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Melanoma and cutaneous oncologist @Stanford. Studying hereditary genetics and irAEs. LA explant in SF via Ohio State, NIH/ NHGRI, Harbor UCLA, and Cleveland Clinic. Sports fan, geek and mom. APD Hem/Onc fellowship. ASPirE founder, Checkpoint Now cohost.
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What a day. What a crew. Truly inspired people devoted to improving the lives of people going through immunotherapy and experiencing irAEs. More posts on ASPirE 2025 coming soon 💙 #RoomWhereItHappens

Good morning Cary NC! ASPirE 2025 starting now! #irAE #immunoonc

No social media outlet left behind 💪 Welcome the science of cancer @stanford-cancer.bsky.social on @bsky.app available to all humans in all electronic formats! 💙

ASPirE presents: Needs assessment survey for irAEs for physicians/APPs/nurses/pharmacists caring for patients on immunotherapy. Help ASPirE identify educational resource needs + share with your colleagues! H/t Kriti Mittal @umassmedicine.bsky.social surveymonkey.com/r/irAEeducation

TODAY is the last day to register for the ASPIRE benefit dinner! All proceeds support irAE education and research 🫶 PS This was last year’s limited edition irAE bracelet…wonder what surprises might be in store at this year’s dinner 🤔😇 See you there! #MedSky #MedFun

If you're still wondering why so many healthcare professionals are making the move to @bsky.app, I enjoyed this piece by @paulsaxmd.bsky.social blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...

ASPIRE 2025 (think tank) and @dukehealth.bsky.social’s NICT 2025 (CME) is in one week. Registration is still open, link below 🗓️ Looking forward to the irAE event of the year 🤓🥳

ASPIRE benefit dinner has grown to 30+ and the restaurant has kindly extended the ticket deadline to Monday 2/24! Check the link below to catch one of the remaining seats in the venue. So excited to see all you irAE folks in Raleigh!

Happening tomorrow! 👇🏽🤩

🚨 irAE aficionados: ASPIRE meeting is 2 weeks away! So excited to have multiple disciplines be in one place and move together! Deadline to register for the benefit dinner is in ONE WEEK. Register now for food, irAE conversations, and good company: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

Cbioportal had added normal skin cells to their database so that you can compare genomic alterations of individual skin cells to their cancerous counterparts!

The promise of a personalized (neoantigen) vaccine for treating cancer, as seen by immune response bolstering against renal cell carcinoma in a Phase 1 trial nature.com/articles/d41... nature.com/articles/s41...

A recent case report from MSKCC published in the NEJM describes the development of a CD4+ T-cell lymphoma in a patient with multiple myeloma following B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

I hope you will all join me in expressing your thanks to the NIH and NSF staff who are working in an impossibly difficult and chaotic environment to keep science going in our country.

It’s the next generation of cancer research. If a specific cancer runs in your family (genetics), you can get a vaccine against that kind of cancer. Essentially, it provides your immune system a “mug shot” of the cancer type & allows your body to kill the cancer if it does arise in the future. 🧪

Just a reminder that Stanford #Hematology is actively recruiting, details below, pls reach out with Qs, happy to speak with prospective candidates about our amazing Division, please re-post to spread the word! @stanforddeptmed.bsky.social @stanford-cancer.bsky.social

As an editor and as an author this concerns me greatly. We should all be concerned.

Fantastic panel moderated by @drbetofmdphd.bsky.social - so many melanoma trials open/opening in the Bay Area. Great company, great colleagues, and great movement to make melanoma outcomes better here in the Bay Area, and everywhere 🖤 Thanks to ANCO for continuing to elevate oncology in NoCal ⛰️

See you tonight, #FireAidLA. ❤️ Together, we can rebuild communities and support efforts to prevent future fire disasters throughout Southern California. fireaidla.org #stevienicks

Since 1991, the NIH Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) is dedicated to K-12 students & funds innovative STEM educational projects. It supports our EvolvingSTEM program that engages >1500 students/yr in authentic research. 🚨Its Program Announcement (PAR-23-137) is now GONE.😡 nihsepa.org

“May you have happiness and the causes of happiness. May you be free of suffering and the causes of suffering.” -Tibetan prayer Goodnight all

Health and happiness to all in the Year of the Snake. May food, family, and community be plentiful for you and yours 🧧🐍 #MedFoodSky

Top of the irAE to you this Monday! 2 ASPirE events to kick off 2025: ASPirE Annual Meeting 2/28 - 3/1: in person think tank graciously hosted by Afreen Shariff @dukemedschool.bsky.social ASPirE Webinar 3/10: Launch of our Tumor Board series hosted by Yinghong Mimi Wang @mdanderson.bsky.social

#tfw you originally joined that bird app (back in the 🐥 days) for that spontaneous belly laugh and then you find this on 🦋. 🏆

Imagining myself walking through a new diagnosis of metastatic melanoma - plain language advice to myself which I would hope can help someone out there orient, take a deep breath, and step forward. Cancer Commons with Curious Dr. George cancercommons.org/latest-insig...

Alright #medfoodsky you win I’m in for dissipating energy in my oven - exhibit A, lemon polenta cake for when life gives you lemons 🍋

Time and change will surely show How firm thy friendship OHIO ♥️🩶♥️🩶♥️🩶 #NatlChamps #BuckeyesW #CarmenOhio

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that." ~ Strength to Love, 1963. #MLKDay #DrMartinLutherKingJr

For all the sports rivalries, NorCal & SoCal are one Cal in times of duress. @stanforduniversity.bsky.social Cardinal, you can support SoCal during #LAfires through donating supplies or money to community pillar @venicefamilyclinic.bsky.social stanford.galaxydigital.com/need/detail/...

#MedSky #IDSky #COVID19 #DrugDevelopment NEW A loss-of-function variant in PTPN2 assoc w/ #autoimmune disease incl #IBD can ⬆️ expression of ACE2 receptor via ⬆️ JAK-STAT signaling, making cells more prone to #SARSCoV2 invasion. Reversible w/ JAK inhibition. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New year, new adventures at #MedSky - oncology faculty opening for solid tumor cell therapy position 🧫@stanforduniversity.bsky.social, with preference for TIL/melanoma experience. Please contact me or @drbetofmdphd.bsky.social for more details!

Humane, humble and heartfelt. Thank you, Mr President, for showing the world what true #leadership is all about. #RIPJimmyCarter 🫡🇺🇸

SoCal friends, I’m so sorry you’re dealing with this. A few things I wish I’d known as we evacuated ahead of a wildfire (that took our home in 2021) 🧵

Definitely a happy new year when @tbdbitl.bsky.social rocks it at the Rose Parade! #GoBucks

Spatial transcriptomic clocks reveal cell proximity effects in brain ageing 🧠 🕙 Incredible study 🧪 in Nature from @brunetlab.bsky.social and the Zou lab 🎉 So many intriguing findings - including that T cells have a pro-ageing proximity effect on neighbouring cells 🤯 @natureportfolio.bsky.social

🚨 irAE aficionados! Registration is open for the ASPirE 2025 think tank in Durham NC on Fri Feb 28. Followed by @dukehealth.bsky.social's NICT, an irAE-focused CME. Abstract deadline has been extended to 1/15 - great opportunity to share data and tough cases. Register here: rsvp.duke.edu/3Vba7Q

ICIs Result in Increased Rates of High-Grade irAEs for Older Patients With Breast Cancer www.onclive.com/view/icis-re... #SABCS24

📣 ASCO is now here 🦋! @ascocancer.bsky.social @ascopost.bsky.social #OncSky #AcademicSky #MedSky #Oncology #CancerResearch @oncoalert.bsky.social @oncodaily.bsky.social @onclive.bsky.social

#50ScientistsThatInspire 🧪 A collection created by @cellpress.bsky.social for #Cell50 🎉 Including inspiring #scientists and committed #advocates in their communities 🙌 In this 🧵 I'll share some of the interviews - including this Q&A we did 👇 Its an honor to be part of this incredible list 🙏 🙏