And, yes, it is noteworthy there are 3 male candidates for VP even though there are a large number of talented female scientists in RRS🤨 I am committed to increasing the # of female leaders in the Society and the field! 👍#HeforShe

Henning Willers, MD, FASTRO@henningwillersmd.bsky.social · last yr.

🔈 I am honored to be running alongside Sunil Krishnan & David Yu for Vice-President Elect of RRS 🙏🙏🙏 🧐You can find more info on the candidates here 👉 ftp.ameetingbydesign.com/ambddrop/202... Vote by May 1️⃣3️⃣ radres.org/Login.aspx @cvanpouillebox.bsky.social @profajchalmers.bsky.social

#BioCommittee meets and greets at #ESTRO25 Great turnout. Welcome all biologists!

🔈 I am honored to be running alongside Sunil Krishnan & David Yu for Vice-President Elect of RRS 🙏🙏🙏 🧐You can find more info on the candidates here 👉 ftp.ameetingbydesign.com/ambddrop/202... Vote by May 1️⃣3️⃣ radres.org/Login.aspx @cvanpouillebox.bsky.social @profajchalmers.bsky.social

📢Insightful in press review on a lipid metabolic pathway + #radiotherapy response - a🔥area‼️ Also, a harbinger of more to come, more #radbio reviews in @ijrobp.bsky.social that is😊 Stay tuned😍 @cvanpouillebox.bsky.social @freddyeescorcia.bsky.social www.redjournal.org/article/S036...

The Mevalonate Pathway in the Radiation Response of Cancer

The mevalonate (MVA) pathway plays a critical role in cholesterol biosynthesis, protein prenylation, and metabolic reprogramming, all of which contribute to cancer progression and therapy resistance. ...

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🔥 #RadRes2025 Meeting #PuertoRico Sept 2025🌴🌞 Looking forward to: Symposium on Radiation Combination Therapies😍 Great to have @profajchalmers.bsky.social back‼️🙏 Though I will post about this meeting mostly on that other platform 🫠🤷‍♂️ x.com/HenningWille...

Immunogenomic cancer evolution: A framework to understand cancer immunosuppression www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Immunogenomic cancer evolution: A framework to understand cancer immunosuppression

Understanding the impacts of genetic abnormalities on immune responses to tumors can inform immunogenomic-based precision medicine.

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Mass General Brigham to invest $400 million to open new cancer institute before Dana-Farber partnership ends www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/18/b...

Mass General Brigham to invest $400 million to open new cancer institute before Dana-Farber partnership ends - The Boston Globe

The renovations at the state's biggest health system will help create the Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute.

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1/2 📢Abstract Submission is open for #RadRes2025 Sept 21-24 in #PuertoRico ‼️ (see ⬇️) There will be many oral presentations selected from abstracts🔥 Amazing scientific program, and I am especially excited about a strong immuno-oncology focus🙏 @cvanpouillebox.bsky.social @sandrademaria.bsky.social

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/10/m...

Amid Trump’s funding threats, Harvard freezes hiring - The Boston Globe

Harvard cited “substantial financial uncertainties driven by rapidly shifting federal policies.”

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ASTRO is accepting nominations for the 2025 ASTRO Mentorship Award. Nominations must be submitted by a colleague or mentee and are due by March 21. Learn more: ow.ly/1I6U50USy64

1/3 It is not too early to start thinking about the #RadRes2025 Meeting in #PuertoRico Sept 21-24, 2025 🌞🌴🍹🏖️ Abstract & Submission opens in 2 weeks‼️ The Program is shaping up to be FANTASTIC (link in 3rd post ⬇️)🔥🔥🔥 @cvanpouillebox.bsky.social (Who else is on BlueSky? (vs X, hard to recall)

Other than the brain, our immune system is the most complex part of the human body. For the first time, sequencing receptors of B and T cells, along w/ generative A.I., enabled diagnosis of medical conditions such as lupus. That's just for starters. erictopol.substack.com/p/the-first-...

If anyone is interested in following the NIH indirects case filed by Mass on behalf of 22 states, here is the link: www.courtlistener.com/docket/69625...

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS v. Matthew Memoli, M.D., M.S., 1:25-cv-10338 - CourtListener.com

Docket for COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS v. Matthew Memoli, M.D., M.S., 1:25-cv-10338 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information.

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I am trying to write a grant about tumor metabolic diversity and cannot come up with a different term😂

Dustin Moskovitz@moskov.goodventures.org · 2y ago

Among other reasons, censorship is bad because a lot of these terms are used multiple ways. “Confirmation bias” is the most common logical fallacy, for example - I’d like the folks at NSA to be particularly attuned to it.

Tha=e #OncoAlertColloquium 🚨REGISTER for FREE HERE👉 https://buff.ly/4hKRVdM @rooogerthat of The Philippines Covering how to Treat #LungCancer when one does NOT have the Resources, Sing in to chat with Dr. Velasco The burden of disease of lung cancer remains high especially in Asia

“Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.” Plato (428 BC -347 BC)

The NIH overhead cut doesn't just hurt universities. It's deadly to the US economy. The US is a world leader in tech due to the ecosystem that NIH and NSF propel. It drives innovation for tech transfer, creates a highly-skilled sci/tech workforce, and fosters academic/industry crossfertilization.

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 2y ago

2. While NSF and NIH indeed have a mission to fund specific research innovations via grantmaking, they do a lot more than that. Their principal role is support a scientific ecosystem in the United States, that includes everything from education and training to infrastructure and communication.

University GCs are, I'm sure, talking about this or getting some rest (if they can) for a long battle ahead. I would suggest that we don't become armchair lawyers here. Let's focus on how to communicate the impact of implementing this on health, our communities, and the ability of the US to lead.

Maxence Nachury@nachury.bsky.social · 2y ago

How legally binding is the F&A agreement? Any University General Councel out there care to opine?

A Primer on Indirect Cost Rates

a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on

ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on

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On changes to #NIH indirect rates, there is a law in place that prohibits NIH from making such changes without the approval of Congress. See Division D, Title II Section 224 of The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law No: 118-47) grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

🔥Absolute pleasure to talk BRCAness/HRD as a predictor of chemoradiosensitivity in #breastcancer with the Simon Powell @mskcancercenter.bsky.social & Kerstin Borgmann UKE‼️ 🙏 to @sueyom.bsky.social @ijrobp.bsky.social My first #radbio podcast😊 🧵Tweetorial soon... (either here or on X, so torn 😂)

Higher NTCP with variable RBE predictions in Proton RT of brain tumours- especially for blindness and deppendent in Patient factors. LET or track-end optimization can lower the risk. @hzdr.bsky.social @oncoalert.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Variable-RBE-induced NTCP predictions for various side-effects following proton therapy for brain tumors – Identification of high-risk patients and risk mitigation

Disregarding the increase of relative biological effectiveness (RBE) may raise the risk of acute and late adverse events after proton beam therapy (PB…

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Dang time flies ... Still have to convert last year's abstract into an actual manuscript 😅

American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)@astro-org.bsky.social · 2y ago

The Call for Abstracts for the #ASTRO25 Annual Meeting is open! Submit your abstracts through February 25. Learn more: ow.ly/a6tv50UjeSB

Stay tuned for all things #lungcancer tomorrow!! Glad to be reviewing #radonc relevant advances🔥 in 2024 with my colleague Katie Keane, MD, tomorrow! REGISTER HERE: oncoalert.m-pages.com/rnaYzs/the-5...

The OncoAlert Network 🚨@oncoalert.bsky.social · 2y ago

OncoAlert🚨Network with our partners at ESSO, ESGO, MASCC & SIOG invite you to the #OncoAlertColloquium NEXT WEEK!! FREE REGISTRATION HERE👉 buff.ly/3CChgre February 3-9, 2025 💯% Virtual & Interactive @erikahamilton9.bsky.social @drsgraff.bsky.social @drjnaidoo.bsky.social @hoperugo.bsky.social

wow! seems low tbh

New MGB Cancer Center building @massgeneralbrigham.bsky.social coming up pretty quickly‼️ But feels a long way (and a lot of traffic standstill) until 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣7️⃣🙃

📢Thrilled to have started again our Annual Radiation Biology Lecture Series with robust attendance & all the radiation chemistry effects you need to know to understand #radiotherapy😊 ☢️🔬👩‍🔬 @massgeneralbrigham.bsky.social @harvard.edu @oncoalert.bsky.social #radbio

In the present discussions about NIH and the need for reform, two recurring points I am seeing are: (1) NIH doesn't fund truly high impact research (2) NIH needs to experiment with alternative approaches to peer review, particularly for high risk-high impact research 1/n

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... Any more on what this means? NIH released exceptions for clinical trials from the prior order but now new reporting tonight behind the WaPo firewall that all federal grants and loans are being held… budget memo released today. #NIH #medsky #cansky

White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion

The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

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