Frank Furnari

cutting edge genetics and tumor biology research lab focused on characterizing and developing therapeutic strategies for brain cancer

[Frank Furnari @FurnariLab]

Big congrats to Abhi Banerjee, Bioengineering PhD student- one of five winners of this year's Graduate & Professional Student Association Interdisciplinary Research Award at UCSD! Novel, impactful, interdisciplinary work recognized at the highest level.@AdamEnglerUCSD @ucsdbe

[Frank Furnari @FurnariLab]

Huge congrats to Christopher Chie on being awarded a Servier-Sontag Foundation PhD Student Fellowship for his work on RNA-binding protein dependencies linked to TERT promoter mutations in GBM. Exciting science, very well deserved! @UCSDBMS

[Frank Furnari @FurnariLab]

Incredible work by grad students Brett Taylor and Weixiu (Jenny) Dong showing order within the chaos of GBM heterogeneity. Check out https://t.co/IaGL6yDoi3 for details!

[Brett Taylor @brettmaxtaylor]

We developed a single-molecule, multi-modal spatial genomics approach to visualize the structure and function of >100,000 individual extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) molecules in their native contexts.

Preprint link at the end of the thread. (1/11)

[Frank Furnari @FurnariLab]

@brettmaxtaylor Incredible work by grad students Brett Taylor and Weixiu (Jenny) Dong showing order within the chaos of GBM heterogeneity. Check out https://t.co/IaGL6yDoi3 for details!

[Brett Taylor @brettmaxtaylor]

Thank you for all the collaboration and mentorship over the years, Yang!! Will be doing a thread soon 😎

[UCSD Sanford Stem Cell Institute @ucsdstemcell]

Chromosome-shattering is one reason some #cancer cells evolve rapidly & resist treatment. For 15 years the cause was unknown. Our @FurnariLab, Ludmil Alexandrov & other @UCSanDiego researchers solve the mystery this month in @ScienceMagazine: https://t.co/xZhJl9TZiB #MedTwitter

[UCSD Division of Regenerative Medicine @UCSanDiegoDRM]

You're invited THIS THURSDAY, DEC. 11 to hear Dr. Mariella Filbin speak on Form Follows Function: Cellular and Developmental Architecture of Pediatric Brain Tumors.

REGISTER HERE: https://t.co/BFtYFE9ZJv
@ucsdstemcell @SSCDiscovery @UCSDMedSchool @sbpdiscovery @UCSDHealthSci

[Marilene Hohmuth Lopes @hohmuth_lopes]

@FurnariLab Clara was awarded first place for her oral presentation at the Prion 2025 conference! We’re so proud!two awards in the past two weeks at major scientific events! Way to go, Clara 👏🎉👏🤩

[Frank Furnari @FurnariLab]

Amazing student!

[Marilene Hohmuth Lopes @hohmuth_lopes]

@FurnariLab Clara won first place for her oral presentation , we are all so proud of her! We are grateful to you and your team 🥰

[Marilene Hohmuth Lopes @hohmuth_lopes]

@FurnariLab Clara won first place for her oral presentation , we are all so proud of her! We are grateful to you and your team 🥰

[Frank Furnari @FurnariLab]

Congrats to project scientist Raghav Vadla on his paper showing BRD2 bromodomain-mediated regulation of cell state plasticity. https://t.co/PXXZMI1qH7 An exciting new direction to modulate therapy response in GBM! @NeuroOnc @NIHBrainTumor @UCSanDiegoDRM

[Shiri Gur-Cohen 🟦 @ShiriGurCohen]

⭐️ Happening tomorrow ⭐️ @SJMorrison_ @UCSDMedSchool @UCSDCancer @RobSigner @FurnariLab @LeslieCrewsPhD @ucsdstemcell

[Frank Furnari @FurnariLab]

UCSD BMS student, Clark Wang, just gave an excellent talk on his new model of iPSC-derived ATRT at the Pediatric Neuro-Oncology conference in our home town of San Diego.
@ucsdstemcell @UCSDBMS

[Frank Furnari @FurnariLab]

UCSD BMS student, Clark Wang, just gave an excellent talk on his new model of iPSC-derived ATRT at the Pediatric Neuro-Oncology conference in our home town of San Diego.
@ucsdstemcell @UCSDBMS

[Frank Furnari @FurnariLab]

@UCSDBMS student, Clark Wang, just gave an excellent talk on his new model of iPSC-derived ATRT at the Pediatric Neuro-Oncology conference in our home town of San Diego. @ucsdstemcell @FurnariLab

[Frank Furnari @FurnariLab]

@UCSDBMS student, Clark Wang, just gave an excellent talk on his new model of iPSC-derived ATRT at the Pediatric Neuro-Oncology conference in our home town of San Diego. @ucsdstemcell @FurnariLab

[Frank Furnari @FurnariLab]

We just had our Furnari lab white elephant holiday celebration! A fun time was had by all.

[Frank Furnari @FurnariLab]

Come join us in our quest to cure brain cancer! We are looking for an assistant project scientist to join our UCSD team. Apply here if you are highly motivated and have experience with brain tumor models, drug delivery, stem cells, and molecular biology. https://t.co/MJ5XTCQVuk

[UC San Diego Health Moores Cancer Center @UCSDCancer]

Droplet Hi-C is a new method that uses tiny droplets to analyze the structure of DNA in individual cells. 🧬

MCC's Dr. Rafael Bejar, Dr. Bing Ren, and @FurnariLab discuss how this method allows researchers to study gene regulation in brain cells & detect genetic changes in cancers: https://t.co/Ojhw4rGMBi. 🔬 @NatureBiotech

[Brett Taylor @brettmaxtaylor]

Incredible technology and work by @LeiChangpku @Xieeee4. Honored to have been able to contribute to its application to cancer—it was such an incredible team to work on, and we got to study my favorite topic: the interplay between ecDNA and cell identity.