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Alicia Alonso de la Vega
@aliciaadv.bsky.social
MSCA Postdoc in the Downward lab | Francis Crick Institute 🌸

Working on KRASi and B cells 🐭🫁💉
Tons of cool scientific discussions and better company at the Downward lab retreat 2025 @juliandownward.bsky.social @molinaarcas.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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I am excited to announce that my laboratory @ucl.ac.uk is now open!

We are hiring so please contact us if you are interested.

www.caswelllaboratory.com
Lung Cancer Prevention Laboratory
Pioneering research in lung cancer to improve diagnosis, treatment and prevention
www.caswelllaboratory.com
April 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Tumor-associated extrafollicular B cells are phenotypically, locationally, and functionally distinct from germinal center–dependent memory B cells
@bcellbruno.bsky.social @ancasey.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Dysfunctional CD11c−CD21− extrafollicular memory B cells are enriched in the periphery and tumors of patients with cancer
Tumor-associated extrafollicular B cells are phenotypically, locationally, and functionally distinct from germinal center–dependent memory B cells.
www.science.org
February 20, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Reposted by Alicia Alonso de la Vega
A little MYC goes a long way!
Check out this absolute tour de force from colleagues Miryam Müller, Stephanie May, Tom Bird and team who assembled an compendium of liver cancer mouse models mirroring a spectrum of human HCC subtypes:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Human-correlated genetic models identify precision therapy for liver cancer - Nature
As proof of principle, an analysis using a suite of human-aligned immunocompetent mouse models of hepatocellular carcinoma identifies a promising therapeutic candidate, cladribine, which acts in ...
www.nature.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Reposted by Alicia Alonso de la Vega
For RAS enthusiasts, register to the 2nd Targeting RAS symposium! Amazing speakers in beautiful Salamanca #RAS #KRAS
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🚀 We are thrilled to announce the 2nd Targeting RAS Symposium!

🎯 Join us Oct 8-10, 2025, at Palacio de Congresos, Salamanca, Spain.

@molinaarcas.bsky.social @drcolinlindsay.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Reposted by Alicia Alonso de la Vega
Crick researchers have found that certain aggressive lung cancer cells can develop their own electric network, similar to the body’s nervous system.

This can allow tumour cells to go ‘off grid,’ making them harder to treat.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-02...
Lung cancer cells can go ‘off grid’
Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute have found that some particularly aggressive lung cancer cells can develop their own electric network, like that seen in the body’s nervous system. This un...
www.crick.ac.uk
February 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM