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@khallaf13 @Nature @YouTube Fantastic work! Congratulations!

Our new paper is out in @Nature !  We uncovered how a naked mole-rat queen 👑 controls an entire colony: a natural contraceptive scent that suppresses reproduction in other females! A remarkable mammalian parallel to bees and ants! 🐝🐜 youtu.be/enfv3zJrWKM?si… via @YouTube

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.