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Henning Willers, MD, FASTRO @henningwillersmd.bsky.social · May 4

And, yes, it is noteworthy there are 3 male candidates for VP even though there are a large number of talented female scientists in RRS🤨 I am committed to increasing the # of female leaders in the Society and the field! 👍#HeforShe

Henning Willers, MD, FASTRO @henningwillersmd.bsky.social · May 3

🔈 I am honored to be running alongside
Sunil Krishnan & David Yu
for Vice-President Elect of RRS
🙏🙏🙏

🧐You can find more info on the candidates here 👉
ftp.ameetingbydesign.com/ambddrop/202...

Vote by May 1️⃣3️⃣ radres.org/Login.aspx

@cvanpouillebox.bsky.social
@profajchalmers.bsky.social

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Ananya Choudhury @achoud72.bsky.social · May 3

#BioCommittee meets and greets at #ESTRO25 Great turnout. Welcome all biologists!

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Henning Willers, MD, FASTRO @henningwillersmd.bsky.social · May 3

🔈 I am honored to be running alongside
Sunil Krishnan & David Yu
for Vice-President Elect of RRS
🙏🙏🙏

🧐You can find more info on the candidates here 👉
ftp.ameetingbydesign.com/ambddrop/202...

Vote by May 1️⃣3️⃣ radres.org/Login.aspx

@cvanpouillebox.bsky.social
@profajchalmers.bsky.social

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Henning Willers, MD, FASTRO @henningwillersmd.bsky.social · Apr 27

📢Insightful in press review on a lipid metabolic pathway + #radiotherapy response - a🔥area‼️

Also, a harbinger of more to come, more #radbio reviews in @ijrobp.bsky.social that is😊

Stay tuned😍

@cvanpouillebox.bsky.social @freddyeescorcia.bsky.social

www.redjournal.org/article/S036...

The Mevalonate Pathway in the Radiation Response of Cancer

The mevalonate (MVA) pathway plays a critical role in cholesterol biosynthesis, protein prenylation, and metabolic reprogramming, all of which contribute to cancer progression and therapy resistance. ...

www.redjournal.org

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Henning Willers, MD, FASTRO @henningwillersmd.bsky.social · Apr 15

🔥 #RadRes2025 Meeting #PuertoRico Sept 2025🌴🌞

Looking forward to: Symposium on Radiation Combination Therapies😍

Great to have @profajchalmers.bsky.social back‼️🙏

Though I will post about this meeting mostly on that other platform 🫠🤷‍♂️
x.com/HenningWille...

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Henning Willers, MD, FASTRO @henningwillersmd.bsky.social · Mar 29

I got exactly the same one, which gives me great confidence in your eventual success!!

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Wafik S. El-Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP @weldeiry.bsky.social · Mar 29

Immunogenomic cancer evolution: A framework to understand cancer immunosuppression

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Immunogenomic cancer evolution: A framework to understand cancer immunosuppression

Understanding the impacts of genetic abnormalities on immune responses to tumors can inform immunogenomic-based precision medicine.

www.science.org

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Wafik S. El-Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP @weldeiry.bsky.social · Mar 19

Mass General Brigham to invest $400 million to open new cancer institute before Dana-Farber partnership ends

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/18/b...

Mass General Brigham to invest $400 million to open new cancer institute before Dana-Farber partnership ends - The Boston Globe

The renovations at the state's biggest health system will help create the Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Henning Willers, MD, FASTRO @henningwillersmd.bsky.social · Mar 19

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#RadRes2025

web.cvent.com/event/b8aecb...

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION:
abstractsonline.com/dashboard/lo...

PROGRAM:
web.cvent.com/event/b8aecb...

RRS 2025 - 71st Annual International Meeting. Online registration by Cvent

web.cvent.com

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Henning Willers, MD, FASTRO @henningwillersmd.bsky.social · Mar 19

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📢Abstract Submission is open for #RadRes2025 Sept 21-24 in #PuertoRico ‼️ (see ⬇️)

There will be many oral presentations selected from abstracts🔥

Amazing scientific program, and I am especially excited about a strong immuno-oncology focus🙏
@cvanpouillebox.bsky.social @sandrademaria.bsky.social

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Henning Willers, MD, FASTRO @henningwillersmd.bsky.social · Mar 10

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/10/m...

Amid Trump’s funding threats, Harvard freezes hiring - The Boston Globe

Harvard cited “substantial financial uncertainties driven by rapidly shifting federal policies.”

www.bostonglobe.com

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American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) @astro-org.bsky.social · Mar 7

ASTRO is accepting nominations for the 2025 ASTRO Mentorship Award. Nominations must be submitted by a colleague or mentee and are due by March 21. Learn more: ow.ly/1I6U50USy64

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Henning Willers, MD, FASTRO @henningwillersmd.bsky.social · Mar 4

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ftp.ameetingbydesign.com/ambddrop/RRS...

ftp.ameetingbydesign.com

Henning Willers, MD, FASTRO @henningwillersmd.bsky.social · Mar 4

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Some personal highlights:

Looking forward to
👉Herman Suit Plenary Lecture by Michael Baumann @dkfz.bsky.social
👉Inaugural Joint SITC Symposium @sitcancer.bsky.social @sandrademaria.bsky.social
👉Dedicated CNS Symposium (sorry @profajchalmers.bsky.social in parallel to RTcombo Symposium🫠)

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Henning Willers, MD, FASTRO @henningwillersmd.bsky.social · Mar 4

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It is not too early to start thinking about the #RadRes2025 Meeting in #PuertoRico Sept 21-24, 2025 🌞🌴🍹🏖️

Abstract & Submission opens in 2 weeks‼️

The Program is shaping up to be FANTASTIC (link in 3rd post ⬇️)🔥🔥🔥

@cvanpouillebox.bsky.social
(Who else is on BlueSky? (vs X, hard to recall)

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Feb 23

Other than the brain, our immune system is the most complex part of the human body. For the first time, sequencing receptors of B and T cells, along w/ generative A.I., enabled diagnosis of medical conditions such as lupus. That's just for starters. erictopol.substack.com/p/the-first-...

Design of study using sequencing of B and T cell receptor and A.I. models to unravel information about infections and autoimmune conditions

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Henning Willers, MD, FASTRO @henningwillersmd.bsky.social · Feb 10

The suns knows ....!

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AZ Faust @azfaust.bsky.social · Feb 10

If anyone is interested in following the NIH indirects case filed by Mass on behalf of 22 states, here is the link:
www.courtlistener.com/docket/69625...

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS v. Matthew Memoli, M.D., M.S., 1:25-cv-10338 - CourtListener.com

Docket for COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS v. Matthew Memoli, M.D., M.S., 1:25-cv-10338 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information.

www.courtlistener.com

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Henning Willers, MD, FASTRO @henningwillersmd.bsky.social · Feb 10

I am trying to write a grant about tumor metabolic diversity and cannot come up with a different term😂

Dustin Moskovitz @moskov.goodventures.org · Feb 10

Among other reasons, censorship is bad because a lot of these terms are used multiple ways. “Confirmation bias” is the most common logical fallacy, for example - I’d like the folks at NSA to be particularly attuned to it.

Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · Feb 10

2. A memo distributed by NSA leadership to its staff says that on February 10, all NSA websites and internal network pages that contain banned words will be deleted.

This is the list of 27 banned words distributed to NSA staff:

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Faces of Lung Cancer @dhendrickson.bsky.social · Feb 9

Very bad news for cancer patients…

Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · Feb 8

“A sane government would never do this.” — the former dean of Harvard Medical School

Universities are reeling. Elon Musk’s allies are celebrating.

Looking at the major cut to federal research funding — which many scientists predict will be devastating

With @lenasun.bsky.social and Carolyn Johnson

NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately

The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.

www.washingtonpost.com

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The OncoAlert Network 🚨 @oncoalert.bsky.social · Feb 9

Tha=e #OncoAlertColloquium 🚨REGISTER for FREE HERE👉 https://buff.ly/4hKRVdM
@rooogerthat of The Philippines Covering how to Treat #LungCancer when one does NOT have the Resources, Sing in to chat with Dr. Velasco

The burden of disease of lung cancer remains high especially in Asia

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Leonidas Platanias, MD @leonidasplatan1.bsky.social · Feb 9

“Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.”

Plato (428 BC -347 BC)

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Henning Willers, MD, FASTRO @henningwillersmd.bsky.social · Feb 9

One wonders whether this is simply a (pretty unorthodox) opening salvo for subsequent negotiations ? Plenty of institutions in red states have rates ~50% and MDACC has 62% if I am not mistaken, so everyone gets affected obviously....

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Henning Willers, MD, FASTRO @henningwillersmd.bsky.social · Feb 9

Idling around, eh, Freddy?😅

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Feb 8

The NIH overhead cut doesn't just hurt universities.

It's deadly to the US economy.

The US is a world leader in tech due to the ecosystem that NIH and NSF propel. It drives innovation for tech transfer, creates a highly-skilled sci/tech workforce, and fosters academic/industry crossfertilization.

Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Feb 8

2. While NSF and NIH indeed have a mission to fund specific research innovations via grantmaking, they do a lot more than that.

Their principal role is support a scientific ecosystem in the United States, that includes everything from education and training to infrastructure and communication.

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