WashU students ramp up efforts to stop federal cuts Washington U. students are urging university leadership to speak out forcefully and publicly against the Donald Trump administration’s threats to research.

Students want WashU to speak out publicly against the threats to research, be more transparent in its efforts to fight cuts and promise to fill any possible gaps in funding with university funds. ✍️ @michelemunz.bsky.social www.stltoday.com/news/local/e...

Specific SOX10 enhancer elements modulate phenotype plasticity and drug resistance in melanoma Recent studies indicate that the development of drug resistance and increased invasiveness in melanoma is largely driven by transcriptional plasticity rather than canonical coding mutations. Understan...

Congrats to Noah on this preprint! "Specific SOX10 enhancer elements modulate phenotype plasticity and drug resistance in melanoma". Appreciate comments as we work through peer review. biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Dietary fructose enhances tumour growth indirectly via interorgan lipid transfer - Nature Dietary fructose enhances tumour growth in animal models of melanoma, breast cancer and cervical cancer indirectly via metabolite transfer.

Delighted for my first Bluesky post to be in celebration of the work of Ronnie (@nightscientist.bsky.social) — can’t say enough about his talent & creativity! If you’re interested in the link between dietary fructose and cancer, check out his paper.
#metabolomics

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