Jackie Peng
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@jackiejpeng
5th-year PhD candidate in the Silverbush Lab @UPennGCB | using single-cell omics to study brain cancer | 🇨🇳🇨🇦 she/her
LISTEN NOW We’re gearing up for the American Brain Tumor Association’s 2025 NY BT5K💙 CBS News highlighted how this inspiring event brings survivors, families, and supporters together to fuel brain tumor research and hope. Ahead of the race, organizer Drew Flugstad-Clarke and survivor Matthew Zachary shared why this community matters so deeply. 🔗 Watch the story: cbsnews.com/newyork/video/… #BreakthroughForBrainTumors #BrainTumorAwareness #BrainTumorStrong
Congrats to our amazing MD PhD student @CKRamsoomair on receiving his NCI F30 grant this week to study pediatric brain tumors! Chris is an rockstar student, scientist and friend! We’re lucky to have him in the @um_svilab! He is co-mentored w/ the epigenetic guru @ReinbergDanny
Early X-Mas 🎁! My lab's first paper is finally out @CellReports and our 2nd collaborative paper with @BrodskyIgor and @SunnyShinLab redefining how the Casp11 inflammasome forms has been accepted. Stay tuned for the final version of that but first, a 🧵👇🏾 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Check out how @DRDC_RDDC researchers and partners are developing a prototype freeze-dried plasma kit, a potentially life-saving product for trauma patients who have lost a lot of blood. Read more: science.gc.ca/site/science/e… #DefenceScience
