Kaylee Gentry MSc

Cool to see our lab's recent paper featured in The Transmitter this week! Very proud to have worked on this project.

Check out some #CoolScienceImages (with music by Zara Larsson) from a @nature.com study. A team led by @michellemonje.bsky.social & Humsa Venkatesh showed that neuronal activity plays a crucial role in small cell #LungCancer (#SCLC) pathogenesis. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #FluorescenceFriday 🧪

I absolutely hate leaf blowers.

📊 A new national poll shows 71% of voters want Congress to increase federal funding for medical research.

Cuts would stall progress toward cures for cancer, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, blood disorders, and more.

🔗 https://bit.ly/3Kfkq8c

#Fight4Hematology #HemeSky #ResearchSavesLives

Poor Mia Bia.

Great to see all our student's shine at the @cshlnews.bsky.social's Biology of Cancer: Microenvironment & Metastasis meeting! Props to Rachel Davis & Hannah Farnsworth for a job well done on their poster presentations. Very proud of all our hardworking future PhDs!

Wired for growth: neuron–tumour signalling in the lung and brain increases growth of a hard-to-treat cancer Signalling between neurons and tumour cells in the lung and brain promotes the growth of small-cell lung cancer. These interactions might be a therapeutic target.

Signalling between neurons and tumour cells in the lung and brain promotes the growth of small-cell lung cancer

go.nature.com/4gzoMmI

Wooo go Lexi!

Neuronal activity-dependent mechanisms of small cell lung cancer pathogenesis - Nature Glutamatergic and GABAergic (γ-aminobutyric acid-producing) cortical neuronal activity drives proliferation of small lung cell cancer via paracrine interactions and through synapses formed with tumour...

We are excited to share the Venkatesh Lab’s first publication in collaboration with @michellemonje.bsky.social team uncovering how neuronal activity influences the progression of small cell lung cancer #SCLC in the lung and brain. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Neuronal activity-dependent mechanisms of small cell lung cancer pathogenesis - Nature Glutamatergic and GABAergic (γ-aminobutyric acid-producing) cortical neuronal activity drives proliferation of small lung cell cancer via paracrine interactions and through synapses formed with tumour...

2. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@venkatesh-lab.bsky.social
#cancerneuroscience #SCLC #Cancerresearch

Neuronal activity-dependent mechanisms of small cell lung cancer pathogenesis - Nature Glutamatergic and GABAergic (γ-aminobutyric acid-producing) cortical neuronal activity drives proliferation of small lung cell cancer via paracrine interactions and through synapses formed with tumour...

Check out the Venkatesh lab's new paper in Nature, where we uncover how neural activity drives small cell lung cancer (SCLC) progression. Grateful to my PI Humsa Venkatesh, my co-first author Solomiia Savchuk, & a huge thanks to all the incredible co-authors.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We are excited to welcome Jacqueline Garcia to the Venkatesh Lab! Jacqueline completed her PhD in Cellular, Molecular, & Developmental Biology at Tufts University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in 2025 as a member of Dr. Chris Dulla’s lab.

The Neuroscience of Cancer

Scientists are making surprising discoveries about the connections between cancer and the nervous system. Harvard Medicine Magazine profiles the research of William Hwang, Richard Wong, and @venkatesh-lab.bsky.social.
@harvardmed.bsky.social
magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/neu...

The Venkatesh Lab is looking for a Sr. Lab Technician to help support ongoing projects focused on the peripheral nervous system & its interactions with cancers. Check out the posting below!

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UMASS IS RESCINDING ALL GRAD POSITIONS FOR THIS YEAR

Hello, I’m a disruptor, very smart, here to create efficiency. I’m just going to drill holes in the bottom of this boat to see which parts of the hull are mission-critical.

Comparison of Research Spending on New Drug Approvals by the NIH vs the Pharmaceutical Industry This cross-sectional study examines National Institutes of Health and pharmaceutical industry investments in recent drug approvals.

99% of new medicines developed by the pharmaceutical industry depend on NIH research jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

‘Scientists will not be silenced’: thousands protest Trump research cuts Researchers at Stand Up for Science rallies voice defiance against the policies of US President Donald Trump’s administration.

The mood was defiant at many of the rallies, where chants of “Scientists will not be silenced”, “Facts over fear” and “What do we want? Peer review! When do we want it? Now!” were heard.


https://go.nature.com/3F8T6FX

joke's on you I DID 'go cry about it' and compassion has made me more powerful

#standupforscience Boston! @venkatesh-lab.bsky.social

The Trump administration cancels $400 million in grants and contracts to Columbia University.

They adopted a posture of total submission and it bought them precisely nothing. A lesson for the Trump era www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...

Thousands gather across U.S. in Stand Up for Science events Scientists rally across the country in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration

Breaking news: Thousands of researchers and their supporters, including recently fired federal workers, have gathered across the U.S. in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration. scim.ag/41zlPv4

Wu: "If you wanted to make us safe, pass gun reform. Stop cutting Medicaid, stop cutting cancer research, stop cutting funds for veterans, that is what will make our cities safe."

Map of Stand Up for Science events, with official SUFS events in Red and solidarity events in Blue

WHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!?

Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one!

#standupforscience2025

How do I volunteer to switch places with one of the astronauts stuck in space?

U.S. joins WHO-led flu vaccine meeting, despite planned withdrawal from agency The United States has joined a WHO-led flu vaccine meeting, despite the Trump administration's plans to withdraw from the global health agency.

US CAN GET OUR FLU VACCINES DESPITE TRUMP.

Two U.S. agencies working with the World Health Organization-led process to select the flu viruses for the 2025-2026 influenza vaccines are in a meeting with WHO, despite Trump's plans to withdraw from the WHO

www.statnews.com/2025/02/24/u...

Join Senator Ed Markey for a TOWN HALL Saturday, March 8, 2025 2-3:30pm Doors Open @ 1pm Malden High School markey.senate.gov/townhall

Join me next Saturday at Malden High School for a Town Hall where I’ll answer all your questions about our country, our climate, and our communities. markey.senate.gov/townhall

Its scary out here 🫠

Nah, no /s then I'm not taking chances.