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OncoDaily @oncodaily.bsky.social · Aug 20

International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) - Eric Edison Gardner Received the 2025 Young Investigator Award

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Eric Edison Gardner Received the 2025 Young Investigator Award - IASLC - OncoDaily

Eric Edison Gardner Received the 2025 Young Investigator Award - IASLC / 2025 Young Investigator Awardees, cancer, Eric Edison Gardner, IASLC, International

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Aria Vaishnavi, PhD @drariav.bsky.social · Aug 8

Hats off to superstar summer students @vskyeagle.bsky.social and Emmanuel O for fantastic rotations and presentations. So proud of you! @mdanderson.bsky.social

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Aria Vaishnavi, PhD @drariav.bsky.social · Jun 19

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Aria Vaishnavi, PhD @drariav.bsky.social · Jun 9

A broad group of National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants have taken action with the "Bethesda Declaration" that targets the NIH and HHS Leadership. Join these courageous and committed professionals by adding your name now. actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...

ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of NIH Staff

Join the courageous and committed National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants by adding your name now.

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Aria Vaishnavi, PhD @drariav.bsky.social · May 9

That’s a great question! We haven’t really looked yet but could definitely explore that!

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Aria Vaishnavi, PhD @drariav.bsky.social · May 9

Collectively, this work provides evidence for an important role for ERBB family signaling in the genesis and maintenance of BRAFV600E-driven lung cancers, and the potential for future therapeutic improvement by rational combination targeting of these pathways.

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Aria Vaishnavi, PhD @drariav.bsky.social · May 9

Here, using genetic and patient-derived mouse models, we reveal that activation of BRAFV600E oncoprotein drives transcriptional upregulation of ERBB family ligands in the AT2 cells of the lung. This ERBB autocrine loop serves to support the initiation and maintenance of BRAFV600E tumors in the lung.

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Aria Vaishnavi, PhD @drariav.bsky.social · May 9

I am thrilled to share that the first preprint from my lab is now available on bioRxiV! In this study, our team elucidates the role of autocrine ligands in the aberrant behavior of oncogene-driven lung cancer.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

BRAFV600E-Driven Lung Tumorigenesis Requires Ligand-Mediated Activation of ERBB Receptor Signaling

Secretion of ligands of the human epidermal growth factor (EGFR) family of receptors or erythroblastic leukemia viral oncogene family (ERBB1-4) is a feature common to many cancer cells. However, our u...

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Jason Mast @jasonmast.bsky.social · May 7

Despite its cancer-fighting mission, NCI starts to feel Trump administration budget ax www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/t...

Despite its cancer-fighting mission, NCI starts to feel Trump administration budget ax

Trump cuts are hitting the National Cancer Institute, affecting a hotline for patients, cancer.gov, advisory panels, clinical trial recruitment.

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Joachim Frank @joachim123.bsky.social · Mar 21

Acc to an article in The Atlantic, Meta, using LibGen, appears to have pirated millions of articles and book chapters to train AI. The Atlantic provides a searchable link, and I find 199 of my books, book chapter, review article and major publications, all used without my permission.
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The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem

Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.

www.theatlantic.com

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Aria Vaishnavi, PhD @drariav.bsky.social · Mar 12

Fantastic talk today by the legend herself: so great to have her in house!! Don’t mind me while I fangirl over THE Dr. Rushika Perera! @rushika-perera.bsky.social @anirbanmaitra.bsky.social

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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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Alan @ralanharris.bsky.social · Mar 6

FINAL LOCATION UPDATE: Stand Up for Science 2025

The final location for Stand Up for Science on 3/7 is Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI).

Please disregard announcements about TMC Commons.

Join us at NRI: maps.app.goo.gl/y6DbDuFMr4CK...

Looking forward to seeing you there!

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Aria Vaishnavi, PhD @drariav.bsky.social · Mar 5

You hit the nail on the head with this post!

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Alan @ralanharris.bsky.social · Mar 1

Join us in Houston for Stand Up for Science 2025 on March 7 at 12:00 PM in Texas Medical Center Commons. This event is organized in solidarity with scientists nationwide. #StandUpForScience2025 #ScienceAdvocacy

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · Feb 20

It’s @katherinejwu.com with the receipts.

The NIH memo undercutting the NIH came directly from Trump officials.

www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

The NIH Memo That Undercut Universities Came Directly From Trump Officials

NIH officials said they were given no advance warning and less than an hour to post the memo publicly.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Feb 18

ATTENTION

If you are on a study section that was scheduled to meet, please post or DM me with information regarding:

1. The name of the study section

2. The scheduled date

3. Whether the meeting actually occurred

THANK YOU

a man wearing a top hat and a purple jacket is asking for more .

ALT: a man wearing a top hat and a purple jacket is asking for more .

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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · Feb 13

Are you a scientist whose work is being affected by changes in the Trump administration? Get in touch with @nature.com reporters @maxkozlov.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social @heidiledford.bsky.social Jeff Tollefson & yours truly.

Let us know what's on your mind & what we should be writing about.

Are the Trump team’s actions affecting your research? How to contact Nature

Use this form to share information with Nature’s news team, or to make suggestions for future coverage.

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The University of Utah @utah.edu · Feb 12

A look at the economic impact of our research:

8,340 jobs created
$248m in salaries & wages paid
$328m in indirect labor income earned
$32m in state & local taxes generated

Learn more about the impact of #UofU research: www.research.utah.edu/facts-and-fi...

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Dr. Donita C. Brady of Brady Lab UPenn @bradylabupenn.bsky.social · Jan 19

Congratulations to @ginadenicola.bsky.social and @christhechang.bsky.social labs on their latest @pnas.org paper revealing context-dependent sensitivity to copper chelation! Thrilled to have collaborated with such amazing friends on the first manuscript of 2025.

Gina DeNicola @ginadenicola.bsky.social · Jan 19

Our lab's first paper of 2025. With @christhechang.bsky.social we find that NRF2 active lung cancer cell lines suppress labile copper and are vulnerable to copper chelation (1/3).

Chris Chang @christhechang.bsky.social · Jan 16

Activity-based sensors identify cuproplasia and ferroplasia as druggable metal vulnerabilities in cancer! With @ginadenicola.bsky.social and Adam Renslo, we profile cancer cell lines to find those sensitive to Cu or Fe chelation www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #chemsky 1/n

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Aria Vaishnavi, PhD @drariav.bsky.social · Jan 8

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · Dec 1

“NIH produces an astounding return on investment to the American taxpayer. In Fiscal Year 2022, NIH research funding supported 568,585 jobs and generated $96.84 billion in economic activity — that’s $2.64 of economic activity for every $1 of research funding.”
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Dec 1

Research supported by NIH has led more than 100 Nobel Prizes and has supported more than 99% of drugs approved by federal regulators from 2010 to 2019.
But come January, NIH may face a wrecking ball
nytimes.com/2024/12/01/h...

Long a ‘Crown Jewel’ of Government, N.I.H. Is Now a Target

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · Jan 1

My New Year’s resolution is to berate myself less for things I wish I could have done better, to learn from my mistakes, and give myself more credit for the things I did well but promptly forgot/ignored because academics love to live from crisis to crisis

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Aria Vaishnavi, PhD @drariav.bsky.social · Dec 27

Yes! I have a couple I can email you— one is from scratch and one is “pretty” defined but both work great for lung adenos

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MD Anderson Cancer Center @mdanderson.bsky.social · Dec 21

The FDA has approved BRAFTOVI in combination with cetuximab and mFOLFOX6 for first-line treatment in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer with a BRAF V600E mutation. The approval is based on the BREAKWATER study, for which MD Anderson’s Dr. Scott Kopetz is co-PI. 1/2

FDA grants accelerated approval

The Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to encorafenib.

www.fda.gov

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