These announcers are terrible. A less energized bunch I’ve yet to see.

Collage of ucsf researchers at AACR 2026 conference

Headed to #AACR26? Leading cancer researchers from @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social will present talks and posters on environmental and genetic determinants in cancer development, precision cancer treatment w/ radiotheranostics, overcoming drug resistance, and more.

cancer.ucsf.edu/news/2026/04...

Whenever I’m starting a project I’m like “wont it be so great to discover something mysterious and be in the Uri Alon cloud”

And then it happens and I’m like “oh actually this is unpleasant I have no idea what’s happening “

www.weizmann.ac.il/mcb/alon/sit...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) funds over 300,000 researchers at more than 2,500 institutions across all 50 U.S. states, supporting roughly 390,863 jobs and driving $94
billion in economic activity. I am one of them and am thankful to all who pay the taxes that support this enterprise 🧪

Dean Allen welcomes the Byers Hall audience to UCSF’s GradSllam dwarfed by a big blue slide - someone looms on the upper left.

UCSF’s GradSlam! The judges will be hard pressed to choose winners.

Earth and Moon from DSCOVR NASA's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured this unique view of the Moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth last month. This view shows the fully illuminated “dark side” of the moon that is never visible from Earth. Ian Regan processed this version of the image to account for the Moon's motion. NASA / NOAA / Ian Regan

I hadn't seen this before. This is pretty remarkable.

Earth and Moon in one NASA photo.

ht @astrokatie.com

New preprint from the lab! Close collaboration with Silvia von Karstedt @vonkarstedtlab.bsky.social and her lab. We find that #SCLC cells are strikingly dependent on exogenous cysteine #LungCancer #CancerMetabolism #Ferroptosis 🧵
biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.27.714827v1

Mesodinium prey choice by Amelie L’Etoile-Goga and Holly Moller

The kleptoplast, Mesodinium distinguishes between prey of differing “nutritional” value. That is, they choose to eat prey whoes photosynthetic machinery they can co-opt.

It’s waaaay out of my feild and
I have a disclaimer - my offspring is the first author!

going to be controversial and say that beyond 3 cheeses you're really entering into the realm of diminishing returns

Trust me--read this. You'll be glad you did. and thank you Dr. Bennet for writing it. 🧪

J. Michael Bishop, Nobel Prize Winner for Cancer Research, Dies at 90

A great tribute to a pioneering researcher who discovered fundamental insights into signaling, gene function and cancer.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/o...

Mike Bishop at his 90th birthday party surrounded by former trainees. Feb 23rd, 2026, Larkspur, CA

Devastated to learn of the passing of the great cancer pioneer J. Michael Bishop.

Mentor and friend, it was only a few weeks ago we celebrated his 90th birthday.

He taught us that the seeds of cancer lie within us and spent his career combating cancer. 🧪

@ucsfcancer.bsky.social

Exciting new study from the one-and-only @andre-rendeiro.com lab:
🔬 LazySlide can unlock the hidden secrets of your H&E slides generating new biological insights from tissue architecture.

Cudos to @yimin-zheng.bsky.social & thank you for including @EvaChrenkova.bsky.social & my lab!

I am excited to share our latest preprint showing that systemic hypoxia suppresses solid tumor growth: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

This has been a tremendous collaborative effort in the labs of Isha Jain @ishahjain.bsky.social and Hani Goodarzi @genophoria.bsky.social.

Alanine catabolism as a targetable vulnerability for MYC-driven liver cancer Montoya et al. uncover a role for alanine as a conserved metabolic substrate for MYC-driven liver cancer. GPT2 is a therapeutic target for MYC-overexpressing liver tumors.

Really excited to present the latest publication from our lab.

Outstanding work by Ton Montoya who really conceptualized and led this project. He finds that MYC-driven liver cancer uses alanine as a fuel. Implications for new treatments for #HCC 🧪

@ctbatucsf.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social

I needed to read this chapter from "The Inequality Machine" today. Because here at UCSB, we're done telling students not to bother trying. And the most important mission of my career, "to actually teach them calculus," begins next Fall. #unicornjob🦄 #figaday 3.191/n #year3

Friday 3/20 at 4pm: Friday Cancer Center Seminar Series
@ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social | James Fraser, PhD @fraserlab.com presents "You can't avoid the AVOIDOME: how to speed drug discovery with ML."
Info: cancer.ucsf.edu/seminars

Amy Madigan in "Weapons" was amazing. The scariest character ever. #oscars

Applying for Foundation Awards - Perspectives from Recent Awardees

Applying for Foundation Awards - Perspectives from Recent Awardees | March 16th - panel discussion w/ three recent UCSF faculty who have received foundation grants. Open to @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social senior clinical fellows and early career faculty
More info: calendar.ucsf.edu/event/applyi...

An image of Bernal hill from Van Ness Avenue with a red arrow point to a nearly invisible sign that says “Stand Up for Science SF”

Today is National #StandUpforScience day. Here is my failed contribution. You have to zoom way the $&@#% in.

UCSF Staff and partners with inflatable colon for colorectal cancer awareness

March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month. Our Office of Community Engagement has a handy list of resources on colon cancer: linktr.ee/UCSFCancerCe... #ColorectalCancerAwareness

Alamere Falls in the background. Two goofy people in front.

Alamere Falls in the Pointe Reyes Sea Shore. One of a handful of waterfalls that cascade into the Pacific.

Happy Birthday @girlsinscience.bsky.social The best 35+ years.

Large scorpion lit only by black light, roaming pine bark

Pinchy on the hunt 🩵

(lit only by black light)

Bought a hand-held UV light for spouse’s birthday to explore our backyard in San Francisco. Found a bunch of these cool millipedes. Anyone know anything about this species?

Help! We're struggling to choose between these two images of #Mesodinium #karmachamaeleon and its cryptophyte prey, one more "documentary" and one more "action shot," as cover image submissions (to a society journal). If you were an editor, which one would more likely catch your eye? #protistsonsky

My vote is for this one - I’ve had it framed in anticipation! It’s my birthday present from one of the authors’ dad.

Congrats @ayushmidha.bsky.social and all the other winners.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Features the Works of Bay Area Cancer Patients [SLIDESHOW] UCSF’s Art for Recovery gives cancer patients a creative outlet for their hope and grief. Now their artworks hang in a famous museum.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Features the Works of Bay Area Cancer Patients @ucsfhealth.bsky.social [SLIDESHOW] www.cancerhealth.com/article/san-... via @cancerhealth.bsky.social

omg did you see the sequencing they're doing? It's so Last Gen

Amazing