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Sanjeev Herr
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MD/MS at Drexel. USARNG. Researcher in Hervey-Jumper lab. Passionate about neurosurgical oncology, cancer neuroscience and diversity in medicine. 🇵🇷🏳️‍🌈
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neurosurgucsf.bsky.social
A big year for the @changlabucsf.bsky.social at #SfN25! Congratulations to Edward Chang, MD, who was awarded this year’s Gruber Neuroscience Prize, and to @shaileejain.bsky.social, who was named one of @thetransmitter.bsky.social's Rising Stars in Neuroscience. www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
Closeup of the 2025 Gruber Neuroscience Prize awarded to Edward F. Chang for the fundamental expansion of human knowledge. The award is engraved with a drawing of neurons that is based on the work on Cajal. Graphic showing The Transmitter's logo that announces Shailee Jain, a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of California San Francisco, as a Rising Star in Neuroscience 2025.
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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brainprize.org
Neurons help gliomas grow. Discover how in the first #BrainPrize2025 webinar with @michellemonje.bsky.social and Frank Winkler - pioneering insights reshaping brain cancer research.

#braincancer #neuroscience #webinar

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The Neuroscience of Brain Cancers
YouTube video by BrainPrize
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November 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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heilandhenrik.bsky.social
Very proud and truly honored to have taken part in this year’s SNO in Hawaii. Inspiring science, outstanding discussions, and my incredible lab pushing the boundaries @milolab.bsky.social Grateful for the beautiful setting that made this meeting unforgettable #SNO2025 #KeynoteSpeaker #NeuroOncology
November 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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neurosurgucsf.bsky.social
A huge congratulations to Susan Chang, MD, for receiving the 2025 Lisa DeAngelis Award for Excellence in Neuro-Oncology Education! 🎉🥇The award recognizes her extraordinary impact on training the next generation of brain tumor researchers. #SNO2025 #WFNOS @neuroonc.bsky.social
Susan Chang, MD, being presented with the 2025 Lisa DeAngelis Award for Excellence in Neuro-Oncology Education, on stage during the first plenary session of the conference.
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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bcmneurosurgery.bsky.social
#NEWS: #BCMNeurosurgery's Dr. Ben Deneen recently received the inaugural Bert O'Malley Award for Outstanding Basic Research at this year's Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at @bcmhouston.bsky.social annual retreat.
BCM Neurosurgery's Dr. Ben Deneen has received the inaugural Bert O'Malley Award for Outstanding Basic Research “It is such an honor to receive an award named in honor of the most iconic figure in BCM cancer research. This award reflects the hard work and dedication of the numerous trainees and lab members here at Baylor College of Medicine who are committed to curing brain cancer.” -Dr. Ben Deneen Dr. Ben Deneen receives the inaugural Bert O'Malley Award for Outstanding Basic Research during this year's Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine retreat.
November 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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neurosurgucsf.bsky.social
We're looking forward to reconnecting with our colleagues next week at #SNO2025! Check out the full list of presentations from our team of researchers at the UCSF Brain Tumor Center: braintumorcenter.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-ex...
@ucsfcancer.bsky.social @ucsfradonc.bsky.social @neuroonc.bsky.social
Graphic announcing the 7th Quadrennial Meeting of the World Federation of Neuro-Oncology Societies and the 30th Annual Meeting & Education Day of the Society for Neuro-Oncology that shows a beach in Hawaii.
November 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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neurosurgucsf.bsky.social
New in @nature.com, @labnowakowski.bsky.social uses barcoded lineage tracing to reveal how different cell types in the human brain form, identifying a transition during development when some progenitors shift from making excitatory to inhibitory neurons. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #studyBRAIN 🧠🟦
Inhibitory neurons labeled with markers for SCGN and PAX6.
November 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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venkatesh-lab.bsky.social
Venkatesh Lab Fall Outing -- Apple Picking!
October 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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neurosurgucsf.bsky.social
On the cover of the Journal of Neurosurgery, UCSF neurosurgeon Edward Chang, MD, PGY6 resident Anthony Lee, MD, PhD & team show that transposition approaches, especially with a pericranium sling, may result in more durable pain control for trigeminal neuralgia: thejns.org/view/journal...
Journal cover of the October issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery. Illustration depicting superior cerebellar artery (SCA) conflict in trigeminal neuralgia and three techniques for microvascular decompression of the trigeminal nerve: interposition, Teflon transposition, and sling transposition. Art by Melissa Logies.
October 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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neurosurgucsf.bsky.social
Congratulations to @ucsfhealth.bsky.social neurosurgeon @herveyjumper.bsky.social on receiving the Guha Award from the AANS/CNS Section on Tumors & @neuroonc.bsky.social! 🎉 This award recognizes his lab’s research advances in cancer neuroscience and his dedication to mentoring. #2025CNS #CNSConnects
Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD, (left) and Brain Nahed, MD, (right) pose for a photo with the award certificate. Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD, at the podium presenting his talk. The big screen showing UCSF neurosurgeon Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD, at the podium delivering his presentation.
October 14, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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neurosurgucsf.bsky.social
We’re excited to be in sunny L.A. for #2025CNS! Check out all the incredible work that our faculty, residents, and medical students are doing: neurosurgery.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-ne...
@herveyjumper.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social #Neurosurgery
The Los Angeles skyline and palm trees below a banner for the 2025 CNS Annual Meeting being held October 11-15, 2025.
October 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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winklerlab.bsky.social
How to disconnect therapy-resistant tumor networks in glioblastoma?

In our paper, online @Cancer Discovery, we built an anti-tumor microtube (TM) screening pipeline and found that Protein Kinase C activators disrupt TMs, silence Ca²⁺ “pacemakers” and boost radiotherapy.
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October 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
sanjeevherr.bsky.social
I’m thrilled to report on work I led with Dr. Shawn Hervey-Jumper and Dr. Todd Hollon which shows that we can forecast where glioblastoma will recur even at time of initial resection.

It’s wonderful to see all the work I conducted during my research year @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social come together!
October 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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neurosurgucsf.bsky.social
UCSF neurosurgeon @herveyjumper.bsky.social & his @umich.edu colleagues have developed an intraoperative tool called FastGlioma that uses AI to help neurosurgeons see in real-time where tumor cells have infiltrated brain tissue. 🧪 braintumorcenter.ucsf.edu/news/how-ai-...
@ucsfcancer.bsky.social
Graphic showing an MRI scan of a low grade glioma below a headline that says, How AI is Changing Brain Tumor Surgery. Subheading says: High-tech imaging approaches allow neurosurgeons to interpret tissue samples during surgery to remove previously invisible malignant cells. Quote card showing Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD, a UCSF neurosurgeon and the Mitchel S. Berger, MD Endowed Professor of Neurosurgery, during an awake brain surgery. He is quoted saying: With this new technology, we can deliver safer, more complete tumor resections.
September 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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ucsfcancer.bsky.social
See highlights of @ucsfradonc.bsky.social participation at the 2025 @astro-org.bsky.social conference starting tomorrow: cancer.ucsf.edu/news/2025/09... #ASTRO2025 #UCSF
UCSF Radiation Oncology Specialists Share Innovative Research and Clinical Expertise at National Radiation Oncology Conference | UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
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September 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social
Anti-seizure meds don’t work for 1 in 3 epilepsy patients. UCSF experts are closing the gap with surgery and breakthrough devices that can change lives. tiny.ucsf.edu/HzE2SS
If Anti-Seizure Meds Don’t Work for Epilepsy, Can Surgery Help?
Vikram Rao, director of the UCSF Epilepsy Center, discusses why a third of seizure patients don’t respond to medication and the promising new surgical and technological treatments available.
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September 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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science.org
Personalized conversations with a trained #AI chatbot can reduce belief in conspiracy theories, according to a 2024 Science study.

The findings, which challenge the idea that such beliefs are impervious to change, point to a tool for combating misinformation. https://scim.ag/47uE1uz
Durably reducing conspiracy beliefs through dialogues with AI
Conspiracy theory beliefs are notoriously persistent. Influential hypotheses propose that they fulfill important psychological needs, thus resisting counterevidence. Yet previous failures in correctin...
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September 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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doriswang.bsky.social
Great talks and even more interesting and engaging discussion! Fantastic start to the think tank!
michaelokun.bsky.social Michael Okun @michaelokun.bsky.social · Sep 2
DBS Think Tank Scientific Sessions start on zoom at 1:00PM as soon as Nobel Laurette Stanley Prusiner finishes his talk and takes questions.
We are off to a great start. Here are the first two sessions for today in case you are interested in listening in. @sfn.org @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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ucsfhealth.bsky.social
A breakthrough method for personalized deep brain stimulation (DBS) is improving Parkinson’s treatment, and could one day be applied to depression and other conditions. "Tailoring these treatments to the person’s neural signature is really the key,” Dr. Edward Chang says. https://ucsfh.org/45HdiIr
From Chronic Pain to Parkinson’s, 4 Ways DBS is Changing Care
UCSF looks back on four ways it pioneered deep brain stimulation with the help of federal funding, helping patients with Parkinson’s Disease, chronic pain, depression, and more.
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August 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
sanjeevherr.bsky.social
What an incredible month it has been completing my sub-I at @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social ! I learned so much, met so many incredible people, and I had a great time doing it. I am truly grateful to have had this opportunity. #Neurosurgery #Match2026
August 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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science.org
Peacocks have a secret hidden in their brightly colored tail feathers: tiny reflective structures that can amplify light into a laser beam. scim.ag/3UEM2oQ
Peacock feathers can be lasers
Tail feathers can emit narrow beams of light, a first in the animal kingdom
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July 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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neurosurgucsf.bsky.social
We’re honored to be named among the top two neurosurgery programs nationwide and the Best in the West by @usnews.com! 🎉 It's a privilege caring for our patients and their families, and we thank our entire team for hard work and dedication. @ucsfhealth.bsky.social www.ucsfhealth.org/lp/us-news-2...
July 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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neurosurgucsf.bsky.social
A new study led by @doriswang.bsky.social's lab developed a systematic way to quantify key aspects of gait in patients with #Parkinsons and used machine learning to identify personalized deep brain stimulation (DBS) settings to improve walking: www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/07...
@ucsfhealth.bsky.social 🧠📈
Graphic that depicts an overview of the study in which UCSF researchers modeled and optimized DBS settings to improve walking in patients with Parkinson's, identifying key insights abut the neurophysiology of walking along the way.
July 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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changlabucsf.bsky.social
Our latest research on the neural basis of speech-motor sequencing is now published in @nathumbehav.nature.com! Check out this high-level explainer video and read the full paper here: t.co/YKJlabr3yb
July 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
Electrocorticographic Detection of Speech Networks in Glioma-infiltrated Cortex https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.04.663249v1
July 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM