Attending a meeting? Early career MRS members can apply for a bursary! metastasis-research.org/for-research... 🚨Next bursary deadline is:October 1! 🚨 🎉 Congratulations again to our latest MRS Travel Bursary winners! 🌍 Shona Ritchie (Australia) 🇺🇸 Abby Jackson (USA) 🇮🇱 Avishai Maliah (Israel)

Don't miss our next webinar by Zoi Diamantopoulou on "Timing the perfect strike: Using circadian rhythms to target metastasis" - September 22, 2025 - more details and register here: metastasis-research.org/2025/09/11/z...

🚨 DEADLINE APPROACHING! Abstract submissions are closing soon for the 2nd MRS ECR Virtual Meeting on Nov 18-19, 2025! Trainees & Junior Faculty (within 3 years of starting your lab), share your work! Abstract Deadline: Sept 12, 2025 - Submit here: bit.ly/47KLyp2 ❗Free registration for MRS Members!

🚨Excited for the 2nd MRS Early Career Research Virtual Meeting on Nov 18-19, 2025! Trainees & Junior Faculty (within 3 years of starting your lab), share your work! Abstract Deadline: Sept 12, 2025. Submit here: bit.ly/47KLyp2 ❗Free registration for MRS Members! #MRS #Research #EarlyCareer

Calling all ECRs in cancer and metastasis research. Don't forget to register for the upcoming ECR Virtual Symposium in November (FREE for MRS members). More details here metastasis-research.org/2025/08/06/2...

Register for our next ECLC webinar by Marco Montagner, PhD on Understanding the determinants of the invisible phase of metastasis - June 26th, 2025 - USA: 11:00 AM EDT | Europe: 17:00 PM CEST | Australia: 01:00 AM AEST - tinyurl.com/ujer8yw8

1/Meet the MRS ECLC Chairs! Dr. Thomas Cox @trcox.matrixandmetastasis.com is a Professor at the @garvaninstitute.bsky.social focussing on the Extracellular Matrix and Fibrosis in Cancer. We interviewed Dr. Cox about his role as a founding member of the MRS Early Career Leadership Council 🧵👇

Register for our next ECLC webinar by Marco Montagner, PhD on Understanding the determinants of the invisible phase of metastasis - June 26th, 2025 - USA: 11:00 AM EDT | Europe: 17:00 PM CEST | Australia: 01:00 AM AEST - tinyurl.com/ujer8yw8

🎗️ As we end out May, a reminder that May is Melanoma Awareness month. 🔬See a recently published article identifying melanoma-associated chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (MCSP)+ melanoma cells as metastasis founder cells (MFCs): www.nature.com/articles/s43... 🧵👇

Really glad to see that President Biden's cancer is still hormone responsive but it's a sad reminder of the importance of research efforts to target this disease 😕. ~90% of men with advanced prostate cancer will develop bone mets, which causes skeletal complications and reduced survival.

Meet the MRS presidents! Dr. Dihua Yu is the Hubert L. & Olive Stringer Chair of Molecular and Cellular Oncology @mdanderson.bsky.social and served as the Metastasis Research Society’s president from 2018-2020. We interviewed Dr Yu about her research and involvement with the society 🧵…

Don't miss the next ECLC webinar by Christine Desmedt, PhD on Opportunities of post-mortem tissue donation programs to advance metastatic cancer research - May 19th, 2025 - USA: 11:00 AM EDT | Europe: 17:00 PM CEST | Australia: 01:00 AM AEST - Register here lnkd.in/gfJKJ_RT...

Don't miss the next ECLC webinar by Christine Desmedt, PhD on Opportunities of post-mortem tissue donation programs to advance metastatic cancer research - May 19th, 2025 - USA: 11:00 AM EDT | Europe: 17:00 PM CEST | Australia: 01:00 AM AEST - Register here us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

DEADLINE APPROACHING for MRS Early Career Researcher travel scholarships. Each award provides up to US$500 for attending national conferences, and up to US$750 for international conferences. Closes 1st May 2025 Find out more metastasis-research.org/for-research...

​​Meet the ECLC Chairs! Dr. Lalita Shevde-Samant is the Professor of Pathology at the UAB O’Neal Cancer Center and is Associate Director of CRTEC. Her lab’s research centers on the Biology and Ecosystem of Cancer. We interviewed Dr. Shevde-Samant about her role as Founding Chair of the MRS ECLC 🧵👇

Don't miss out on our next webinar as Dr. Maria Casanova-Acebes @casanova-acebes.bsky.social @cniostopcancer.bsky.social discusses her work on "TREM1-ing-metastasis lung immunity" - April 8th - 10:00 EST | 16:00 CET | 00:00 AEDT Sign-up today! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tVSpK...

Don’t miss the ⭐ top 5 ⭐ #metastasis research picks of the @metastasisresearch.bsky.social MRS 1st edition 2025: 🧵👇 1/5 Implications for treatment of HER2− #breastcancer: Bone-Induced HER2 Promotes Secondary Metastasis in HR+/HER2− Breast Cancer aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscov...

Applications are open for the MRS Travel Bursaries! ✈️ Funding available for metastasis researchers to attend conferences. More info on eligibility and how to apply: metastasis-research.org/for-research... 📅 First Round Deadline: 1st May 2025 #Metastasis #ECR #CancerResearch #TravelBursary

Join us for our next webinar as Dr. Maria Casanova-Acebes @casanova-acebes.bsky.social @cniostopcancer.bsky.social discusses her work on "TREM1-ing-metastasis lung immunity" - April 8th - 10:00 EST | 16:00 CET | 00:00 AEDT Sign-up today! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tVSpK...

1/8 The Metastasis Research Society’s mission is to support progressive research on processes fundamental to metastasis and connect researchers, clinicians, industry, advocates and patients. Learn more about the vision and research of our next President @netaerez.bsky.social 🧵👇

Join us for our next webinar as Dr. Maria Casanova-Acebes discusses her work on "TREM1-ing-metastasis lung immunity" - April 8th - 10:00 EST | 16:00 CET | 00:00 AEDT Sign-up today! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tVSpK...

1/ 🧬 Today, we are featuring Dr. Serena Lucotti, an Early Career Researcher at Weill Cornell @cornelluniversity.bsky.social and chair of the MRS Early Career Leadership Council (ECLC). We spoke with Dr. Lucotti about her research and vision for the ECLC. 🧬

Join us for our next webinar as Dr. Ashley Laughney discusses her work on "Tackling the genotype-to-phenotype problem in cancer evolution". Sign-up today! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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. 🦋

"For the next generation of scientists, let’s make sure we pass on that sense of wonder…" Read Neelabh Datta's inspiring article, highlighting the power that maintaining curiosity in a scientific career truly has: magazine.eacr.org/can-the-what... #KeepResearchCurious

🧬 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

Meet the presidents! Dr. Yibin Kang @yibinkang is the Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor of Molecular Biology @princetonupress.bsky.social and served as the Metastasis Research Society’s president from 2016-2018. We interviewed Dr. Kang about his research and involvement with the society 🧵...

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

1/Happy new year from the Metastasis Research Society! As we close out 2024, here are some additional studies that have shaped our understanding of metastasis biology this year. 🧵...

1/2024 was a big year for metastasis research! Check out our top articles on metastasis research from the year. The field is driving progress and promise for patients with metastatic cancer. Join MRS for monthly updates on all things metastasis: metastasis-research.org/for-research...

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...

🦋Introductory post 🦋 The Metastasis Research Society (MRS) is a professional society for metastasis researchers. The MRS is dedicated to promoting research into all aspects of metastasis, and the exchange of information amongst key stakeholders including scientists, clinicians & patients.