New FeiginLab paper is OUT! A commonly prescribed anti-anxiety drug reduces inflammatory signaling in pancreatic cancer through regulation of cancer-associated fibroblast activity!

aacrjournals.org/cancerrescom...

I’m looking for an automated way to read others’s scientific data without giving credit or acknowledgement, and also claim full credit for insights from it. And I want it to have a fitting name

OAI: say no more

As a recipient of federal grants from #NIH (for now! 😭) that funds research in my lab, I'd like to sincerely thank American taxpayers on #TaxDay for investing in scientific research that lays the foundation for medical and technological innovation in this country and keeps us ALL safe and healthy

a cartoon of a person with the words " you are not alone " Alt: a cartoon of a person with the words " you are not alone "

Hi everyone in the academic and STEM spaces… please check in on your friends, colleagues, and students. People are struggling right now and a lot of folks need support, a kind word, or even just to know you are there if they need you. Sending hugs to my community! We are in this together.

a man in a tuxedo is playing a violin in front of a crowd Alt: a man in a tuxedo is playing a violin while everyone is scrambling on the titanic as it is sinking.

How institutional emails encouraging continued applications for federal grants feel right now:

CBIOMES team - Buck Samuel, Monica Driscoll, Shilpa Akella, Atiyya Soroyia, Siva Vanapalli, Ciara Hosea and Bushra Rhaman. Not pictured: Dana Blackburn. Collaboration between Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Tech and Rutgers University.

#Artemis is circling the Moon right now. And later this week, our team's experiment launches to the #ISS. Tiny worms. Defined gut microbiomes. Here's why the two are connected. 🧵
#WormsinSpace #CBIOMES #Celegans 🧪 🪱 🧬 🚀

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A must read this summer!

Science, humanity, and care from the amazing @kateclancy.bsky.social

I want the second half of my career to matter.

I waffle between "steely resolve to stay & help rebuild US science infrastructure (but at the cost of my indiv research elagenda)" vs "leaving so that I achieve meaningful translation of my efforts (but at the cost of multiple next generations)"

Wtf

Maryam Afghah has been selected as the 2026 Kaiser-Goldberg Research Fellowship Recipient. She will participate in a 10–12 week summer program in a Society member's lab. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4ssaGJb

Today is the final day for early bird registration for #ENDO2026 @endocrinesociety.bsky.social in beautiful Chicago, June 13-16! It is *the* place to be for all things endocrinology: clinical, translational, and discovery science 🧪 🧬👩🏻‍🔬 endo2026.endocrine.org

Endocrine Examples of Phase Separation in Biology Abstract. Over the past 15 years, groundbreaking discoveries have reshaped our understanding of how biomolecules are organized in space and time within cel

Endocrine Examples of Phase Separation in Biology. Read more in #Endocrinology: bit.ly/48XysUq #NuclearReceptors #SteroidHormoneReceptor #TranscriptionalCondensate @endocrinesociety.bsky.social

A glucocorticoid–FAS axis controls immune evasion during metastatic seeding - Nature Glucocorticoid receptor activation is a key driver of resistance of triple-negative breast cancer to both CD8+ T cells and natural killer cells during initial metastatic seeding.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The seeds of metastasis harness stress hormones to escape immune surveillance. So proud of this work! @harvardmed.bsky.social @danafarbernews.bsky.social @dfcibreastonc.bsky.social

When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

I'm always worried I'll get penalized for this approach (cuz hello bias!) and it does not come naturally to me (cuz hello training!) but if I want my lab to stay funded, it looks like I consciously need to change the way I write my grants

Microbe-associated molecular patterns differentially mediate carcinogenic alterations of the breast tissue in the context of obesity Obesity is a risk factor for breast cancer. Obesity alters the microbiome and microbiome perturbations are reported in breast cancer patients. Yet, th…

Happy to share our group’s new publication led by postdoctoral fellow Dr. Mohamed Gaber on obesity-mediated breast cancer risk. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Congratulations!

On Becoming an Associate Professor (And Telling the Truth About How I Got Here) February 13, 2026By: Destenie NockWhen people found out I was promoted to Associate Professor, the response was generous and kind. A lot of people said some version of: “Of course. You publish so much...

I was recently promoted to Associate Professor. I’m so grateful and I also wanted to tell the truth behind what people call “effortless” success.
I wrote about infertility, fostering, work as coping, and choosing differently in this next chapter
Full story: destenienock5.wixsite.com/destenienock...

This exactly. I wish/wonder if they asked respondents about plans to support scientists in training.

This is paywalled for me, so maybe it is mentioned, but I wish they had asked how many are not accepting students or fellows into their groups, or are only taking 'volunteer' students who don't need to be paid a stipend.

Was just coming here to post this

CU Anschutz Recruits National Leader to Launch Functional Personalized Medicine Initiative CU Anschutz welcomes Alice Soragni to launch a Functional Personalized Medicine Initiative using rapid tumor organoid testing to guide treatment decisions.

Happy to share this new, very intentional chapter. I have left UCLA after 14 years to join the University of Colorado Anschutz as Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Neurosurgery and the inaugural Marsico Chair in Excellence in Functional Precision Medicine/n

news.cuanschutz.edu/dbmi/cu-ansc...

Cumulative Lifespan Stress, Inflammation, and Racial Disparities in Mortality This cohort study examines whether greater cumulative lifespan stress exposure and elevated inflammation are associated with increased mortality risk among Black compared with White individuals in the...

"In this cohort study..., heightened cumulative lifespan stress and elevated inflammation were associated with shorter survival among Black participants, suggesting these pathways may represent plausible mechanisms mediating racial disparities in mortality among Black and White US individuals."

I’m sorry Needhi

In triple-negative breast cancer, sensory neurons activate cancer-associated fibroblasts to secrete collagen, thus stimulating a dense extracellular matrix that drives immune exclusion @cellcellpress.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

I am SO incredibly excited to announce the launch of a global list of Inspiring Black Scientists. You can use this list to nominate and connect with researchers. Please share and join us in highlighting these outstanding scientists for #BlackHistoryMonth and beyond!

www.wiley.com/en-us/resear...

The ways I had to unlearn some of these responses to be able to both mentor and parent appropriately

Palbociclib for Hormone-Receptor–Positive, HER2-Positive Advanced Breast Cancer

www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

phase 3 trial, adding palbociclib to maintenance HER2-targeted🎯 &ET significantly improved progression-free survival in patients with HR+, HER2-+🧬 metastatic #BreastCancer

Given this? Most definitely bsky.app/profile/coop...

But! Mice made a nest in our snowblower over the summer and it won’t start. And we’re expecting double digit snow this weekend. Should’ve tried that before 🙄

I am trying to do all the work I can during whatever space-time I have left. I don’t know how much that is, but I know it’s shrinking. I hope to leave behind work that is useful to the future.