einsteincellbio.bsky.social

So proud of Lexi Franklin, who delivered an outstanding talk at @cshlnews.bsky.social’s Biology of Cancer: Microenvironment & Metastasis meeting yesterday! Keep an eye out for more exciting work from our lab, Rachel Davis and Hannah Farnsworth will be presenting their posters soon!

🚨 Exciting Opportunity Alert! 🚨

Are you passionate about understanding why cancer patients relapse and uncovering the secrets of tumor dormancy and metastasis? Join our dynamic lab @templemedschool @FoxChaseCancer

✨ Please RT to spread the word! ✨

🚨Excited for the 2nd MRS Early Career Research Virtual Meeting on Nov 18-19, 2025!

Trainees & Junior Faculty (within 3 years of starting your lab), share your work!
Abstract Deadline: Sept 12, 2025. Submit here: bit.ly/47KLyp2

❗Free registration for MRS Members! #MRS #Research #EarlyCareer

‘Sleeping’ cancer cells in the lungs can be roused by COVID and flu Inflammation from the respiratory infections seems to be the culprit, study in mice finds.

A striking new study showing that #virus infection can awaken dormant #cancer cells 🦠🧪

"Increased risk of cancer-related death in COVID+ individuals was most pronounced in the months immediately following infection, mirroring the rapid proliferation of reawakened cancer cells observed in the mice"

Platelets sequester and harbor cell-free tumor DNA, which could enhance our ability to make early, microscopic diagnosis of cancer
@science.org

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Check out some #CoolScienceImages (with music by Victor Leksell) from a @nature.com paper. In the study, @adrover.bsky.social, @megeblad.bsky.social, et al. found that neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) drive tumor necrosis and metastasis: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#FluorescenceFriday 🧪

Neutrophils drive vascular occlusion, tumour necrosis and metastasis - Nature Neutrophils actively induce tumour necrosis, driving vascular occlusion, pleomorphic necrosis and metastasis.

As a new postdoc in my lab (@cshlnews.bsky.social → @jhu.edu) @adrover.bsky.social (now @crick.ac.uk) saw NETs in tumors—I shrugged. But he looked closer in 3D: NETs block tumor vessels, driving necrosis, hypoxia, EMT & metastasis.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@jhu-bdps.bsky.social @nature.com

Exciting news in metastatic breast cancer research: The launch of the MBCure Research Consortium — a bold collaboration with @PennMedicine, @FCCancerCenter, and @MSKCancerCenter.
Learn more: lnkd.in/eMktkHEN
#MBCure #MetastaticBreastCancer #Hope

An 80-year-old is the oldest person to finish the 135 mile Ultramarathon from the lowest point in North America (Death Valley) to the shoulders of its highest peak (Whitney Portal, 8300 feet)!

Congratulations Toni, so exciting!

Got promoted to Associate Professor @einsteinmededu.bsky.social 🤗🧬 Feeling proud and grateful 🙏We study how systemic inflammation impacts neutrophils. We use zebrafish to see it all happen in real time. 🐟✨
🥂 to science, mentorship, persistence, and the people who lift us up. 💙
#PILife #WomenInSTEM

My Dad always said 9 out of 10 times if you listen to your gut feelings, you will be right:

Patricia Keely’s obituary foto with birth and death dates

8 years ago today we lost our dearest #PatKeely who revolutionized the #TME #ECM field by introducing us to the diagnostic/prognostic tumor-associated collagen signatures #TACs

We miss her enormously everyday ❤️‍🩹

We are proud to share that @alanawelm.bsky.social, PhD, has been named chair of Oncological Sciences at @utah.edu. A global leader in breast cancer research, she brings deep vision, collaboration, and impact to this new role. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Welm. Learn more: bit.ly/3H3GqB3

What a beautiful location for the #EACR 'Defence is the Best Attack' conference - at the CosmaCaixa Science Museum, Barcelona 🧪

Excited for 3 great days of impactful science 🤩

@helloeacr.bsky.social

Applications are open for the MRS Travel Bursaries! ✈️ Funding available for metastasis researchers to attend conferences.

More info on eligibility and how to apply: metastasis-research.org/for-research...

📅 First Round Deadline: 1st May 2025

#Metastasis #ECR #CancerResearch #TravelBursary

Now online in Cancer Discovery: Activated T Cells Break Tumor Immunosuppression by Macrophage Re-education - by Rosa Trotta, Silvia Rivis, Shikang Zhao, Massimiliano Mazzone and colleagues doi.org/10.1158/2159...

Don't miss out on our next webinar as Dr. Maria Casanova-Acebes @casanova-acebes.bsky.social @cniostopcancer.bsky.social discusses her work on "TREM1-ing-metastasis lung immunity" - April 8th - 10:00 EST | 16:00 CET | 00:00 AEDT

Sign-up today! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tVSpK...

You will all be receiving the latter from me. For multiple reasons not just being tardy.

Why do brain metastases resist #immunotherapy — even when the same cancer responds outside the #brain? 🧠🧪💥

We just published a study diving into this question ⏬

Led by an amazing (former) PhD student in my lab —Vladimir Wischnewski 🎉

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@cp-cellreports.bsky.social

www.cell.com/cell-reports...

1/8 The Metastasis Research Society’s mission is to support progressive research on processes fundamental to metastasis and connect researchers, clinicians, industry, advocates and patients. Learn more about the vision and research of our next President @netaerez.bsky.social 🧵👇

Ireland, satellite image, showing vibrant green colors. To the right is the Irish Sea, which separates the island from Great Britain, and to the left is the Atlantic Ocean. Image obtained by the MODIS sensor on NASA's Terra satellite.

Happy St Patrick's Day ☘️☘️ to all who celebrate - both in #Ireland and to the millions of Irish diaspora around the world!!

Photo credit: Ireland from space - on a rare cloudless day 💚
J.Schmaltz, NASA

#EmeraldIsle #StPatricksDay #ProudToBeIrish 🇮🇪☘️💚

Proud to advocate for NIH funding today at the @standupforscience.bsky.social event in Boston - from basic science to disease focused and translational research.

#StandUpForSciencePhilly

Today in Boston! We will be there - taking full advantage of maternity leave to bring both kids as well because the situation is dire. Let’s go!

Rallying for NIH Council meetings and Study sections!! #PhillyStandsUpForScience

What to do with Thai left overs? Crisp the rice, revamp the chicken and make a huge salad with peanut sauce.