Join me and an outstanding set of speakers from all over the world at @dmmjournal.bsky.social’s meeting on Innovative Preclinical Models for Pediatric Cancer Research. 📅 Abstract deadline: 17 July. Submit your work and join us! Please spread the word! bit.ly/46r84Ca #DMM2026cancer
Banito Lab (KiTZ, DKFZ)
@banitolab.bsky.social
The Banito Lab at the Hopp Children Cancer Center (KiTZ), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg studies soft-tissue sarcomas - from underlying molecular mechanisms to development of new animal models.
Excited to share our latest work—establishing a pipeline for DNA methylation–based CNS tumor diagnostics from minimally invasive CSF liquid biopsies—published today in Nature Cancer! Huge thanks to all collaborators. www.nature.com/articles/s43... #LiquidBiopsy #PediatricNeuroOncology #TeamScience
M-PACT leverages cell-free DNA methylomes to achieve robust classification of pediatric brain tumors - Nature Cancer
Smith et al. present M-PACT, a deep neural network leveraging low-input cell-free DNA methylation profiles to achieve robust classification of pediatric brain tumors and enable cellular deconvolution ...
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The EMBO Young Investigator Network consists of young investigators, installation grantees and global investigators. 🧪 Find more information on the individual programmes here: https://www.embo.org/the-embo-communities/embo-young-investigator-network/ #LifeSciences #research #funding
SS18::SSX activates Polycomb target genes without BAF ❌ Instead, transcription relies on EP300 via the SS18 QPGY domain www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... ➡️ Coactivator targeting emerges as a new therapeutic strategy in synovial sarcoma 🎯 Team work from @banitolab.bsky.social and @uoe-igc.bsky.social
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Why do so few cancer cells manage to form metastases - and what helps the rare ones succeed? Delighted to share our first publication of 2026 🎉🎉, led by the outstanding @lbejarano.bsky.social 🤩, where we reveal some insights into this - focusing on brain metastasis 🧠🧪🔬 www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Team #KOODAC ’s first @cellpress.bsky.social paper uncovers how MYC helps solid tumours evade immune detection—revealing a new model with major implications for immunotherapy. Read the story behind the science 👇 Q&A: shorturl.at/7FXUw Paper: shorturl.at/DYuWO #CancerResearch #ImmunoOncology #MYC
Overcoming immune evasion in solid tumours
New findings from team KOODAC
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Join us: With @abigailsuwala.bsky.social we are looking for a postdoc to drive our spatial transcriptomics analysis efforts of brain tumours. If you enjoy multidisciplinary biomedical research, big data and coding, you are in the right place. karriere.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php?ac...
This will be a very exciting meeting! Looking forward to see you there Please spread the word
We have a fantastic line up of speakers for our 2026 Journal Meeting organised by @amatrudalab.bsky.social, @bandolab.bsky.social, @banitolab.bsky.social and Elaine Mardis @nationwidekids.bsky.social! 🚨Register your interest now so you're first to get updates🚨 www.biologists.com/meetings/dmm...
I'm guest-editing a collection on "Enhancer-promoter interactions" at Genome Biology. Please send us your exciting stories! link.springer.com/collections/...
Enhancer-promoter interactions
Genome Biology is calling for submissions to our Collection on enhancer-promoter interactions. Enhancer–promoter interactions are central to the regulation ...
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Register for the next EuSARC conference in Oslo, Norway, in June 2026 oslocancercluster.no/events/8th-e...
Check out our new paper @jci.org High 4E-BP-1 expression associates with chromosome 8 gain and CDK4/6 sensitivity in Ewing Sarcoma www.jci.org/articles/vie... We show that chr8 gains drive poor outcome in EwS via 4E-BP-1 @dkfz.bsky.social @nct-heidelberg.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social
JCI - High 4E-BP-1 expression associates with chromosome 8 gain and CDK4/6 sensitivity in Ewing Sarcoma
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We are recuiting two new Associate Professors here in Oxford Biochemistry. Come join us! Reach out to me if you have any questions. Please repost! tinyurl.com/mr3m7bd3
The next #ScienceatDKFZ event will take place on Thursday, 23 October 2025, at 4 pm. In addition to the keynote lecture by @stefaniespeidel.bsky.social, there will be four 5-minute short talks by DKFZ junior scientists on recent highlight publications. 👉 dkfz.de/en/news/even...
Please join the chorus of voices, including my own, in support of the talented, hardworking and dedicated scientists and staff at NIH. They serve their country by deploying their training and skills to improve the health and quality of life of all Americans 🙏 🇺🇸
Few days left to apply for a #postdoctoral position in my team investigating the pathomechanism of IDH1 mutations at the interface of #metabolism and #epigenomics!
Hey #HemeSky and #EpiSci folks! We are hiring! For our Translational Cancer Epigenomics team @dkfz.bsky.social and @nct-heidelberg.bsky.social we are looking for a talented postdoc interested in research on heme malignancies and #epigenetics. Interested? 👉See jobs.dkfz.de/en/jobs/1676... or DM me!
Looking for a job as a #Research #Technician in #Cancer #Microbiome? We offer a collaborative team, diversity of methods, opportunity for further training and a stimulating & fun work place at DKFZ @dkfz.bsky.social! Apply now to our group (or share with your network): jobs.dkfz.de/en/jobs/1671...
Research Technician
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Are you interested in groundbreaking research in the field of personalized cancer therapies? If so, please join us at DKFZ for an exciting and inspiring afternoon and hear from key opinion leaders and rising stars about what is on the horizon.
** Meyenburg-Preis an Michel Sadelain ** 🏆Verleihung im Rahmen des Cancer Research Award Symposiums der Meyenburg-Stiftung 📅 2. April 2025 am Deutschen Krebsforschungszentrum in Heidelberg Programm und Anmeldung unter www.nct-heidelberg.de/das-nct/news... @dkfz.bsky.social
Do you want to do your #postdoc in #cancerresearch with the most prestigious #fellowship in Europe? Apply to DKFZ Marie Skłodowska Curie MasterClasses by May 19. Projects in #cellandmolecularbiology #genomics #bioinformatics #immunology #medicaltechnology, #epidemiology. Apply here: t1p.de/nx6tu