OPEN FOR GRAD APPLICATIONS!! The NEW RNA Therapeutics & Biology Program in the Basic Biomedical Sciences PhD program develops leaders. Register for the workshop to get qs answered ahead of Dec 1, 2025 app deadline. Admission Workshop Tues, Nov 18, 2025: direc.to/nA7S

Great day for a 5k 🏃‍♀️ @lungcancerconnect.bsky.social #RunWalkBreathe #lungcancer @sitemancenter.bsky.social @washumedicine.bsky.social #SilvaFisherlab

📢 FINAL CALL! Don't miss your chance to apply for ASH CHAMP—a year-long opportunity to be paired with an expert mentor in classical hematology. 🔗https://ow.ly/fLYQ50Xjb19 #HemeSky #HemeOnc #MedSky

Check how this study highlights LINC01432 as a potential therapeutic target for overcoming resistance in high-risk multiple myeloma.

"Investigation of lncRNA expression in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma reveals a LINC01432-CELF2 axis as an inhibitor of apoptosis" 🔵 Jessica Silva-Fisher latest and outstanding research is now available to read in #Oncogenesis. ▶️ Read the open access article here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#SilvaFisherlab Halloween pics 🎃

Say Hi to Luna! #Frenchie

Named one of St. Louis’ most exciting startups to watch in @stltoday.com, Wugen is redefining the future of cancer care. The WashU-born biotech standout recently raised $115M to advance a modified cell-based therapy found to work in 91% of patients. www.stltoday.com/news/local/b...

#BehindThePaper learn more about our recent paper! @springernature.com #SilvaFisherlab @sitemancenter.bsky.social @washumedicine.bsky.social communities.springernature.com/posts/unlock...

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Please nominate or apply for an RNA Society Award by October 20th! www.rnasociety.org/awards

Thank you to @uarizona.bsky.social 2025 Joint Biology Retreat Graduate Student Committee for inviting me to be their Keynote Speaker!Amazing time learning about the innovative research being led by grad students and new faculty. Speaking at #Biosphere2 was truly a historic experience.#SilvaFisherlab

Thrilled to share our new paper! 🧬 link.springer.com/article/10.1... We show how this lncRNA–protein interaction impacts cell survival in #multiplemyeloma. Huge thanks to all co-authors and especially the students for their incredible work! 🙌 #SilvaFisherlab #RNA #lncRNA

Your research on hematologic diseases and disorders that disproportionately affect vulnerable communities is too vital to be threatened by federal funding cuts! The ASH Treating Fairly Research Award supports researchers now. Apply: https://ow.ly/PIwH50Xb9mX #Fight4Hematology #Hemesky #Medsky

Save the Date for RNA 2026 in Montreal, Canada!

Since 2012, the ASH Bridge Grant has funded 205 researchers with $28M, leading to $680M in follow-on NIH funding. These grants keep labs running and fuel breakthroughs in hematology. Learn more: https://bit.ly/48yINrB

🔗: medicine.washu.edu/news/washu-m... WashU Medicine’s innovative fellow-to-faculty programs — including RISE, Cori, and Dean’s fellows— are attracting sought-after postdoctoral talent for their unique opportunities, which help accelerate career advancement into professorship.

RNA journal Call for Papers on RNA-based Therapeutics, Diagnostics, and Disease!

ASH CHAMP is now accepting applications! This unique year-long program connects trainees with expert mentors in classical hematology—especially helpful if your institution lacks robust mentorship in this area. 🔗Apply today: https://bit.ly/46D9AAb #HemeSky #HemeOnc #MedSky

#Charcuterie Friday!

Joining #PedalTheCause virtually! 🚴‍♀️ Not a big biker, so I’ll be running instead 🏃‍♀️ Running for my mom + dad 💪 (survivors) and in memory of my grandma + grandfather in-law +cousin 💛 Let’s push for a world without cancer. 🌍✨ #CancerResearch #EndCancer @sitemancenter.bsky.social #SilvaFisherlab

Applications are now open for ASH trainee awards! Whether you’re a medical student, resident, or hematologist, these awards provide mentorship, funding, research opportunities, and more. Apply today and take your next big step: https://bit.ly/4mFbcAc #ASHAwards #HemeSky

Study finds when women bosses were more assertive, thus deviating from gender norms, they felt depleted, incompetent, anxious, overwhelmed & more withdrawn. But men didn't experience stress over gender expectations, whether they were kind or stern. news.uga.edu/women-constr...

Every clinician benefits from the right mentor. The new ASH Malignant Hematology Mentorship Program is now open for applications—offering fellows a chance to build lasting connections, receive career guidance, and grow within malignant hematology. 🔗 https://bit.ly/3IPWjMA

Application for 2025/2026 RNA Salons is now open. Please apply by 31st August to receive support your local or regional RNA activities. @rnasociety.bsky.social #Lexogen www.rnasociety.org/salons

Every cancer research breakthrough leads to stories. Stories of strength. Stories of hope. Congress needs to understand that cancer research funding isn’t just about numbers or budgets—it’s about people. If you’ve been impacted by cancer, share your story to help show #CancerResearch saves lives.

Submitted a lot of grants with none getting accepted, 😕 but I was able to submit our paper, had an amazing lab meeting, and got to isolate #RNA today...so my ❤️ and 🧠 are 😁. #resilience #SilvaFisherlab #science

Summer breaks with family are amazing. 🤩 Visited Thierbach Orchards & Berry Farm for some #peach picking 🍑🍑🍑

Always a blessing to bring my family in for a tour of my #research lab. Brought my mom in for the 1st time! She is a #cervicalcancer survivor and the strongest person I know. 💕💪#cancer #SilvaFisherlab

Join us in LA on 8/15–8/16 for free education on the latest #myeloma treatment! Multiple myeloma experts will answer questions and speak about relapsed disease, treatment options, and more. Register now: https://mmsm.link/4jyWdqi #mmsm #multiplemyeloma

Congratulations to our graduate student Elizabeth for passing her Qualifying Exam!! She was also awarded the @ash.hematology.org HIP Graduate Student Award🎉🎉 We are super proud of her. #ASHawards #SilvaFisherlab

Much needed break with family in the Upper Iowa River #snakes #wellbeing

www.frontiersin.org/research-top... Ready to submit your paper? 👇👇

What a joy to see soo many graduate students AND undergraduate students giving oral presentations at @rnasociety.bsky.social #RNA25 conference! Also, congratulations to all the junior faculty and senior faculty who are rocking their presentations with a ☺️ in the current funding climate. #RNA

❤️❤️❤️ The gift bag @rnasociety.bsky.social ! #RNA #SilvaFisherlab

Thank you to all who attended our #RNAforAll discussion @rnasociety.bsky.social #RNA25! 🙏 @rnasociety.bsky.social Leadership and Dr. Marlene Belfort for her inspiration, advice, and book. Let's stay connected 😁 www.marlenebelfort.com @jrrnascientists.bsky.social

@rnasociety.bsky.social hosting a great session on RNA for All talking about the commitment of the society to being inclusive and supporting the next generation of scientists - Congrats to the DEI committee for their efforts! #RNA25 @kehindeross.bsky.social @jesssfisher.bsky.social

When your grad student sends you a video of a newly calibrated pipet with the heading "It's like Christmas!!", you know you're doing a great job. 😁 #SmallWins #SilvaFisherlab #RNA

Fashionably late making my way to the #RNA25 @rnasociety.bsky.social meeting, but please join us tomorrow for the #RNAforAll panel discussion! See you there.

Long day in the lab yesterday teaching my student how to detect #RNA using #ACDbio #Basescope in situ hybridization assay. My kid also got to see some cool #Science 😁. #ScienceMom #ScienceRules #multiplemyeloma #cancer

Set your fellows up for success in #hematology. Enroll them in the ASH Fundamentals for Hematology Fellows (FHF) program. It is a cost-effective way to prepare for boards and build a strong foundation for a hematology career. Enroll today: https://bit.ly/4jdQNzP#hematology. #HemeSky #MedSky #Fellows

Nails are 💛 yellow and pool is open, it's officially summer.

Excited to welcome our newest #WashU DBBS PhD #CancerBiology Ann W and Spencer T Olin-Chancellor's Fellow to the #SilvaFisherlab!! @washumedicine.bsky.social @sitemancenter.bsky.social

Also don't forget to register for the pre-meeting workshop! Small additional fee! Waivers available if needed! Workshop your ideas for enhancing RNA Education!

Beautiful purple summer flowers 💜

Although I wasn't able to join this years #AACR2025 5k run, I ran this morning wearing my Washington DC @theaacr.bsky.social gear and celebrated the lives of those who have succumbed, are fighting and survivors of #cancer including my mom, dad, grandmother and friends. ❤️ #CancerResearch

Fantastic Morning run to #NavyPier in #Chicago and came across this powerful artwork "To Sit a While" by Alison Saar. #art 💖💯

Our poster is so exciting even the pigeons are coming to listen! 😂 #AACR2025

Finally made it to #AACR2025! Just in time for my postdocs poster. Super proud of Dr. Richa Mishra and her work on #lncRNAs and #breastcancer. Stop by and learn more☺️ @theaacr.bsky.social @sitemancenter.bsky.social @washumedicine.bsky.social #SilvaFisherlab

"It is critically important that we raise our voices in support of innovative cancer science and medicine." AACR President Patricia M. LoRusso, DO, PhD (hc), FAACR, calls on the #AACR25 delegates to stand together and call on Congress to make cancer research a national priority.