This month’s imaginative @Cancer_Cell cover:
The Monkey King (NK cells) recognizes & tries to kill the White Bone Demon (CTCs), who is disguised as a girl. However, the White Bone Demon pretends to be innocent & convinces Tripitaka (platelets) & Pigsy (HLA-E) to protect it.
“There are not, and will never be, KRAS inhibitors” 👀
@Pasca_Lab presents a memorable reviewer comment from her 1st unfunded NIH grant at #AACRPan24.
The lesson is that you should not let deflating reviewer comments define the value of your science. Also, persistence!
🤠 👉🏽 🗽 news:
I will be joining @nyulangone on September 1, 2025 as Director of the GI Cancer Center & Associate Director of Translational Research at @Perlmutter_CC.
I am excited to start the next chapter of the Maitra Lab in NYC & build a strong GI cancer research program.
Happy Birthday #RosalindFranklin!
The arc of the history of DNA is long but it bends towards justice.
Yes even school children now learn of how she was robbed of her due recognition (“without her permission”)
It’s the ten year anniversary of the Maitra Lab in Houston - the lab formally opened on Aug 1, 2013 - so of course we had to celebrate with an appropriate cake to mark the milestone.
🎂🔬🧫🧬🧪
