Monika Chojnacka

Ph.D. in Computational Oncology from University of Miami Miller School of Medicine at the Myeloma Institute within Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

[Monika Chojnacka @MonikaChojnack7]

This week I successfully defended my PhD! 🎉 There aren’t enough thank you’s in the world to show how grateful I am to my brilliant and supportive mentor @FrancescoMaura4 and the members of my committee @TaylorJ_MD @EmilianoCocco2 @JuanAlderuccio Dr Stephan Shurer, Dr Ken Shain

[Monika Chojnacka @MonikaChojnack7]

@FrancescoMaura4 @NatureGenet @HDMyeloma @SylvesterCancer @MayoClinic @MSKCancerCenter @MSK_DeptOfMed Congrats Francesco and team!

[Cancer Cell @Cancer_Cell]

Intratumoral immune triads are required for immunotherapy-mediated elimination of solid tumors https://t.co/WHluTyfrKh

[Samuel Hume @DrSamuelBHume]

This is like AlphaFold, but for protein localisation rather than folding

It's a deep learning model that predicts a protein's subcellular compartment based on its amino acid sequence alone:

[Ming "Tommy" Tang @tangming2005]

Classification of non-TCGA cancer samples to TCGA molecular subtypes using compact feature sets https://t.co/hyD689oqx2

[Monika Chojnacka @MonikaChojnack7]

Starting the new year as a Dr of Philosophy 🥹 I envisioned this moment at my undergrad graduation years ago. Forever grateful to my mentors, my family, my friends, and the privilege of education. Now onto the next step towards the professoriate and a research scientist!

[Monika Chojnacka @MonikaChojnack7]

@FrancescoMaura4 @SylvesterCancer @DrJonSchatzMD @AustinNewsam Thank you! And thank you for your mentorship through this whole project!

[Monika Chojnacka @MonikaChojnack7]

The plaque is finally here! Humbled to be awarded the best poster award on our collaborative work identifying genomic drivers of refractory LBCL to anti-CD19 CAR-T therapy. Thank you @SylvesterCancer and my mentor @FrancescoMaura4, and congrats @DrJonSchatzMD, @AustinNewsam!

[Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center @SylvesterCancer]

.@DrOlaLandgren & the Sylvester Myeloma Research Institute are sharing advances in multiple #myeloma at #ASH24. They’re exploring personalized therapies, overcoming resistance & tracking disease with #MRD. Learn more: https://t.co/g0ugtMPhAu. #MSMM

[Monika Chojnacka @MonikaChojnack7]

@TaylorJ_MD Thank you so much Dr Taylor! Truly couldn’t have done it without you guys. See you at ASH!

[Monika Chojnacka @MonikaChojnack7]

This week I wrapped up the last class of my PhD 🎉🎊 a little bittersweet but overall incredibly proud of how I’ve walked through the past 4 years as a student/candidate. I remember starting the program telling myself “Despite anything that comes, I’m all in”. Thank you UM!

[Monika Chojnacka @MonikaChojnack7]

@JuanAlderuccio Thanks so much Dr Alderuccio! I had an amazing committee guiding me :)

[Asad Naveed @dr_asadnaveed]

"nature" is widely considered one of the most prestigious scientific journals in the world.

Here is a template by nature on how to craft a great abstract:⬇️

[Monika Chojnacka @MonikaChojnack7]

I’ll be wrapping up in the best way possible, with ASH in San Diego, followed directly by commencement back in Miami 🌴

[Monika Chojnacka @MonikaChojnack7]

@FrancescoMaura4 @BenDiamondMD @HDMyeloma @MoffittNews @SylvesterCancer @MSKCancerCenter Congrats @BenDiamondMD @FrancescoMaura4 and all involved!

[Francesco Maura @FrancescoMaura4]

Excited to share new pre-print from the lab! @BenDiamondMD investigated 580 WGS to define the mutagenic impact of radiotherapy in hematological malignancies. Great collaboration between @HDMyeloma @MoffittNews @SylvesterCancer @MSKCancerCenter 1/19

[Nicolas Robine @notSoJunkDNA]

MHC Hammer reveals genetic and non-genetic HLA disruption in cancer evolution @CharlesSwanton @NickyMcGranahan and TRACERx team
https://t.co/pvi6frZWFk

[Francesco Maura @FrancescoMaura4]

🙏 to my friends @RascheLeo and #NielsWeinhold for this nice editorial on our recent article in @CCR_AACR where we used #WGS to understand better early intervention in smoldering myeloma #mmsm @NIH @SylvesterCancer @MSKCancerCenter @DanaFarber
https://t.co/7aPQToy7dO

[Josh Schiffman @jsschiffman]

Excited to share "Defining heritability, plasticity, and transition dynamics of cellular phenotypes in somatic evolution", from an amazing collaboration with @landau_lab @ar_davino @TamaraPrietoF @hara_toshiro @MarioSuva!

A tweetorial, or Xplanation ...

https://t.co/i9aYCTIuO8

[Monika Chojnacka @MonikaChojnack7]

@FrancescoMaura4 @univmiami @SylvesterCancer Thank you so very much for your mentorship over the years! I'm extremely lucky to have been able to learn from you in our myeloma genomics home lab!

[Monika Chojnacka @MonikaChojnack7]

@DrOlaLandgren @BenDiamondMD @MKaddouraMD @BachisioZic Thank you so very much Dr. Landgren - I consider myself extremely lucky to have worked alongside inspiring, driven, kind, and knowledgable clinicians and scientists! This myeloma team is a very special group!

[Monika Chojnacka @MonikaChojnack7]

This week I successfully defended my PhD! 🎉 There aren’t enough thank you’s in the world to show how grateful I am to my brilliant and supportive mentor @FrancescoMaura4 and the members of my committee @TaylorJ_MD @EmilianoCocco2 @JuanAlderuccio Dr Stephan Shurer, Dr Ken Shain