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Mark Harden @markharden.bsky.social · Sep 5

A few years ago, Michael Oliphant was a doctoral student working in the lab of @cucancercenter.bsky.social leader @heidefordlab.bsky.social to understand how breast cancer spreads. Now, Oliphant is back at @cuanschutz.bsky.social @cupharmacology.bsky.social, launching his own lab. #cucityofhealth

CU Cancer Center’s Newest Rising Star Focuses on ‘Opposite Ends of the Breast Cancer Spectrum’

Michael Oliphant, PhD, rejoins Heide Ford, PhD, at the CU Department of Pharmacology to study cancer evolution and drug resistance.

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Heide Ford Lab @heidefordlab.bsky.social · Aug 11

Sharing this new review written by two talented trainees from the Ford lab, Sheera Rosenbaum and Kaiah Fields. @kaiahfields.bsky.social

PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · Aug 5

The ability of #cancer and immune cells to change their phenotype contributes to tumor progression and therapy resistance. @heidefordlab.bsky.social explores the mutual plasticity of cells in the tumor microenvironment and why this matters for the development of therapies 🧪 plos.io/4774Y7a

Masters of adaptation: How cancer and immune cell plasticity mediates tumor progression

The ability of cancer cells and immune cells cell to dynamically change their phenotype contributes to tumor progression and therapy resistance. This Essay explores the mutual plasticity of various ce...

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Heide Ford Lab @heidefordlab.bsky.social · Jul 2

So impressed by our new faculty members Justin O’Hare and Debo Sardar for being 2 of only 12 nationally who received the Klingenstein award this year! @debo-astrocyte.bsky.social @justinkohare.bsky.social

CU Department of Pharmacology @cupharmacology.bsky.social · Jul 1

Congratulations to Debosmita Sardar, PhD, and Justin O’Hare, PhD, Assistant Professors in the Department of Pharmacology, who have received Klingenstein Fellowships in Neuroscience, one of the nation’s most prestigious awards for early career scientists. Learn More: bit.ly/44y8nJD

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Heide Ford Lab @heidefordlab.bsky.social · May 30

Excited to share this new paper from my close collaborator’s lab, Rui Zhao. www.jbc.org/article/S002...

Cryo-EM structures reveal the PP2A-B55α and Eya3 interaction that can be disrupted by a peptide inhibitor

We have previously shown that Eya3 recruits PP2A-B55α to dephosphorylate pT58 on Myc, increasing Myc stability and enhancing primary tumor growth of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). However, the ...

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Heide Ford Lab @heidefordlab.bsky.social · May 8

Excited to share a new study from the Ford lab: EYA3 regulation of NF-κB and CCL2 suppresses cytotoxic NK cells in the premetastatic niche to promote TNBC metastasis | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Congratulations to Sheera Rosenbaum and Connor Hughes, as well as all co-authors!

EYA3 regulation of NF-κB and CCL2 suppresses cytotoxic NK cells in the premetastatic niche to promote TNBC metastasis

EYA3 promotes evasion of cytotoxic NK cells to enable metastasis, highlighting a therapeutic target in metastatic breast cancer.

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Heide Ford Lab @heidefordlab.bsky.social · Mar 30

So fortunate to work with all these amazing women in our department!

CU Department of Pharmacology @cupharmacology.bsky.social · Mar 26

As Women's History Month comes to a close, we celebrate the incredible women on our primary faculty and their invaluable contributions to the pharmacology field. Their dedication to research, mentorship and innovation continues to shape the future of science and medicine. #WomeninSTEM #CUAnschutz

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Heide Ford Lab @heidefordlab.bsky.social · Mar 24

So proud of Ford lab members who have recently defended their theses (Connor Purdy and Art Wolin) and matched into the Duke internal medicine residency (Connor Hughes, MSTP). It’s been a busy couple of months for the lab, but nothing is more special than watching the success of your trainees!

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Heide Ford Lab @heidefordlab.bsky.social · Mar 20

Was very excited to host Senator Hickenlooper in my lab this past week, as well as be involved in a panel discussion around the important of federal funding for science!

coloradosun.com/2025/03/19/n...

Funding cuts to CU-Anschutz could erase years of medical research contributed by patients, advocates fear

NIH funding cuts could halt years of progress on medical research contributed by patients at Colorado's CU-Anschutz campus.

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Heide Ford Lab @heidefordlab.bsky.social · Mar 6

Excited to post this op-ed published in the front porch and written by the talented Aimee Bernard in conjunction with the basic science chairs. Opinions are our own. frontporchne.com/opinion-the-...

Opinion: The Critical Need for Science Funding | Front Porch

As chairs of the basic science departments, we are compelled to address a matter of utmost urgency: the critical need for funding in scientific research. In an era where scientific advancements hold t...

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Heide Ford Lab @heidefordlab.bsky.social · Mar 1

Excited to share this new review written by Annika Gustafson, in close collaboration with Kristin Artinger and Adam Durbin @artingerlab.bsky.social
www.frontiersin.org/journals/cel...

Frontiers | Myogenesis gone awry: the role of developmental pathways in rhabdomyosarcoma

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Heide Ford Lab @heidefordlab.bsky.social · Feb 24

Thank you!

Heide Ford Lab @heidefordlab.bsky.social · Feb 18

Would love to be added to this starter pack! Thank you!

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CU Department of Pharmacology @cupharmacology.bsky.social · Dec 4

Welcome to the faculty @alebrambati.bsky.social! Read more about Ale’s background and research areas below. 🧬

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Heide Ford Lab @heidefordlab.bsky.social · Nov 27

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Heide Ford Lab @heidefordlab.bsky.social · Nov 27

Thank you!

Heide Ford Lab @heidefordlab.bsky.social · Nov 27

Would love to be added to this group if there is room! Thx

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Heide Ford Lab @heidefordlab.bsky.social · Nov 26

Would love to get on this one too- if there is space to add me! Thanks!

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Heide Ford Lab @heidefordlab.bsky.social · Nov 23

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Heide Ford Lab @heidefordlab.bsky.social · Nov 23

Interested in doing your postdoc with the Department of Pharmacology at @CUAnschutz? Join us for our Postdoctoral Education & Knowledge Summit with @cuanschutz_dpb and the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics!

Applications close December 1st. bit.ly/CU-PEAKS

CU PEAKS

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Heide Ford Lab @heidefordlab.bsky.social · Nov 23

Excited to share my first real post on Bluesky: New preprint from the Ford lab on an eya3/nfkb/ccl2 axis and the pre-metastatic niche in breast cancer. www.biorxiv.org/content/bior...

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Heide Ford Lab @heidefordlab.bsky.social · Nov 23

Would love to join this if there is room! @heidefordlab.bsky.social
Thanks!

Heide Ford Lab @heidefordlab.bsky.social · Nov 23

Would love to be added if there is room. @heidefordlab.bsky.social
Thank you!

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Heide Ford Lab @heidefordlab.bsky.social · Nov 17

Happy to start my migration to bluesky!! Excited to meet you all here and share our science.

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