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Testing Nature’s Defenses: Inducing Cancer in the Naked Mole Rat aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscover… Thanks @ElizSMcKenna and @CD_AACR for featuring our report!

@jdlicht @VAInstitute Congratulations!!! Great move by @VAInstitute

I am excited to announce that after a decade of service to the U of Florida during which the UF Health Cancer Center received NCI designation, in January 2026 I will be assuming the role of President and Chief Scientific Office of the @VAInstitute vai.org/article/eminen…

@ElizSMcKenna @CD_AACR @ASweetcordero @SweetCorderoLab @UCSF Ground breaking work!

Now online in @CD_AACR: Epigenetic and Transcriptional Programs Define #Osteosarcoma Subtypes and Establish Targetable Vulnerabilities - by Eunice López-Fuentes, @ASweetcordero, @SweetCorderoLab, and colleagues doi.org/10.1158/2159-8… @UCSF

Congratulations to the team on all their hard work on developing this first of its kind model! @Dan_Lester8 @aventura71 @psalmotoxin @WTKLAB @ShelleyBuffens1 @KYTsaiLab @LabElsaFlores @CD_AACR

Now online in @CD_AACR: An Autochthonous Model of Lung Cancer Identifies Requirements for Cellular Transformation in the Naked Mole-Rat - by Alyssa Shepard, Daniel Lester, @LabKissil, and colleagues doi.org/10.1158/2159-8… @MoffittNews

@psalmotoxin @GaryRLewin1 @JaneReznick @alison_j_barker @ParkLab_NMR @BegallSabine @ShelleyBuffens1 @MalkemperLab @khallaf13 @MarkusZoettl Looking forward to an exciting meeting!!

BIOMORA24 is go!!! Going to be an amazing few days of science, meeting old friends & meeting people in the flesh who I’ve only seen online/read papers of/emailed!

Our lab is hiring. We work on computational/statistical methods in understanding gene regulation through multi-omics data settings. We are particularly interested in candidates with single cell and spatial experiences. Please Retweet: careers.iscb.org/jobs/view/8881

Congratulations @Dr_MariaAG on a job well done! nature.com/articles/s4138…

@mingxiangteng @NIGMS @NIH @MoffittNews @MoffittResearch Congratulations Mingxiang!!

Super grateful to receive a MIRA R35 from @NIGMS @NIH to support our dry method development in understanding enhancer functions in diseases. We are excited to take this challenge on over the next 5+ years . @MoffittNews @MoffittResearch

@fasc1nate Tacos!

What was Ancient Greece's greatest contribution to human history?

@AmelioLab @MoffittNews @jenn_prescher Was a fantastic talk!

Had the pleasure of hosting today’s @MoffittNews Cancer Biology Evolution seminar speaker @jenn_prescher who shared her lab’s exciting work on #bioorthogonal approaches to develop novel imaging tools and methodologies! #bioluminescence #phasor_microscopy

My NCI MERIT (R37) award just started (5+2 years of funds) and thus, I would like to invite smart and motivated scientists who are interested in translational research and cutting-edge technologies to apply for a position in my lab. Cool science and good quality of life. Email me

@jpsenescence Thanks!!

Wow, I missed this amazing work by @labkissil et al, an induced model of lung cancer in naked mole-rats using a CRISPR & viral infection system 🤯 Unlike mice, but like humans, NMRs require the loss of multiple tumor suppressors for cancer to develop. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

@mathoncbro No, this should not be a determining factor. Moreover, I would avoid submitting anything to a journal that explicitly asks for this.

When submitting to a journal, do you browse your reference list to make sure it includes papers from that journal?

@RonDePinho Dear Ron, sorry for your loss.

Love you mom. God bless you and give our love to Dad. ♥️ ballarddurand.com/obituaries/mar…

Thanks to all who supported the Hallmarks of Cancer international Summer Course!!! ⁦ @ChampalimaudF @RonDePinho ⁦@ASanchezDanes @IGCcentrioles @aventura71 @KevinHaigisLab @MaxTheSFCat @politikaterina @Prof_CJeronimo @marinelab @BSilva_Santos @CarlosMMinutti @JoanaParedesi3S

👏students presenting their course project in the Hallmarks of Cancer international Summer Course ⁦@ChampalimaudF⁩. Great projects and feedback from fantastic faculty! Great organization - ⁦@ASanchezDanes⁩ , ⁦@LabKissil⁩ , ⁦@RonDePinho⁩.

@RonDePinho @ChampalimaudF Great students and faculty at an Amazing location!! Thanks to Ron, Adriana and everyone who made this happen!

So pleased to see the Hallmarks of Cancer Summer Course take flight. Amazing faculty and bright students working to make cancer history. Grateful to our supporters, organizers AdrianaSanchezDanés, Joe Kissil @LabKissil and @ChampalimaudF