Dennis Jones
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Dennis Jones
@DJonesLab
Ralph Edwards Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine @BUMedicine. Studying how cancer cells escape the immune system #cancerimmunology.
Boston, MA Joined Mart 2019
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Congratulations to all recipients of the Moonshot award. I want to especially congratulate @Morehouse alumnus, my friend and fellow @UNCF/@Merck scholar, @DJonesLab on becoming a recipient this cycle!!!
National Cancer Institute@theNCI
Today, the #BidenCancerMoonshot announced a new cohort of Cancer Moonshot Scholars and awarded $6 million to this next generation of innovators in cancer prevention, treatment, and diagnosis. Learn more about the Scholars: go.nih.gov/X133xso
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Congrats, @DJonesLab! So well-deserving of the Cancer Moonshot Scholar award.
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We are excited that our paper characterizing a new mouse model of hormone receptor positive breast cancer is now published in @AJPathology. Happy to share this line with the breast cancer research community and stem cell biologists.
authors.elsevier.com/a/1j4pKgrrWJaU
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Congratulations to Guillermo on his successful thesis defense! He is the first PhD student in the Jones Lab. Proud mentor!
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After attending a fantastic Gordon Research Conference on lymphatics last week, I am grateful that this week my lab was officially awarded an exploratory grant from the Department of Defense to study how to repair damaged lymphatic vessels. #lymphedema
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Another fantastic Lymphatics @GordonConf organized by @BenjaminHogan13 and Hong Chen. Thrilled to watch Guillermo's poster flash talk. It was an honor for me to give an oral presentation and co-lead the power hour with @KarinaYaniv and Hasina Outtz Reed. Excited for 2026!
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Happy to see our review published in @trendscancer! It was a fantastic experience collaborating with @theLundLab @katie_ventre @InesDelclaux on this timely review, which focuses on the role of lymph nodes in anti-tumor immunity.
Katie Ventre@katie_ventre
Out today in @trendscancer! Writing with @InesDelclaux @theLundLab @DJonesLab on our favorite topics: the tumor-draining lymph node in immune surveillance, why understanding the tdLN is important, and lymph node metastasis as an agent of chaos authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S24…
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Dennis Jones retweeted
Dr. Melissa L. Gilliam, a notable educator, scholar, and physician, will be BU's 11th president.
Gilliam brings a wealth of experience in faculty recruitment, student success, and more. Her
leadership will take BU to new levels. #ProudtoBU
bit.ly/3LMLrOe
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Journal of Experimental Medicine@JExpMed
Lei, Pereira, @PaderaLab, @beyazlab et al. reveal that a subpopulation of #BreastCancer cells in the lymph node is marked by MHC-II expression in the absence of costimulatory molecules, which causes the expansion of immunosuppressive regulatory T cells. bit.ly/46dGZk1
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An incredible past few days! Congratulations to Mervin, Kavya (masters), Anna (undergrad) and Safiyah (post-bac) on finishing your programs. I’m grateful to have been your mentor. I look forward to the amazing things you will accomplish! @BUMedicine
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An incredible funding opportunity focused on supporting #WomenInSTEM especially at the stage of junior faculty #AACRECR #AACRAMC Share with your fellow female scientists 💪
AACR@AACR
The Victoria’s Secret Global Fund for Women’s Cancers 2023 Career Development Award, in Partnership with Pelotonia & AACR, is a 2-year, $206,000 grant to support breast and gynecologic cancer research by female junior faculty scientists. Apply by June 7: bit.ly/42aSwhJ
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What a memorable #AACR23. Thrilled to give a presentation in a session with @PaderaLab, @theLundLab, reconnect with Steelers @MGHSteeleLabs, and Profs. @IAmDrDex @Zarif_Lab from our UNCF-Merck 2014 postdoc fellowship cohort cohort +more!
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It was an honor to give the 15th annual Tucker Collins lecture at Harvard Med today. @harvardmed Dr. Collins was an inspirational vascular biologist taken too soon.
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Thrilled to (finally) share this publication! Immune checkpoint blockade exacerbates cerebral edema in patients and mice with glioblastoma. Losartan controls this edema, reprograms the microenvironment, and improves response to immunotherapy. pnas.org/eprint/MP69MI2…
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Super excited to share our work identifying an enhancer regulating Prox1 expression, lymphatic identity and the ability of lymphatic endothelial cells to produce haematopoietic cells, published online today in @Nature! An amazing team effort! nature.com/articles/s4158…
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Meet this month's Member Spotlight, Dennis Jones, PhD, (@DJonesLab) Assistant Professor @BU_Tweets.
Dr. Jones is the Inaugural Early Career Representative to the @FASEBorg Board and Co-leader of the ASIP Breast Cancer SIG. Read more bit.ly/3j8883A
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NIH defines underrepresented/disadvantaged populations in science as meeting 1-2 of 9 criteria. Realizing I check 6 of the boxes, it helped put my journey into perspective as I and Dr. Smith told Boston public high school students that they can have a future in STEM. @BUMedicine
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