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Professor & Head of the Cancer Matrix & Metastasis Lab at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research & UNSW Sydney Gadigal Country 🇦🇺 🏳️‍🌈 🔬Pancreatic / Lung / Breast / Bowel Cancer & all things extracellular matrix 🧫 → https://linktr.ee/thomasrcox ←
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ECM remodeling is a fundamental driver of more than 50 chronic diseases, contributing to over 35% of deaths in the Western world. Join Dr. Morten Karsdal on a journey through 25 years of groundbreaking matrix biology. Register for free here: ecm-congress.org/ecm-pharmaco...

The Matrix Biology Society of Australia & NZ (MBSANZ) is now on BlueSky bsky.app/profile/mbsa... Follow for all things matrix biology related in Australia & NZ

We have such an exciting program and speakers for our annual #EACR congress 🤩 Thanks to the many, many researchers who already submitted abstracts - and don't forget this week's March 6 abstract deadline ⏰ if you also want to join us in beautiful Lisbon! 2025.eacr.org @helloeacr.bsky.social 🧪🔬⚕️

📣Join us at the 13th International Proteoglycan & #MBSANZ Scientific Meeting 🗓️ Dates: 27 - 31 October 2025 📍 Where: Mantra Lorne, Victoria, Australia Don't miss out on this opportunity to engage with cutting-edge developments in #proteoglycan & #ECM research 👉 mbsanz2025.smalltalkevents.com.au

Vaccines can elicit long-lived immune activity against #pancreatic #cancer Sethna et al, MSKCC, report that personalized vaccines encoding neoantigens can induce durable CD8+ T cell responses- correlating w/ better long-term outcomes 🧪⚕️ www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.nature.com/articles/d41...

We're pleased to announce the next webinar from our Early Career Leadership Council. Join us on March 4th to hear from Dr Ashley Laughney on "Tackling the genotype-to-phenotype problem in cancer evolution" Sign up here → us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... ←

Thanks to those who politely pointed out we initially made a list of Metastasis Researchers... we've now made a starter pack! ☺️ go.bsky.app/KasKkhK Drop us a message or reply here to be added. More to follow over the coming days. 🦋

We've begun creating a Starter Pack of Metastasis focused researchers here: bsky.app/profile/did:... Drop us a message or reply here to be added. More to follow over the coming days. 🦋

🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 Excited to share our latest work in Nature Communications spearheaded by brilliant @omaiques.bsky.social and thanks to all our collaborators—we show how matrix mechano-sensing at the invasive front induces a cytoskeletal and transcriptional memory that supports metastasis! 🧵⬇️

FINALLY 🥁...our top most downloaded article of the year is…. 🥁🥁🥁 Why do patients with cancer die? By @tcox.bsky.social, Erik Sahai, et al. https://bit.ly/3WIyl... #metastasis #cancertherapy #cancermodels @crick.ac.uk @natureportfolio.bsky.social #NRCtop10of2024

🧬 Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🧬 Today we celebrate metastasis research leaders: 🔬 Dr. Alana Welm @alanawelm.bsky.social, MRS President. 🔬 Dr. Neta Erez @netaerez.bsky.social, incoming President. Inspiring the future! 💪✨ #WomenInScience #IDWGS #MetastasisResearch

Dynamic dysregulation of Tenascin-X/Tenascin-C balance controlled by Transforming Growth Factor-beta leads to tumor cell proliferation during pancreatic carcinogenesis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.07.635757v1

Very cool paper by Jennifer Young's (not yet on bluesky I think) lab: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

🚨 Brand new website for Matrix Biology Italy #MBIta (formerly know as Italian Society for the Study of Connective Tissue) www.matrixbiology.it @valerioizzi.bsky.social @themeshwork.bsky.social @nabalabuic.bsky.social @tomvanagtmael.bsky.social @amrohussien.bsky.social @tcox.bsky.social

Registration is now OPEN for the cancer research community to join us for the EACR 2025 Congress! 🥳 Don't miss the opportunity to take advantage of our discounted early registration rate to attend, available until 28 April. 2025.eacr.org

‘That’s funny’: creative solutions for time-starved researchers www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Hello #cancersky! It's official, we're here! Follow us for all things #cancerresearch and #oncology 🥳

@drjeffholst.bsky.social You made it!

@mrc-lms.bsky.social is hiring! Are you looking to start your own research group? Come & join us! Fantastic research, wonderful facilities & super supportive colleagues. Deadline 13th Jan. Get on it! lms.mrc.ac.uk/work/vacanci...

Looking for an enthusiastic bioinformatician (long-term postdoctoral follow or staff scientist) interested in cancer/melanoma biology and therapy resistance. Data Science (single-cell, spatial multiomics integration), Machine learning, R, Pyhthon... jobso.id/ik9e

New out from Alana Welm & team in @natrevcancer.bsky.social - PDX models for functional precision oncology and discovery science go.nature.com/3ZVGcTE

Jobortunities: Shortly advertising for 2 positions, both working on the Breast Cancer Atlas, in Sydney. - Wet lab research assistant: mol bio +/- pathology desirable - Comp. Research Assistant: scRNA-Seq, spatial transcriptomics and ML Details to follow, DM or email if you are a great fit.

Congratulations to the new #AACR #TME working group Chair elect!!! The one and only (best friend and colleague) @ashi-w.bsky.social www.aacr.org/professional...

A forum for all things related to the cellular microenvironment and its role in health and disease. Spread the voice and drop a message if you want to join! go.bsky.app/jhvVHF

Remember to joint to the Pancreatic Cancer Starter Pack. 🧪 #PancreaticCancer go.bsky.app/2FHVVL6

Did someone say newsletter? Our November-December issue is here!!! Spotlight of the month @drjake314.bsky.social, latest publications @nabalabuic.bsky.social, polls, event alerts, calendar updates and sneak peak from our video interview with @jayeperview.bsky.social For your eyes only. Take a look👇

THREAD So your Attention Score went down because people are rage-deleting their Twitter accounts. Why is that happening? Should I be worried? Should I see my doctor? Let's get into what the Attention Score actually is, how it's impacted by posts and deletions, WITH THE HELP OF MEMES. 1/20

We are opening a call for applications 2025 – Creation of new junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur in Paris @pasteur.fr all details on our web site : research.pasteur.fr/en/call/call...

Our lab is now accepting applications for PhD positions! Join our cutting-edge research team and contribute to groundbreaking discoveries in: - Cardiometabolic disease - Diabetes and obesity - Cancer metabolism - Mitochondrial bioenergetics More info on us: www.victorchang.edu.au/heart-resear...

Reminder! Abstract submission for the 2025 OzMRS ECR Symposium closes next Friday Dec 6. Talk, Flash talk and poster presentation spots available! Register, submit an abstract, and check out the program outline on the website: www.ozmrs.com/2025-ecr-sym...

Our Paper out in @natureportfolio.bsky.social with correct link www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A #map of the world in the #Spilhaus projection with the global #ocean as the main focus. It includes arrows of the global currents (@oceanandice.bsky.social) and sea surface temperature & velocity (Niklas Röber). It shows the interconnectedness of the world's oceans with #Antarctica at the centre!

Welcome to the Tumor Macroenvironment (yes, that's an "a", not a typo). I hope this is helpful for those interested in cancer as a systemic disease. So much to learn! go.bsky.app/RQuYfnK

Cancer-associated fibroblasts maintain critical pancreatic cancer cell lipid homeostasis in the tumor microenvironment www.cell.com/cell-reports...

At Garvan, we see a future where everyone lives a longer, healthier life. We bring together world-leading researchers and clinicians, collaborating locally and globally, to improve human health. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOIP... #science #medicalresearch #health #disease

📣 Everything you always wanted to know about the #ECM (but were afraid to ask). Join me at @themeshwork.bsky.social seminar series in December to learn about the latest developments of the #Matrisome project @matrisome.bsky.social! Sign up here forms.gle/W3QFUheh9hf5... and help us spread the word!

Pls share 🌟Join the IMP as a Group Leader We are 👀 for a colleague, ready to lead a groundbreaking research program. Enjoy generous funding, outstanding facilities & a vibrant scientific community in one of the world's most livable cities @impvienna.bsky.social 👉https://tinyurl.com/impgl2025

Pre-announcing the EMBO/EMBL symposium "Mechanobiology Across the Tree of Life", Heidelberg, 9-12 June 2026. It is still very very far away, but save the date 🗓️. With Alba Diz-Munoz, @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social , Kirsty Wan @micromotility.bsky.social, Enrique Rojas. www.embl.org/about/info/c...

Calling all metastasis researchers - don't forget to join us for our next webinar on Dec 3rd as Dr. Nathan Reticker-Flynn discusses "Lymph node metastasis and the orchestration of adaptive immune responses to tumors". Sign-up today! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Many thanks to The Scientist for covering our recent paper on fibrotic scarring and brain tumor recurrence 🙏 Here's the #openaccess link for our original paper in Cancer Cell led by Watson*, Zomer* et al: www.cell.com/cancer-cell/... #scicomm 🧪🔬 www.the-scientist.com/blocking-sca...

Definitely one to follow for all things metastasis research related...

We are growing! go.bsky.app/2FHVVL6

Today I had the opportunity to present our ongoing translation of pan-LOX inhibitors in pancreatic cancer at the Australasian Gastrointestinal Trials Group (AGITG) Annual Scientific Meeting. Read more about this work here| → www.nature.com/articles/s43... ← |