Melissa Yao

PhD student @GSKGradSchool (she/her)

[Cancer Grand Challenges @CancerGrand]

And that’s a wrap for the #CancerGrandChallenges Future Leaders' Conference 2025!

This conference wasn’t just about sharing what’s been done—it was about igniting what comes next. The inspiration, the optimism, and the connections we witnessed will drive real progress in tackling some of the hardest questions in cancer #FLC25

[Claudia Tonelli @clatonell]

Excited to share more of my work in the Tuveson lab @CSHL in our newest pre-print. Big thanks to all the co-authors for their help 🌟. https://t.co/6JiqcnJ0Jt

[Aleta Murphy @AletaMurphy]

So excited my blog post has been published! My thesis work on DDX3X Syndrome and my experience with a sibling on the spectrum inspired me to write about the intersection of sex, gender, and ASD

[Melissa Yao @melissyao]

@ChangilHwang @aventura71 Thank you Chang-il!

[Melissa Yao @melissyao]

So grateful to receive this fellowship alongside fellow rockstar scientists! 💪🏻🧬👩🏻‍🔬Thankful for the support from my mentor @aventura71 and the whole Ventura lab!

[Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center @MSKCancerCenter]

Congrats to this year's recipients of the 2024 Marie-Josée Kravis Women in Science Endeavor (WiSE) initiative awards: postdoctoral fellows
@VittoriaBocchi & @jules_stef, & graduate students Tzippora Chwat-Edelstein and @melissyao. https://t.co/RiJz4sQPZv #WomeninSTEM #KravisWiSE

[Melissa Yao @melissyao]

@AlvaroQuintanal @aventura71 Thank you Alvaro!

[Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center @MSKCancerCenter]

Congrats to this year's recipients of the 2024 Marie-Josée Kravis Women in Science Endeavor (WiSE) initiative awards: postdoctoral fellows
@VittoriaBocchi & @jules_stef, & graduate students Tzippora Chwat-Edelstein and @melissyao. https://t.co/RiJz4sQPZv #WomeninSTEM #KravisWiSE

[Melissa Yao @melissyao]

🚨Click for some cool science 😎

[Andrea Ventura @aventura71]

Our latest work on engineering extrachromosomal circular DNAs (ecDNAs) is now available in @biorxiv.
In this preprint we describe a novel strategy to engineer the formation of large (>1 Mb), multigenic, amplifications mediated by ecDNAs in cells and mice.
https://t.co/lul4tAWXjL

[Ylenia Cendón Flórez @YCendonFlorez]

Ventura Lab put down our pipettes for insightful scientific discussions and lots of fun at the Geoffrey Beene retreat!

[Melissa Yao @melissyao]

Huge accomplishment @issy_delpriore !!! 🙏🏻

[Lowe Lab @LoweLabMSKCC]

Congratulations to grad student @Issy_DelPriore on successfully passing her qualifying exam! 👏🎉🥳 #PhDCandidate

[Melissa Yao @melissyao]

Officially joined a PhD lab! So excited to spend the next 10* years doing cool science with @aventura71 !!!

*pending negotiations