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GU Tumor Biology Training Program @gutumorbiology.bsky.social · 7d

Fall is a great time to gather over coffee with other trainees!

GU Tumor Biology Training Program @gutumorbiology.bsky.social · 13d

👨‍🔬Considering a career in cancer research, pharmacology, and/or prevention?
Join our team in the fight against cancer as a phD student!

📚🔬 Applications for Summer 2026 are open through December-
we'd love to meet you at an upcoming info session!
tumorbiology.georgetown.edu/phd/admissio...

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GU Tumor Biology Training Program @gutumorbiology.bsky.social · May 16

🎉 Congrats Dr. Sidharth Jain and Dr. Erin Scheidemann - TBIO PhD Class of 2025! 🎓👩‍🎓👨‍🎓

🔬 We're so excited to see what you'll do next! 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬

GU Tumor Biology Training Program @gutumorbiology.bsky.social · May 16

🎉 Congrats to the TBIO MS Class of 2025! 🎓👩‍🎓👨‍🎓

It is well-earned, we're so proud of you! 📚 🔬
We wish you the best in your future endeavors! 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬

GU Tumor Biology Training Program @gutumorbiology.bsky.social · May 16

It's great to be just steps away from the capitol and the national mall, especially in the spring!

TBIO MS students had fun this year learning chemistry in a different context- behind the makeup of gems! 💎

GU Tumor Biology Training Program @gutumorbiology.bsky.social · May 16

It's great to be just steps away from the capitol and the national mall, especially in the spring!

TBIO MS students had fun this year learning chemistry in a different context- behind the makeup of gems! 💎

GU Tumor Biology Training Program @gutumorbiology.bsky.social · May 12

🎉 Congrats to the 2025 Clarity in Science Award winners!

🥇 1st - Taryn Shaw, 3rd Year TBIO PhD trainee
🥈 2nd - Luz C. Ruiz Ruiz, 4th Year TBIO PhD trainee
🥉 3rd - Linara Welte, TBIO MS 24-25 cohort

Thanks Georgetown Breast Cancer Advocates for your feedback, expertise, and scoring!

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GU Tumor Biology Training Program @gutumorbiology.bsky.social · Apr 23

Finding out our Ocean Animal & Ocean Microbe!

GU Tumor Biology Training Program @gutumorbiology.bsky.social · Apr 23

Checking out a different type of lab than we're used to- Fossil Lab!

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GU Tumor Biology Training Program @gutumorbiology.bsky.social · Apr 23

Great day at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History 🐘🦕 this weekend with our TBIO MS class!

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GU Tumor Biology Training Program @gutumorbiology.bsky.social · Apr 11

Great day ☔ for a cozy drink 🍻 @ The Tombs to celebrate the TBIO March Madness winners! Thanks to everyone who participated!! 🏀🔥

GU Tumor Biology Training Program @gutumorbiology.bsky.social · Apr 4

Our trainees are excited to welcome back spring!💮 🌸 🍃

GU Tumor Biology Training Program @gutumorbiology.bsky.social · Mar 21

Applications for the 2025 - 2026 cohort of Georgetown University Tumor Biology MS students 🧑‍🔬👩‍🔬🧪🔬📚🥼 are open, and we'd love to meet you!

Check out our admissions page and register for an upcoming Virtual Information Session: tumorbiology.georgetown.edu/ms/admissions/

GU Tumor Biology Training Program @gutumorbiology.bsky.social · Feb 28

Lovely meeting with prospective TBIO PhD candidates!

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GU Tumor Biology Training Program @gutumorbiology.bsky.social · Feb 28

Thanks to Joshua Zellar, MEd from the Howard University College of Pharmacy 🥼 for stopping by and speaking at TBIO MS Office Hours about options for working in industry, pharmacies, allied health, and academia with a PharmD!

GU Tumor Biology Training Program @gutumorbiology.bsky.social · Feb 14

❄ February is a great time for a visit from the Alliance of Therapy Dogs!

Thanks to Cal 🐕 & his handler Joseph for stopping by to visit our students, faculty, & staff! You made our day a little warmer- we hope to see you again this spring 🌷

GU Tumor Biology Training Program @gutumorbiology.bsky.social · Sep 18

Great time with TBIO MS students @ the first Coffee + Craft ☕ 🎨 office hours of the semester! Thanks for stopping by- good luck on exams next week! 🍀✨

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GU Tumor Biology Training Program @gutumorbiology.bsky.social · Sep 17

Read the American Cancer Society's Cancer Facts & Figures for Hispanic/Latino People latinocancerinstitute.org/wp-content/u...

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GU Tumor Biology Training Program @gutumorbiology.bsky.social · Sep 17

To learn more about Cancer in Hispanic/Latino populations: - ✍ Register for the 6th Annual Latino Cancer Institute Forum held on October 25, 2024 & attend the Friday Forum Workshop Series (9/20 - 10/18) us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 📊

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: "Talking about Cancer Won't Kill Us, The Silence Will!" Friday Forum Workshop Series (9/20 - 10/18) & 6th Annual National Forum (10/25). After registering, ...

Sept 20 - Forum Workshop 1 - Trends in Cancer We Can't Afford to Ignore Anymore! (1.5 hrs) Sept 27 - Forum Workshop 2 - Genetic Findings Driving Blood Cancer in Latinos (1.5 hrs) Oct 4 - Forum Worksh...

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GU Tumor Biology Training Program @gutumorbiology.bsky.social · Sep 17

Happy National Hispanic Heritage Month! 🎉
The Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center serves a 17% Hispanic/Latine catchment area.

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GU Tumor Biology Training Program @gutumorbiology.bsky.social · Sep 13

👨‍🔬 👩‍🔬 🔬🧪🧬🧫🐁Georgetown Tumor Biology PhD Training Program application are now open- apply by December 1st for a Summer 2025 Admission!

We'd love to meet you! Register for one of our upcoming Virtual Info Sessions today: tumorbiology.georgetown.edu/phd/admissio...

GU Tumor Biology Training Program @gutumorbiology.bsky.social · Sep 12

* CURE, a pediatric cancer charity that serves patients and their families, has awarded a grant to Cancer Cell Biology Program Co-leader David Robbins, Ph.D. for support of his research into medulloblastoma, the most common type of malignant pediatric brain tumor

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GU Tumor Biology Training Program @gutumorbiology.bsky.social · Sep 12

* The St. Baldrick’s Foundation, the country’s largest charity funder of childhood cancer research grants, has awarded a research grant to Cancer Cell Biology Program Co-leader Gary Kupfer, M.D. for support of his work on Fanconi anemia and cancer predisposition

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GU Tumor Biology Training Program @gutumorbiology.bsky.social · Sep 12

* Jill P. Smith, M.D. is studying the role of cholecystokinin receptor blockade on the microenvironment of pancreatic tumors, and you can help because Dr. Smith is currently recruiting for a clinical trial (if interested, contact her study nurse at [email protected])

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GU Tumor Biology Training Program @gutumorbiology.bsky.social · Sep 12

* Anton Wellstein, M.D., Ph.D., professor of oncology and pharmacology, has helped develop a totally new technique (“liquid biopsy”) that could precisely identify the location of potential problems as early as the second week after a liver transplant.

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