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Edna Cukierman - Tumor Microenvironment @tme-caf-ecm.bsky.social · 2d

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The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.” @thenobelpeaceprize.bsky.social

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Edna Cukierman - Tumor Microenvironment @tme-caf-ecm.bsky.social · 7d

#AACRPan25 #PancreaticCancer research
@theaacr.bsky.social

#ItTakesAVillage

I feel very lucky to have such amazing friends and colleagues!!
#EldaGrabocka & @zcmlab.bsky.social

#WomanInSTEM

From left to right, Elda, myself, and Zobeida smiling with the AACR Pancreatic Cancer Research meeting hall in the background

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OncoDaily @oncodaily.bsky.social · 7d

γδ T Cells as Scalable “Off-the-Shelf” Therapy for Solid Tumors - Yan Leyfman

@yleyfman.bsky.social

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#OncoDaily #Oncology #Cancer #Health #Medicine #MedEd #MedOnc #MedNews #SolidTumors

Yan Leyfman: γδ T Cells as Scalable “Off-the-Shelf” Therapy for Solid Tumors - OncoDaily

Yan Leyfman: γδ T Cells as Scalable “Off-the-Shelf” Therapy for Solid Tumors / Adnan Moinuddin, Ali A. Ashkar, Allyson E. Moore, Ana L. Portilloa, cancer,

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Edna Cukierman - Tumor Microenvironment @tme-caf-ecm.bsky.social · 7d

This is how to kick a talk out of the game park! A true #HomeRunTalk by @jayeperview.bsky.social at the selected talks from posters closing the #AACRPan25 @theaacr.bsky.social meeting

First talk out of her own lab
@thegardinerlab.bsky.social
#Proudisima to have played a small role 😎💜

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AACR Journals @aacrjournals.bsky.social · 7d

Next up in our Article Showcase is a featured selection from Edna Cukierman, Senior Editor of Tumor Biology: “Targeting Pancreatic Cancer Cell Stemness by Blocking Fibronectin-Binding Integrins on Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts” buff.ly/v2ICc8M @tme-caf-ecm.bsky.social

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Edna Cukierman - Tumor Microenvironment @tme-caf-ecm.bsky.social · 7d

#AACRPan25 @theaacr.bsky.social
Being a #ProudisimaPI & the opportunity of becoming a #ProudisimaColleague
is the best feeling ever!

#pancreaticcancer #foxchasecancercenter @jayeperview.bsky.social @debvendramini.bsky.social @saumyamarumdphd.bsky.social #AlexDolskii @brookepereira.bsky.social

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Edna Cukierman - Tumor Microenvironment @tme-caf-ecm.bsky.social · 9d

Looking forward to day 2 (chaired by yours truly 😎)
#AACRPan25 #PancreaticCancer
@theaacr.bsky.social

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Edna Cukierman - Tumor Microenvironment @tme-caf-ecm.bsky.social · 9d

The first day of the @theaacr.bsky.social #AACRPan25 meeting in Boston started with a bang!!! It was all about #PancreaticCancer Interception

and what a list of speakers!
A few pics of #Day1 💜

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AACR Journals @aacrjournals.bsky.social · 10d

Read the abstracts from @theaacr.bsky.social Special Conference in Cancer Research: Advances in Pancreatic Cancer Research here in the September 15 issue of Cancer Research: buff.ly/ncicLEB

#AACRpan25

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Edna Cukierman - Tumor Microenvironment @tme-caf-ecm.bsky.social · 10d

On my way to #AACRPan25
#PancreaticCancer 💜

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Edna Cukierman - Tumor Microenvironment @tme-caf-ecm.bsky.social · Sep 6

I am so lucky to count with the amazing #oneandonly @rolanddunbrack.bsky.social as my colleague and thrilled to count him as my dear friend!!!
#congratulations!!!

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Edna Cukierman - Tumor Microenvironment @tme-caf-ecm.bsky.social · Sep 6

#ExtraExtra the amazing @saumyamarumdphd.bsky.social just joined our #GIMedicalOncology and the Cancer Signaling & Microenvironment Program as our newest #AssistantProfessor at #FoxChaseCancerCenter #PancreaticCancer #TumorMicroenvironment

We wish you the #BestofLuck!!!!! 💜💜💜

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Edna Cukierman - Tumor Microenvironment @tme-caf-ecm.bsky.social · Aug 17

#ProudisimaPI

Traditional #CukiermanLab ‘s summer falafel & empanadas day; at yours truly’s house!

it was #bittersweet; I am enormously happy to be so sad… 🥹

We were wishing #bestofluck to the amazing @jayeperview.bsky.social who is opening @thegardeningbard.bsky.social at #Tufts in September!!

Jaye showing off her Friends of Fox Chase Cancer Center new jacket

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Edna Cukierman - Tumor Microenvironment @tme-caf-ecm.bsky.social · Jul 24

The amazing @ptorresayuso.bsky.social from #FoxChaseCancerCenter and #TempleUniversity presenting his exciting research at the @ncicapit.bsky.social summit

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Edna Cukierman - Tumor Microenvironment @tme-caf-ecm.bsky.social · Jul 24

The 2025 Annual @ncicapit.bsky.social Summit is #Outofthisworld good!!! The plenary speaker #EvaSzabo, the keynote presentation by #RafiAhmed followed by AI guru #ChanghueiYang & #force ‘s #SueFredman & panelist for #EmergingTechnologies lead by the amazing #ShannonHughes were extraordinary!!!

a poster that says out of this world

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Edna Cukierman - Tumor Microenvironment @tme-caf-ecm.bsky.social · Jul 24

@jayeperview.bsky.social will make me the most (ex) #ProudisimaPI this fall as she opens her lab at #Tufts
She is not only an amazing researcher but an innovative #ScienceCommunicator so everyone should follow her 💜💚

Elizabeth McKenna @elizsmckenna.bsky.social · Jul 22

It's my first #newPI roll call on BlueSky! Calling all new #cancer PIs who just started or who are about to start their labs! Please say hi and what you work on so I can follow you if I don't already! 😃

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Edna Cukierman - Tumor Microenvironment @tme-caf-ecm.bsky.social · Jul 22

It is a lab-mate’s birthday, but thank you!!! the lab will be 23 in September 🙃 💜

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Edna Cukierman - Tumor Microenvironment @tme-caf-ecm.bsky.social · Jul 22

#LabBirthdays (note the tomatoes pointed by the red arrow; favorite of the birthday lab mate 😂)

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Elizabeth McKenna @elizsmckenna.bsky.social · Jul 18

Great news! The AACR journals are now on BlueSky! Be sure to follow @aacrjournals.bsky.social!! #FollowFriday

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Edna Cukierman - Tumor Microenvironment @tme-caf-ecm.bsky.social · Jul 19

@theaacr.bsky.social Register by August 18 to get the lowest rates for the AACR Conference on Advances in #PancreaticCancer Research (Sept 28-Oct 1; Boston), chaired by #AndrewAguirre, #SusanTsai, #DavidTuveson, #LauraDeLongWood, and yours truly.
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#AACRpan25

AACR Special Conference in Cancer Research: Advances in Pancreatic Cancer Research—Emerging Science Driving Transformative Solutions

Meeting overview details for AACR Special Conference in Cancer Research: Advances in Pancreatic Cancer Research - Emerging Science Driving Transformative Solutions

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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · Jul 12

And what about *they also made a commentary of our work*??? I really really love JCS!!!
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MatriCom – the extracellular matrix reloaded

The extracellular matrix (ECM) is made up of hundreds of proteins, including structural core ‘matrisome’ proteins, factors that associate with and regulate ECM architecture and dynamics, and ECM recep...

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Edna Cukierman - Tumor Microenvironment @tme-caf-ecm.bsky.social · Jul 12

I wish I was there!!!

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Edna Cukierman - Tumor Microenvironment @tme-caf-ecm.bsky.social · Jun 24

To honor her, after her passing from #PancreaticCancer, I decided to focus my lab on its #TME 💔

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Edna Cukierman - Tumor Microenvironment @tme-caf-ecm.bsky.social · Jun 24

8 years ago today we lost our dearest #PatKeely who revolutionized the #TME #ECM field by introducing us to the diagnostic/prognostic tumor-associated collagen signatures #TACs

We miss her enormously everyday ❤️‍🩹

Patricia Keely’s obituary foto with birth and death dates

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Edna Cukierman - Tumor Microenvironment @tme-caf-ecm.bsky.social · Jun 18

😎
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A Milestone for Our Mission: Fox Chase Cancer Center Reaffirms National Leadership with Renewal of Prestigious NCI Grant

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