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My lab at MSKCC studies the biology and genetics of cancer using a combination of genome editing, biochemical, and computational methods. Opinions are my own (Andrea) https://venturalaboratory.com/ https://www.mskcc.org/research/ski/labs/andrea-ventura

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Gautam Dey @gautamdey.bsky.social · 5d

If you’re applying to your dream lab for an internship/PhD/postdoc, always send a second email 1-2 weeks after the first one if you don’t hear back.

I promise we will be grateful rather than annoyed. My email inbox is a disaster and I’m quite junior - and very few of us have secretarial support

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AndreaVenturaLab @andreaventura.bsky.social · 4d

It was a friendly match. There will be more!

AndreaVenturaLab @andreaventura.bsky.social · 4d

Just visited @ifomresearch.bsky.social in Milan. It was a true pleasure to see the direction this cancer research institute has taken. The energy and the enthusiasm of the faculties was contagious. Plus, Milan is a thriving city. European science at the best.

AndreaVenturaLab @andreaventura.bsky.social · 21d

so nice to see this in print, Trudy! Brilliant work!

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AndreaVenturaLab @andreaventura.bsky.social · Jul 24

This is a disaster for science in the US. Really sorry, Roel. We are in a similar situation. And there is no silver lining, when science loses, we all lose.

AndreaVenturaLab @andreaventura.bsky.social · Jun 8

‘It’s not true you cannot eat poisonous mushrooms. You just cannot eat them twice.”

AndreaVenturaLab @andreaventura.bsky.social · Jun 5

I fixed a refrigerator with a $2 capacitor once. One my proudest moments :-)

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AndreaVenturaLab @andreaventura.bsky.social · Jun 5

a man wearing 3d glasses is holding a bag of popcorn

ALT: a man wearing 3d glasses is holding a bag of popcorn

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Human Technopole @humantechnopole.bsky.social · Apr 22

🚨 Fully funded #PhD opportunities at Human Technopole in Milan!

🔬 Apply by 9 June to join top research groups in Comp Bio, Struct Bio, Genomics, Neurogenomics, Mol Cell Bio

🌍 Open to grads worldwide via SEMM 👉 humantechnopole.it/en/news/10-f...

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Apr 7

You may be fearing your 401k is no longer enough for you to retire. But with all the cuts to NIH and Medicare you also won't live as long. So the policies are integrated.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Apr 5

100,000+ people marched at the #HandsOff rally in New York!

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AndreaVenturaLab @andreaventura.bsky.social · Apr 4

Great opportunity!

isidrolauscher.bsky.social @isidrolauscher.bsky.social · Apr 4

We have two #postdoc positions open to join my team at @ebi.embl.org in beautiful Cambridge!
We are a mission-driven, highly collaborative and dynamic team located at the Wellcome Genome Campus, one of the most exciting hubs in the world focused on biomedical research 👇

Postdoctoral Fellow

Your group The Cortes-Ciriano group studies the mutational processes and mechanisms of genome instability underpinning tumourigenesis, immune escape, and drug response through the analysis of high-thr...

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · Apr 1

More than 1,900 scientists write letter in ‘SOS’ over Trump’s attacks on science

Members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine warned Americans of ‘real danger in this moment’

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Igor Ulitsky @igorulitsky.bsky.social · Mar 30

I'll be in Boston/NYC/UPenn for <72 hrs this week explaining why Weizmann is the best school there is. If you know anyone that it can be relevant for - please DM me for details.

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · Mar 29

very much worth reading -- the stakes for the health and safety of all Americans could not be greater

Stephanie Armour @stephaniearmour.bsky.social · Mar 29

Resignation letter from FDA’s Peter Marks (he was director of its Center for Biological Evaluation and Research)

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Kristian Helin @helink.bsky.social · Mar 24

....and to be followed by broad investment in science as the columnist suggests.

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A French university is offering ‘scientific asylum’ for US talent. The brain drain has started | Alexander Hurst

The Trump administration is cutting funding, while specifically targeting institutions like Columbia. No wonder academics want out, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

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Peter Andersen @germline.bsky.social · Mar 24

⌛📝 One week left to apply to our latest call for faculty positions here at @molbiolau.bsky.social in Aarhus, Denmark 🇩🇰

Two (👀) positions are available w. open topic + rank (tenure-track assist or assoc professorship dep. on career stage).

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Aria Vaishnavi, PhD @drariav.bsky.social · Mar 10

Save the Date! Cancer Molecular Therapeutics Research Association Annual Meeting in Utah July 13-17. Please register today. Incredible line up of speakers: RT! @andreaventura.bsky.social @rjdlab.bsky.social #lcsm

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Lorenzo de la Rica @ldelarica.bsky.social · Feb 24

Very excited to share the stellar speaker line-up at our ecDNA conference this June in London! 👇
If you're interested in #ecDNA and want to hear or present groundbreaking research, register now. Abstract submission deadline is 14 March.

Learn more: www.cancergrandchallenges.org/ecDNA-2025

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AndreaVenturaLab @andreaventura.bsky.social · Feb 19

The instructor, Roshan Sharma, does a fantastic job making complex concepts accessible. The course includes videos of each lecture, python notebooks, toy datasets, and much more.
Give it a try!

AndreaVenturaLab @andreaventura.bsky.social · Feb 19

If you want to learn single-cell analysis from scratch with an user friendly, hands on, approach I very strongly recommend the series of FREE workshops offered by the SAIL team at @mskcancercenter.bsky.social , lead by @ronanchaligne.bsky.social .
sail.mskcc.org/computationa...

Single-cell Data Analysis Workshop – Single-cell Analytics Innovation LabChaligne Lab Website

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AndreaVenturaLab @andreaventura.bsky.social · Feb 8

We are getting what we voted for.

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AndreaVenturaLab @andreaventura.bsky.social · Feb 8

This is the best way to guarantee the US will lose the scientific edge. It’s a very sad decision and the consequences will be felt for a long time.

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AndreaVenturaLab @andreaventura.bsky.social · Jan 27

🧪 fellow scientists, any advice on a good primer for scRNAseq analysis. Not just the coding part, but the math behind it as well.

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