We're excited to share that Dr. Omar Abdel-Wahab, a leukemia specialist at MSK, has been elected to the @nam.edu. With Dr. Abdel-Wahab’s appointment, a total of 28 MSK faculty members have been conferred with this recognition. Congratulations, Dr. Abdel-Wahab! bit.ly/49ezKw0

To all #MSKPostdocs - THANK YOU! Your contributions are vital to the @mskcancercenter.bsky.social research community. We are proud to celebrate you during #NPAW2025 and every day of the year! 👏🧪💙

Meet #MSKPostdoc Xiao Huang (@drxiaohuang.bsky.social) from the Rudensky Lab! Xiao investigates how different subsets of regulatory T (Treg) cells adapt to tissues and immune challenges to maintain immune balance in health and disease. #NPAW2025 🇨🇳

Meet #MSKPostdoc Agnieszka Chryplewicz (@aga-chryplewicz.bsky.social) from the @sawyerslabmskcc.bsky.social! She studies how tumor-derived factors in prostate cancer shape immune responses to promote tumor growth and limit treatment success. #NPAW2025 🇵🇱

Meet #MSKPostdoc Jin Gyu Cheong from the Niec Lab! He studies how blood stem cells “remember” inflammation - shaping future immune responses and fueling diseases like Crohn’s. He’s also exploring links to colitis from cancer immunotherapy. #NPAW2025🇰🇷

Meet #MSKPostdoc Anju Sharma in the @johnpetrini.bsky.social Lab! She studies how innate immune signaling preserves genomic stability during DNA damage & replication stress.  #NPAW2025🇳🇵

Meet #MSKPostdoc Kacper Walentynowicz (@kacperwphd.bsky.social) in the Parada Lab! He studies how brain tumors interact with the immune system, using cutting-edge tech to harness immune cells like macrophages for innovative cancer therapies 🧠🧬💥 #NPAW2025🇵🇱

Meet #MSKPostdoc Megan E. Kelley (@meganekelley.bsky.social) in the @agnelsfeir.bsky.social Lab, where she studies error-prone DNA 🧬 damage repair in the context of cancer and drug resistance. 👏 Congrats to Megan on receiving both the NCI F32 and MSK Society Scholar awards! #NPAW2025

#MSKPostdoc Manu Prasad in the Morris Lab: “From bench to bedside, with purpose”. He is dedicated to outsmarting head & neck cancer by studying key genes driving this complex disease in both HPV+/- tumors. Using advanced models, he’s working to translate discoveries into new therapies. #NPAW2025 🇮🇳🇮🇱🇺🇸

Oral diseases 🦷 are linked to heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and cancer. Meet #MSKPostdoc Sofia Tortora Morel (@sofiatortora.bsky.social) in the @diehllab-mskcc.bsky.social, where she studies how oral bacteria adapt, travel to the colon, and contribute to colorectal cancer. #NPAW2025 🇨🇱

Meet #MSKPostdoc Alhaji Janneh in the Massagué Lab! Alhaji is unraveling a novel mechanism of TGF-β, a key signaling molecule often disrupted in diseases like cancer. Exciting work advancing our understanding of cancer biology! #NPAW2025 🇸🇱

Meet #MSKPostdoc Viviana Rubino in the Adusumilli Lab! Viviana's research focuses on advancing CAR T-cell therapy by overcoming barriers that limit its effectiveness in solid tumors, aiming to translate new strategies into treatments for cancer patients. #NPAW2025 🇮🇹🇨🇭

Meet #MSKPostdoc Paurnima Patil from the Elenitoba-Johnson Lab! She studies GEF-H1, a key protein that disrupts B-cell development and activates cancer-causing signals. Targeting this pathway could lead to precise therapies of lymphoma. #NPAW2025 🇮🇳

Meet #MSKPostdoc @chris-cowley14.bsky.social in the @karunamdphd.bsky.social lab! Chris studies colitis-associated cancer, an aggressive form of colorectal cancer linked to IBD. Using patient-derived organoids, he is uncovering how inflammation drives cancer susceptibility. #NPAW2025 🇿🇦

Thank you Dr. Lydia Lynch (@lydialynch.bsky.social) for delivering the keynote at our #MSKPostdoc Research Symposium! It was a pleasure to hear your journey and insights on how obesity and lipids tune anti-tumor immunity. Truly inspiring! #NPAW2025

Closing the 1st part of the #MSKPostdoc Symposium: Adriana Mujal, Kravis WiSE Fellow from the Sun lab, explores what drives natural killer (NK) cell activation across tissues. These immune warriors rapidly destroy infected or malignant cells - key to our body’s defense🛡️ #NPAW2025

Next up: #MSKPostdoc @almudenachaves.bsky.social, Kravis WiSE Fellow from the Lowe Lab, is rewiring cell metabolism to help tissues repair and tumors shrink - aiming to create therapies that rebuild the body from within. 🔬💪 #NPAW2025

Kicking off the #MSKPostdoc Research Symposium: @mariacastel.bsky.social, Andrew S. Gordon MERIT Fellow from the @jchodera.bsky.social lab, presents a computational pipeline to design antivirals that target conserved protein sites - arming us against future pandemics. 🧬💻🦠 #NPAW2025 #VirusResearch

@mskcancercenter.bsky.social - Join us at 3 PM to hear about outstanding research from #MSKpostdoc fellowship winners: @mariacastel.bsky.social (@jchodera.bsky.social lab) @almudenachaves.bsky.social (Lowe lab) Adriana Mujal (Sun lab) Followed by a keynote from Dr. @lydialynch.bsky.social.

Meet #MSKPostdoc Jiayi Fan (@fanj1.bsky.social) in the @zhaolabski.bsky.social lab, where she works on decoding how chromosome maintenance complex Smc5/6 uses and responds to SUMO to safeguard genome integrity. 👏 Congrats Jiayi for receiving the 2025 American Cancer Society Fellowship! #NPAW2025 🇨🇳

DYK: 76% of MSK postdoctoral researchers are international, coming from more than 60 countries for training and mentorship that translates into scientific discoveries across the globe? 🌎 Learn more about our incredible MSK postdocs: #PostdocAppreciationWeek

Meet #MSKPostdoc Braulio Valdebenito Maturana in the Soldatov Lab! Braulio, a Henry & Alexia Fernandez Computational Oncology Fellow 👏, develops computational 🖥️ tools to uncover genetic drivers of gastric cancer evolution. Outside the lab, he stays active with his 🐕 Empolvado & 🐕 Noel! #NPAW2025 🇨🇱

🎓 Attn. senior undergrads & postbacs! Applying to biomedical PhD programs this cycle? Join our virtual event on Sept 30 for tips on crafting strong applications, an overview of our programs & more. 🗓️ Apply by 9/26: tinyurl.com/DemystifyingGradSchool2025 #GradSchoolPrep #PhDApps

As part of our National Postdoc Appreciation Week tradition, we are celebrating our remarkable #MSKPostdocs with social cards & profiles! 🎉🙌 Stay tuned over the next two weeks to meet the outstanding scientists driving innovation at @mskcancercenter.bsky.social💡🧬🥼👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 #NPAW2025

🎉 Congratulations to our 10 MSK Postdoc Slam finalists! 👏 You were all fantastic and it was truly inspiring to learn about the incredible and diverse work happening at @mskcancercenter.bsky.social. Our #MSKPostdocs gave the judges a real challenge… choosing winners was no easy task! 🤗 #NPAW2025

While our judges deliberate the top 3 winners of MSK Postdoc Slam, let’s celebrate our #NPAW2025 📸 contest champs! 🎉 🥇 @meganekelley.bsky.social – @agnelsfeir.bsky.social lab 🥈 Zhendong Cao – @sawyerslabmskcc.bsky.social 🥉 Manendra Lankadasari – Jones lab Congrats to our amazing #MSKPostdocs! 👏📷

Closing out the MSK Postdoc Slam: Radhika Rao Arasala from the Kolesnick lab reveals a bit of Benjamin Button magic inside every cell - an enzyme that tunes our genes and sets the nucleus’s clock, shaping how we age… forward or reverse⏳✨

Building CAR-T 🏎️ cells from scratch - not borrowed parts. In @caleblareau.bsky.social’s lab, @arthurwchow.bsky.social is designing custom binders from scratch + stress-testing them in record time - engineering CAR-Ts built to win the race against cancer 🏁

Why does CDK12 biallelic loss create a storm of tandem duplications in prostate & ovarian cancer? Pooja Yadav in the Setton & Powell labs, investigates how replication stress and faulty repair turn tiny DNA breaks into large-scale genomic chaos🔍💥

Next up: Shaniqua Lawson from @lewislabmskcc.bsky.social is lighting up ovarian cancer! 🔬 Using antibody-based multimodal imaging (PET + fluorescence), she helps surgeons spot hidden tumors and catch every clue in the OR💡🔍

Every cell has a story! Brendan Camellato from the @choijunhong.bsky.social lab uses molecular recording to let cells write their history into DNA, uncovering the hidden steps that shape cell fate and fuel new therapies to stop cancer at its source🔬💥🧬

Now presenting: Erin Santos from the Broach lab, dedicated to helping patients with complex surgical recovery get home faster 🏥💪

Now presenting: Swati Jain in the Morris lab explores immunogenomics & precision oncology - identifying neoantigens & CTAs via immunopeptidomics to power targeted immunotherapy. She is advancing CAR-T & antibody strategies toward clinical use🧬💉

"Like knights ⚔️ storming a castle 🏰, copper-based radiopharmaceuticals breach the tumor microenvironment to deliver targeted hits" - Michele De Franco from the @lewislabmskcc.bsky.social brings the heat at MSK Postdoc Slam! ☢️🎯

Up next is Honorine Dushime from the Kolesnick lab unveils Muse stem cells that can combat lethal radiation-induced GI syndrome after high-dose radiation exposure, offering hope for life-saving cell therapy☢️💉🧬

It’s SHOW TIME! 🎤 Kicking off the MSK Postdoc Slam is @meganekelley.bsky.social from the @agnelsfeir.bsky.social lab, diving into how error-prone DNA repair fuels drug resistance in cancer 🧬💊

Happy National Postdoc Appreciation Week to our phenomenal #MSKPostdocs! @mskcancercenter.bsky.social community, join us today @ 4pm for the Postdoc Slam competition. We will also announce the winners of the 📸 contest and have some extra surprises for you all 😊🫢 #NPAW2025

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It’s a wrap! Yesterday we celebrated the closing day of our 2025 S@M internship programs. Huge thanks to everyone who came to support our interns and learn about the phenomenal research they accomplished in just 10 weeks. We miss you already & can’t wait to see where you go next!

Thank you Dr. Nai-Kong Cheung, Enid A. Haupt Chair in Pediatric Oncology, #MSKKids, @mskcancercenter.bsky.social, for giving our summer interns an inspiring lecture on #immunotherapy and the journey to develop better treatments in pediatric care.

New research from MSK investigates whether introducing new mutations could make #immunotherapy more effective against some cancers; shows that people in their 90s who underwent #lungcancer surgery had positive outcomes; shares lessons on the responsible governance of #AI in oncology; and more ⬇️

🎉 Today we welcome the 2025 cohort of #Postbac MSK Bridge Scholars! We’re thrilled to have them join us for the next 2 years of #biomedical #research training and educational support. RT to help us give a warm welcome to our #MSKBridge Scholars! 🙌

Thank you @drvickersmsk.bsky.social for an inspiring and advice-filled talk (remember the GRIT!) during today’s @mskcancercenter.bsky.social Presidential Perspective session for our summer students. A powerful reminder to always be prepared for opportunity! 💡👏

🎉 Huge congrats to #MSKPostdoc @almudenachaves.bsky.social from the Lowe Lab on this well-deserved achievement! 👏

Huge thanks to Dr. @vtabar.bsky.social, Chair of Neurosurgery, for taking time between surgeries to give our summer interns a fascinating lecture on #Parkinson’s disease and 🧠 cancer. Inspiring insights from a leader in the field!

On June 2, we welcomed our 2025 summer interns under CBSP (#compbio), ChBSP (#ChemBio), EISP (#Engineering #imaging), MBSP (#MechanisticBiology) & MSK Engage programs. We are thrilled to host them!

🚨 NEW: Researchers at MSK, University of California, San Francisco, and @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social‪‬ have developed #DeepHeme, an AI tool that can help diagnose blood & #bonemarrow cancers in seconds with expert-level accuracy. Learn more:

Congrats to our Science Enrichment Program students Samuel Rodriguez (Schultz lab), Jeff Schubert (@sawyerslabmskcc.bsky.social‬) & Abel Tom (@sanchezvegaf.bsky.social‬) earning leadership & academic honors at Lincoln High’s Academy of Scientific Research event! @cdebyaniphd.bsky.social #VickyBaudin

🎉 Congratulations to #MSKPostdoc Paul Klauser (@paulklauser.bsky.social), mentored by @lewislabmskcc.bsky.social & @caleblareau.bsky.social, on being awarded the prestigious Damon Runyon Quantitative Biology Fellowship! 👏

👏👏👏 congratulations to our #MSKPostdoc @keunwooryu.bsky.social