Dana-Farber Cancer Biology Department

We investigate the basic functioning of molecular pathways and use discoveries to develop more effective cancer diagnostics and precision therapies. @DanaFarber

[Justin Becker @JustinSBecker]

Ever wonder what makes your heart get stronger with exercise? @SumeetKhetarpal uncovered a gene and secreted factor that make all the difference between the heart getting stronger and actually getting weaker. As always, really elegant work. With @LabSpiegelman and @rosenzweig_a.

[AACR @AACR]

Priority member access to housing for #AACR26 ends today. AACR members in good standing have an exclusive opportunity to reserve Annual Meeting hotel rooms until 11:59 PM ET today. Nonmember housing will open on Thursday, September 25. Learn more: https://t.co/6WvH5vrfXA

[Dana-Farber Cancer Biology Department @DFCI_CancerBio]

Congratulations!!!

[Spiegelman Lab @LabSpiegelman]

Cardiac PGC1a is required for adaptations of the heart to exercise (in mice). A wonderful collaboration with the lab of Tony Rosenzweig. Sumeet is off to start his won lab at UVa (congrats!) https://t.co/gR7B2QuLIt

[nature @Nature]

Nature research paper: Covariation MS uncovers a protein that controls cysteine catabolism

https://t.co/3hrs2YZraL

[Ed Chouchani @echouchani]

We also provide the resource as an online interface that we hope will be useful to the metabolism community for discovery of proteins that regulate metabolic processes: https://t.co/4WPl4or7ZI

[Dana-Farber Cancer Biology Department @DFCI_CancerBio]

Congratulations Ed!!

[Dana-Farber News @DanaFarberNews]

New research published in Nature led by @DanaFarber’s @echouchani identifies a protein that regulates the abundance of the metabolite cysteine, a major issue in cancer where numerous tumors rely on this metabolite to survive.

Read more: https://t.co/ycA2ebA7Kd

[Dana-Farber News @DanaFarberNews]

New research published in Nature led by @DanaFarber’s @echouchani identifies a protein that regulates the abundance of the metabolite cysteine, a major issue in cancer where numerous tumors rely on this metabolite to survive.

Read more: https://t.co/ycA2ebA7Kd

[DFCI Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Association @DFCI_PGA]

PGSAO Event: Preparing Your Manuscript and Getting it Published

Date: Wednesday, July 16th, 2025
Time: 3-4:30pm
Location: Smith 308/309

Speaker: Elizabeth Phimister, Deputy Editor, New England Journal of Medicine (@NEJM)

RSVP: https://t.co/pPYwgzC7Hc

[DFCI Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Association @DFCI_PGA]

Andreia Maia, PhD is our July 2025 Postdoc Spotlight AND Brain Lunch presenter! See the attached images, and don't forget to RSVP to lunch!

https://t.co/iVdYxxoVrV

[DFCI Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Association @DFCI_PGA]

.@DanaFarber PGSAO is offering a FREE trip for a limited # of postdocs & grad students to Georges Island, 1 of the @34islandsboston

Made possible by the Island Pass Program initiative of @MassDCR in partnership w/ @NatlParkService & @BostonHarborNow

RSVP https://t.co/bEABibCCGC

[Milka Kostić, PhD @MilkaKostic]

Looking to launch an independent research career at the intersection of chemical biology, medicinal chemistry, cancer biology and drug discovery? Look no further - we are hiring!
https://t.co/GfCv48q7nY

[AACR Foundation @AACRFoundation]

Join the @AACR in supporting federal funding of research. Urge your members of Congress to increase funding for the National Institutes of Health. Your voice can help drive a breakthrough. Take action today: https://t.co/ipacv3EvES

[Dana-Farber @DanaFarber]

David Pellman, MD, member of Dana-Farber/@BostonChildrens Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, has been elected as a new Associate (foreign) Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (@EMBO)—a lifelong honor recognizing excellence in the life sciences. He is one of 69 scientists elected to the 2025 EMBO Membership class. Please join us in congratulating him on this prestigious honor.

Learn more: https://t.co/DhmS96MgYi

[Dana-Farber News @DanaFarberNews]

New research in @PNASNews led by @DanaFarber’s Yubao Wang, PhD, in the lab of Tom Roberts, PhD, explored an engineered, degradable form of a small viral protein and made new insights into a key cell growth pathway often hijacked by cancer cells.

Read more: https://t.co/SFFtLZ3koM

[Dana-Farber @DanaFarber]

In collaboration with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, our new dedicated cancer hospital, projected to open in 2031, will strengthen Boston’s position as a global leader in oncology — and expand access to the most advanced care for patients across the region.

Learn how we’re raising more than just a hospital – we're raising the standard of cancer care for everyone: https://t.co/S7baQp47Yp

[Dana-Farber News @DanaFarberNews]

A new study in @CellPressNews led by @DanaFarber’s @XinGu0317 highlights midnolin as a key regulatory component of proteostasis in plasma cells and suggests that restoring or enhancing this pathway could represent a novel therapeutic avenue in myeloma treatment.

Read more: https://t.co/v52Lqnxqrk

[Dana-Farber Cancer Biology Department @DFCI_CancerBio]

Congratulations Xin!!

[Xin Gu @XinGu0317]

So happy and proud to see our story online!! Thank you, the midnolin team!

[Dana-Farber News @DanaFarberNews]

Congratulations to @DanaFarber’s @JudithAgudo1 who has been named a 2025 CRI Lloyd J. Old STAR by @CancerResearch for her innovative contributions to the field of cancer immunotherapy.

[nature @Nature]

From today, all new submissions to Nature that are published will be accompanied by referees’ reports and author responses — to illuminate the process of producing rigorous science

https://t.co/Fua3YQ8XPt

[DFCI Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Association @DFCI_PGA]

Take an afternoon break in the Postdoc Lounge to connect with your colleagues over coffee, tea, and snacks!

Starting on June 24th at 2:30pm, and then taking place the 4th Tuesday of each month.