"Being part of this community has increased the visibility of our research and facilitated its dissemination to a wider audience." Julie Mazet is a 2025 recipient of an EACR-The Mark Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, read more here: magazine.eacr.org/julie-mazet-...

Congratulations to one of our first Endeavor Awardees, Tobias Janowitz! His work has significantly advanced our understanding of how the entire human body responds to cancer—a perspective that will be invaluable in this exciting new role.

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CSHL Associate Professor Tobias Janowitz has been appointed director of the Institute of Cancer Research, the oncology arm of the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research at Northwell Health. https://www.cshl.edu/janowitz-joins-feinstein-institutes/ #InspiringDiscovery #ScienceMakesLifeBetter

"This fellowship has provided crucial support for the development of my research programme." Christina Metoikidou is a 2025 recipient of an EACR- @themarkfdn.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellowship - read more here: magazine.eacr.org/christina-me...

Safe to say he’s no longer just an “emerging” leader. 🚀 Huge congratulations to Dan Landau (@landau.bsky.social) on being named the inaugural Chair of the Department of Systems and Computational Biomedicine at @weillcornell.bsky.social! news.weill.cornell.edu/news/2026/08...

CDK4/6 inhibitors, a cornerstone treatment for advanced HR+ breast cancer, were thought to work by reactivating Rb, a tumor suppressor that puts the brakes on cancer cell growth. In @nature.com, ASPIRE Awardee @shomgoel.bsky.social shows that isn’t the full story. www.petermac.org/about-us/new...

DEADLINE THIS WEEK: 2027 EACR-Mark Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships @themarkfdn.bsky.social Awarded for a period of 3 years in order to support excellent postdoctoral researchers in labs throughout Europe, the deadline to submit proposals is 19 Aug 2026 at 23.59 CEST. eacr.org/eacr-fellows...

There's still time to apply for this great opportunity - please share with your networks!

EACR - European Association for Cancer Research@helloeacr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

EACR-@themarkfdn Postdoctoral Fellowships are awarded for a period of three years and support excellent postdoctoral researchers in laboratories throughout Europe. Is that you? 👀 Apply by 19 August: eacr.org/eacr-fellows...

“I feel confident that we’ll uncover ways to treat cachexia that will make it more reversible. Ideally, we'll prevent it."—Mark Foundation CEO Ryan Schoenfeld Great feature in @nature.com on the insights changing our understanding of cancer’s deadly co-conspirator. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

New hope in the fight against cachexia — cancer’s deadly co-conspirator

Scientists are getting closer to understanding the wasting and fatigue that often accompanies cancer. Treatments could be on the horizon.

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Alberto Hernández Barranco@ahernandezb.bsky.social · 3mo ago

So grateful for the support of the @helloeacr.bsky.social and the Mark Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships to attend the amazing 2026 annual EACR conference 🧪🧫 in Budapest with the @joycelab.bsky.social Already looking forward to the 2027 edition in Bilbao🇪🇸 !

EACR-Mark Foundation for Cancer Research Postdoctoral Fellowships are awarded for a period of three years and support excellent postdoctoral researchers in laboratories throughout Europe. Is that you? 👀 Apply by 19 August: eacr.org/eacr-fellows...

Julie Marie Mazet delivers the EACR - @themarkfdn.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Lecture on unlocking CD8+ T cell anti-tumour activity in brain metastasis at #EACR2026

Very happy to present my work at #EACR2026, made possible through the support of EACR- @themarkfdn.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellowship 😊 #womeninSTEM

EACR - European Association for Cancer Research@helloeacr.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Martha Zarou delivers the EACR - @themarkfdn.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Lecture 'A role for mitochondrial one carbon metabolism in early pancreatic cancer development' #EACR2026

It was a pleasure to present my research at #EACR2026, supported by @helloeacr.bsky.social @themarkfdn.bsky.social postdoctoral fellowship. Thank you to all organizers & participants!

EACR - European Association for Cancer Research@helloeacr.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Christina Metoikidou delivers the EACR - @themarkfdn.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Lecture on dissecting tissue-resident and circulating trajectories to CD8 T cell dysfunction in the tumour microenvironment at #EACR2026

Clinical trial results don’t usually get standing ovations—but Brian Wolpin and his team truly deserved their reception at #ASCO26. Seeing Phase 3 data on the impact of daraxonrasib in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer sent chills through the entire room. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Daily pill can double survival time for world’s deadliest cancer, trial shows

Experts hail daraxonrasib as ‘gamechanger’ for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer

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Great feature on Drug Discovery Award winner @corsello.bsky.social by @stanforddeptmed.bsky.social! Corsello and his collaborator, Nathanael Gray, are developing novel molecular glue degraders for #pancreaticcancer. medicine.stanford.edu/news/stories...

Teaching Pancreatic Cancer Cells to Self-Destruct

Q&A with Steven Corsello, MD, on a new approach to treating pancreatic cancer.

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Exciting new work from Professor Chris Garcia, co-investigator on MATCHMAKERS 👏 Team MATCHMAKERS is funded through Cancer Grand Challenges by @cancerresearchuk.org, the National Cancer Institute and @themarkfdn.bsky.social

Deep peptide recognition profiling decodes TCR specificity and enables disease-associated antigen discovery - Nature Biotechnology | Cancer Grand Challenges

Exciting new work from K. Christopher Garcia, co-investigator on MATCHMAKERS 👏   The study published in Nature Biotechnology shows that deep peptide-recognition profiling, combined with machine learni...

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When do cells shift from benign to malignant? In @cellcellpress.bsky.social, Endeavor Awardees Scott Lowe, @danapeer.bsky.social, and Paul Romesser use spatial mapping to identify a "progenitor" state that could be targeted for early interception of pancreatic cancer. www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Oncogenic and tumor-suppressive forces converge on a progenitor niche at the benign-to-malignant transition

Opposing oncogenic and tumor-suppressive forces establish a progenitor-like state that builds a self-reinforcing niche to drive benign-to-malignant transition in pancreatic cancer models. Disruption o...

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1 in 100 women in the US will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer in their lifetime. For more than half, that diagnosis will come once the disease has already spread, when treatment options are limited. Two of our recent grants aim to change that reality. #WorldOvarianCancerDay.

📢 Funding opportunity: $500,000 grants for aging & cancer research!📢 With the Waxman Institute, @theaacr.bsky.social @bloodcancerunited.bsky.social, @bloodcanceruk.bsky.social & the Mike and Sofia Segal Foundation, we are seeking proposals that examine the fundamental role of aging in cancer.

How does lung cancer actually spread? In @Nature, ASPIRE Awardee @charlesswanton.bsky.social sequenced 501 tumor samples to trace how cancer advances from diagnosis to death. One key finding: >50% of metastases were seeded by other metastases.  www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Evolutionary characterization of lung cancer metastasis - Nature

DNA-sequencing data from primary tumours and paired metastases from participants in the TRACERx lung study and PEACE autopsy programme are used to analyse the metastatic diversity of advanced non-smal...

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Are you in years 3-8 of an independent faculty position? The Emerging Leader Award was built to give you the research runway you need. The award now offers $1M over 4 years and is open to investigators worldwide!🌎 Apply by April 30: themarkfoundation.org/emerging-lea... #ResearchFunding

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We're proud that over 60 members of the Mark Foundation community are presenting or chairing sessions at #AACR26! Headed to San Diego? We've made a list of their talks to help you plan your weekend: themarkfoundation.org/blog/mark-fo...

Mark Foundation Grantees at AACR 2026: Highlighting Research Advancements | The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research

Each year, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) convenes researchers at the leading edge of oncology at its Annual Meeting. This year, the Mark Foundation for Cancer Research is proud…

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Do you know an early-career scientist pushing the boundaries of cancer research?🧬 Our Emerging Leader Award offers $1M in #researchfunding to investigators worldwide. Tag a colleague or share this post to help us spread the word! LOI deadline is April 30.

Emerging Leader Award | The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research

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Did you catch our news during #MarkSymposium? We’re accepting applications for our 2026 Emerging Leader Awards, now offering $1 million over 4 years & open to investigators worldwide! Submit your LOI by April 30: themarkfoundation.org/emerging-lea... #ResearchFunding

Emerging Leader Award | The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research

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Immune surveillance can be a double-edged sword. ⚔️ In @nature.com, Endeavor Awardee Tobias Janowitz shows that the same B cell response targeting NMDAR-expressing breast cancer tumors can mature into antibodies that trigger autoimmune disease. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Ectopic NMDAR expression in cancer unmasks germline-encoded autoimmunity - Nature

NMDAR expression is sufficient to induce B cell recruitment and affinity maturation, resulting in receptor-modulating antibodies that connect anti-cancer immunity and autoimmunity.

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Our final talks at #MarkSymposium 2026 focused on cancer immunology, with deep dives into autoantibodies by @aaronmring.bsky.social and T cell exhaustion by @ejohnwherry.bsky.social.

Can diet be a drug? 🥦 Jennifer McQuade and Semir Beyaz explored the link between nutrition and cancer therapy response, with insights on how lipids, fiber, & the microbiome shape immune responses. #MarkSymposium

📢We have exciting news to share on Day 2 of #MarkSymposium: Applications for this year’s Emerging Leader Awards are now open! These early career awards are now $1 million, and researchers anywhere in the world are eligible. Learn more: themarkfoundation.org/2026/03/the-...

The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research Announces Global Expansion and $1M Funding Boost for Flagship Emerging Leader Award | The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research

NEW YORK, NY – March 25, 2026 – The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research today announced a major evolution of its flagship Emerging Leader Award (ELA) program, significantly increasing its financial…

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We're back with Day 2 of #MarkSymposium! Our first session, on novel cancer therapies, featured a powerhouse lineup including William Sellers, @amanglik.bsky.social, and @juliensage.bsky.social. The future of targeted treatment is bright. ⚡️ #CancerTherapy

Last night, we honored the legendary Samuel Waxman, MD, for his remarkable scientific career & leadership as the founder of the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation. Cheers to the future of the Waxman Institute for Aging & Cancer, now officially a branch of The Mark Foundation! #MarkSymposium