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Stephanie Xie @stephxie.bsky.social · 26d

I’m thrilled to be speaking at the Erasmus Hematology Lecture series, Monday Sept 15th. Grateful to @elsdutchy.bsky.social for the invite.
Start: 16.00h /04.00 pm CE(S)T - 10.00 am ET - 09.00 am CT

Zoom ID: 844 1856 0786

www.hematologyrotterdam.nl/2626141_the-...

The new fall lecture series! | Department of Hematology

The Erasmus MC Hematology Department is excited to announce our new fall lecture series! Starting on September 1st, there will be webinars from excellent researchers covering a wide range of hematolo...

www.hematologyrotterdam.nl

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Stephanie Xie @stephxie.bsky.social · Aug 23

Bye-Bye Bay of Fundy. See you next year.

View of Bay of Fundy from the bouldering rocks next to Sandy Cove beach

Sunset over Bay of Fundy over looking Sandy Cove beach.

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Stephanie Xie @stephxie.bsky.social · Aug 17

The quiet beauty of a Sunday morning overlooking St Mary’s Bay. #nofiltersneeded #familyvacation

St Mary’s Bay in the village of Sandy Cove, NS Canada

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Kira Gritsman @gritsmanlab.bsky.social · Jul 16

Check out our new preprint on an epigenetic resistance mechanism to PI3 kinase inhibition in AML and a new combination therapy with an EZH1/2 inhibitor that depletes leukemic stem cells! Great effort by @thehematopoet and the whole team

Shira G-S, PhD @thehematopoet.bsky.social · Jul 15

So excited to share a pre-print of my thesis work! Check it out to see how we can leverage an epigenetic resistance mechanism to PI3K inhibitors to target leukemic stem cells!! (Spoiler alert: PRC2 is involved!) Really proud of this work conducted with @gritsmanlab.bsky.social

bioRxiv Cancer Bio @biorxiv-cancer.bsky.social · Jul 15

Exploiting an Epigenetic Resistance Mechanism to PI3 Kinase Inhibition in Leukemic Stem Cells https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.11.663968v1

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ernstlaboratory.bsky.social @ernstlaboratory.bsky.social · Jul 21

The Myeloid Workshop is back in ASH! Please contact the organizers if you have an exciting story that will not be out by December they are: Zuzana Tothova ,
@ernstlaboratory.bsky.social
@steidluli.bsky.social
@ericpietras.bsky.social
@kathrinbernt.bsky.social
@gritsmanlab.bsky.social

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Stephanie Xie @stephxie.bsky.social · Jul 2

Travel grants for trainees are available for the stellar FEBS Workshop on Aging in Hematopoiesis that will take place in Crete on October 20-24. Deadline for applications: July 31. More info: aginginhematopoiesis2025.febsevents.org/travel-grants

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Stephanie Xie @stephxie.bsky.social · Jun 26

So proud of Team Stemmy! Interdisciplinary collabs are the way to make a difference for preventing and curing cancer. @pmresearch-uhn.bsky.social @uwaterloo.ca

Waterloo’s David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science @uwcheritoncs.bsky.social · Jun 25

Three Waterloo grads — Isabella Di Biasio, Veronika Sustrova and Katarina Makivic — teamed up to automate blood stem cell analysis using ML and a custom scripting language. Their tool, developed with Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, aims to speed up cancer research.

cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/biochem...

In the photo from left to right: Veronika Sustrova, Katarina Makivic and Isabella Di Biasio

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Stephanie Xie @stephxie.bsky.social · Jun 11

Those in #Milan for #EHA2025, catch Angelica Varesi in her oral on this story live.

🎤 "Discovery of ATP2B1+ CD49f+ Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells with Superior Long-term Multilineage Reconstitution"
🗓 Thursday, June 12 | 🕔 17:00–17:15 CEST
📍 Brown Hall 1

Stephanie Xie @stephxie.bsky.social · Jun 11

Preprint alert🚨‼️
I am beyond thrilled to share with the 🧪 community the characterization of ATP2B1, a new human immunophenotypic long-term 🩸hematopoietic stem cell marker across ontogeny in fetal liver, cord blood and adult sources. @pmresearch-uhn.bsky.social #teamscience

ATP2B1 expression identifies human hematopoietic stem cells across… | Stephanie Xie

Those in #Milan for #EHA2025, catch Angelica Varesi in her oral on this story live. 🎤 "Discovery of ATP2B1+ CD49f+ Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells with Superior Long-term Multilineage Reconstitu...

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Stephanie Xie @stephxie.bsky.social · Jun 11

Preprint alert🚨‼️
I am beyond thrilled to share with the 🧪 community the characterization of ATP2B1, a new human immunophenotypic long-term 🩸hematopoietic stem cell marker across ontogeny in fetal liver, cord blood and adult sources. @pmresearch-uhn.bsky.social #teamscience

ATP2B1 expression identifies human hematopoietic stem cells across… | Stephanie Xie

Those in #Milan for #EHA2025, catch Angelica Varesi in her oral on this story live. 🎤 "Discovery of ATP2B1+ CD49f+ Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells with Superior Long-term Multilineage Reconstitu...

www.linkedin.com

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Stephanie Xie @stephxie.bsky.social · Apr 30

Thank you Vijay. So sorry to have missed you at AACR.

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Stephanie Xie @stephxie.bsky.social · Apr 30

This month has been a whirlwind. I am happy to announce I am the newest Scientist @pmresearch-uhn.bsky.social

The Xie lab 🧪will focus on understanding how inflammatory and metabolic stress promote aging and cancer risk in human🩸hematopoietic stem cells and preventative interventions.

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Stephanie Xie @stephxie.bsky.social · Apr 30

This is the most deserving of honors. Congratulations to my long-time mentor Dr. John Dick!

University Health Network @uhn.ca · Apr 29

Congratulations to Dr. John Dick, Senior Scientist at UHN’s
@pmresearch-uhn.bsky.social, on his election to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honours for a scientist.

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Princess Margaret Cancer Centre @pmresearch-uhn.bsky.social · Apr 29

Congratulations to our Senior Scientist Dr. John Dick on being elected into the National Academy of Sciences. @nationalacademies.org

Brad Wouters 🇨🇦 @bradwouters.com · Apr 29

A huge congratulations to Dr. John Dick @pmresearch-uhn.bsky.social @uhntoronto.bsky.social who has been elected into the National Academy of Sciences @nationalacademies.org as an International member today. www.nasonline.org

National Academy of Sciences

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a private, nonprofit organization of the country’s leading researchers, recognizing and promoting outstanding science.

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Stephanie Xie @stephxie.bsky.social · Apr 26

Thank you @bradwouters.com. You are too kind.

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Brad Wouters 🇨🇦 @bradwouters.com · Apr 26

Congratulations @stephxie.bsky.social already a star @uhntoronto.bsky.social @pmresearch-uhn.bsky.social

American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) @theaacr.bsky.social · Apr 26

This year’s 11 NextGen Stars will share their findings on cancer cartography, the dark proteome, cancer-resistant tissues, and more at #AACR25. Learn more about their work and its future implications on the #AACRBlog: www.aacr.org/blog/2025/04...

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Stephanie Xie @stephxie.bsky.social · Apr 26

@aircanada.bsky.social Please get your act together. I will miss the plenary session of #AACR2025 and learn about groundbreaking cancer research because my flight got canceled 20 minutes before boarding. Unexpected mechanical failure. Last month too. That’s an awful trend.

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American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) @theaacr.bsky.social · Apr 26

This year’s 11 NextGen Stars will share their findings on cancer cartography, the dark proteome, cancer-resistant tissues, and more at #AACR25. Learn more about their work and its future implications on the #AACRBlog: www.aacr.org/blog/2025/04...

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Stephanie Xie @stephxie.bsky.social · Apr 10

I had so much fun. 🙏@eirinipapapetrou.bsky.social, Elvin Wagenblast, Chris Sturgeon, Franco Izzo for the hospitality @sinaiirm.bsky.social
A 2 for 1 visit with insightful feedback from the Leukemia Working Group.

Eirini Papapetrou @eirinipapapetrou.bsky.social · Apr 10

Learned all about HSC-iMs and had a great time with @stephxie.bsky.social in NYC. Thank you for visiting us Steph! @kharaslab.bsky.social @gritsmanlab.bsky.social

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Stephanie Xie @stephxie.bsky.social · Apr 8

Still a New Yorker at heart. I love the skyline of my childhood city. Looking forward to talking 🩸🧪science with colleagues at Icahn Mount Sinai and MSKCC and seeing family.

Manhattan skyline from the plane at descent.

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Stephanie Xie @stephxie.bsky.social · Apr 6

Huge congratulations to @danieljdrucker.bsky.social and fellow scientists for the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences on the 🧪discoveries leading to development of GLP1R agonists. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Canadian scientist Daniel Drucker among winners of Breakthrough Prize for discovery of hormone used in anti-obesity drugs

Senior investigator at Mount Sinai Hospital was one of five researchers jointly awarded US$3-million in world’s largest science prize

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Stephanie Xie @stephxie.bsky.social · Apr 3

Screenshot of the 2025 NextGen Stars Cancer Discovery commentary

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Stephanie Xie @stephxie.bsky.social · Apr 3

I am thrilled to be included with this amazing group of scientists as part of the 2025 AACR NextGen Stars. Here are the challenges and future 🧪directions we have identified in our respective areas of cancer research. doi.org/10.1158/2159...

Insights on Future Directions in Cancer Research from the 2025 AACR NextGen Stars

The AACR NextGen Stars program recognizes and supports visionary early-career scientists pushing the boundaries of cancer research. In this set of commentaries, the 2025 NextGen Stars discuss the chal...

doi.org

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Stephanie Xie @stephxie.bsky.social · Mar 18

Registration for the 2025 FEBS Workshop on the Molecular and Cellular Pathways of Aging in Hematopoiesis in Crete on October 20-24 is live! Check out the amazing lineup of invited speakers on normal and malignant 🩸🧪, CH, inflammation, niche and much more. lnkd.in/eamN_YHs

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Mar 9

Bluetorial: Women, courage, and leadership

What follows will include some generalizations based on population averages of what I have experienced over the course of my career. There are, of course, exceptions in every group who are substantially more to one extreme or the other.

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