⏰ Only 3 days left to register for the #FrankfurtCancerConference 2026! Join the #translational #cancer research community for inspiring talks, scientific exchange, and plenty of networking opportunities. Meet leading experts and connect with fellow researchers. 👉 www.frankfurtcancerconference.org
Winkler Laboratory
@winklerlab.bsky.social
We are the Winkler Laboratory at the UKHD and DKFZ Heidelberg Our focus: #cancerneuroscience of #braintumors ( #glioblastoma #brainmetastases), and beyond. We use #intravitalimaging , #calciumimaging, #preclinicalmodels and more, to tackle these diseases
Now lectures on cancer neuroscience by Brain prize winners Winkler and Monje. Happy to be a small part of the field. I feel some hope for the future of currently lethal glioma in adults and children.
In just five days at the FENS Forum in Barcelona, the 2025 Brain Prize winners, Frank Winkler and Michelle Monje will deliver The Brain Prize Lecture. For more information: https://www.fens.org Federation of European Neuroscience Societies - FENS #BrainPrize #Neuroscience #FENS
✨ Introducing the speakers of our #TumorMicroenvironment sessions at the #FrankfurtCancerConference 2026 – Part 1: ▫️Leila Akkari @leilaakkari.bsky.social ▫️Ihsan Ekin Demir ▫️Frank Winkler @winklerlab.bsky.social 📆 Sep 2–4, Frankfurt 🔗 www.frankfurtcancerconference.org 👉 Deadline: June 25, 2026
1/n Excited to share our new paper in Nature Cancer 🦀 Meet Hetairos (Greek- “companion”): an AI model that predicts >100 methylation-defined CNS tumour subtypes directly from a routine H&E slide 🧠 State of the art diagnostics- from the slide that’s already on every pathologists’ desk 🧵
📢 #CancerNeuroscience Online Seminar with @michellemonje.bsky.social from Stanford University, USA. Title: The Neuroscience of Brain Cancers June 16, from 5-6 PM CEST, please register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📢 #CancerNeuroscience Online Seminar with Manuel Valiente from CNIO, Madrid, Spain. Title: Molecular and cellular rationale underlying the heterogeneous impact of metastases on brain activity June 9, from 5-6 PM CEST, please register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📢 #CancerNeuroscience Online Seminar with Manuel Valiente from CNIO, Madrid, Spain. Title: Molecular and cellular rationale underlying the heterogeneous impact of metastases on brain activity June 9, from 5-6 PM CEST, please register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Cancer Neuroscience Online Seminar - Manuel Valiente. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Manuel Valiente, DVM, PhD - Molecular and cellular rationale underlying the heterogeneous impact of metastases on brain activity
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Happy #FluorescenceFriday! Gap junction inhibition disconnects tumour networks in brain metastases and silences Ca²⁺ oscillations that drive proliferation. More in our recent preprint : www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Super excited to see our new preprint on calcium signalling in brain metastases now out on bioRxiv! Very thankful to be part of @winklerlab.bsky.social and working so closely with @nilshebach.bsky.social under the guidance of @matthiakarreman.bsky.social and Frank Winkler and all our collaborators.
What if brain metastatic cells do not act alone, but form #networks to help them grow? In our new #preprint, we show that #brainmetastases form malignant, gap-junction mediated #networks that drive cell cycle progression & neural features through Ca²⁺ signaling. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🧵👇
Our new preprint on calcium signaling in brain metastases is now on bioRxiv! Thrilled to share the core work of my doctoral thesis in the @winklerlab.bsky.social, together with @nielsolshausen.bsky.social, @matthiakarreman.bsky.social and many more!
What if brain metastatic cells do not act alone, but form #networks to help them grow? In our new #preprint, we show that #brainmetastases form malignant, gap-junction mediated #networks that drive cell cycle progression & neural features through Ca²⁺ signaling. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🧵👇
What if brain metastatic cells do not act alone, but form #networks to help them grow? In our new #preprint, we show that #brainmetastases form malignant, gap-junction mediated #networks that drive cell cycle progression & neural features through Ca²⁺ signaling. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🧵👇
📢 Late registration for the #BrainConference on Cancer Neuroscience is OPEN! 📍 Rungstedgaard, Denmark 🗓️ 25-28 Aug 2026 👉 Register by 12 July: buff.ly/3IpvSDe @brainprize.org @naddenmark.bsky.social
Scientists from DKFZ and HI-STEM have deciphered a key mechanism that contributes to treatment failure in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). This discovery lays an important foundation for more precise and long-term successful treatment strategies. @cp-cellstemcell.bsky.social t1p.de/brfxf
Leukemia stem cells cause treatments to fail - Findings open new avenues to overcome resistance
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the HI-STEM* Stem Cell Institute have deciphered a key mechanism that contributes to treatment failure in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The...
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Check out this great review from @winklerlab.bsky.social and colleagues: cancer neuroscience is going to rewrite everything we thought we knew about oncology - and we're just getting started!🧠🔍
What are the current and emerging topics in Cancer Neuroscience, and what comes next for the field? In our new review, now online @cp-cell.bsky.social, we discuss previous and ongoing research from leading laboratories and propose future directions for research. 🧠🔬 Curious? See link below 😀👇
How does the nervous system influence cancer ... and vice versa? Now online @cp-cell.bsky.social our newest review on current and emerging topics in Cancer Neuroscience 🧠, and many new exciting directions ahead. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New issue alert👉https://cell.com/cell/current On the cover: For the Hallmarks of Cancer's 25th anniversary, the cover illustrates its enduring impact across the cancer research community, uniting scientists, clinicians, patients, and educators to drive progress.
What are the current and emerging topics in Cancer Neuroscience, and what comes next for the field? In our new review, now online @cp-cell.bsky.social, we discuss previous and ongoing research from leading laboratories and propose future directions for research. 🧠🔬 Curious? See link below 😀👇
Cancer neuroscience: The past, the present, and the road ahead
Both the nervous system and cancer-intrinsic neural features can govern cancer initiation, growth, progression, metastasis, and treatment resistance, …
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📢 #CancerNeuroscience Online Seminar with Ofer Yizhar, from Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. Title: “Optogenetic modulation of neural circuits” This virtual seminar takes place on April 28, from 5-6 PM CEST, please register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Neural circuits in lung adenocarcinoma modulate immunosurveillance
Neural circuits in lung adenocarcinoma modulate immunosurveillance
Recent evidence from a study published in Nature by Wei et al. reveals a bidirectional tumor–brain axis in lung cancer that suppresses immune surveillance by reprogramming macrophages and disabling T cell responses. These findings highlight neuroimmune signaling as a key regulator of cancer progression and a promising therapeutic target.
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A great honor to have 2025 Brain Prize recipient Professor Frank Winkler come and give a talk at the Feinstein Institutes @northwellhealth.bsky.social about recent work in cancer neuroscience! @winklerlab.bsky.social
📢 Registration for the #BrainConference on the 'Neural Foundations of Communication' is OPEN! 🇬🇷 Join us in #Crete for a programme full of scientific sessions, networking opportunities, and social events! 📍 Crete, Greece 🗓️ 5–8 October 2026 🔗 Register today: buff.ly/vUAl678
📢 Call for Abstracts - Frankfurt Cancer Conference 2026 Present your research September 2-4 as a poster or get selected for a short talk. Share your work, get feedback, and connect at the international #FrankfurtCancerConference. 📆 Deadline: March 26, 2026 🔗 www.frankfurtcancerconference.org
Coming soon: The #BrainConference on #CancerNeuroscience: 🗺️ Rungstedgaard (CPH,DM) 📅 25-28 Aug 2026 Please join chairs @michellemonje.bsky.social & Frank Winkler and an great line up of speakers to discuss the newest findings. Early bird registration is now open 👇 @fens.org #FENS #Neuroscience
The Brain Conference on CANCER NEUROSCIENCE - Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
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“I was advised that having multiple children would detract from my scientific career. But I actually think that it has greatly benefited it.” Prof. @michellemonje.bsky.social, Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University, #BrainPrize2025. #Neuroscience youtu.be/f7sbSuWie5A?...
Balancing a career in science and personal life
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“In the laboratory we find truth. We find something that was not known before. We hope to translate that back to patients to improve care, to improve treatments, and outcomes.” @michellemonje.bsky.social, Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University, #BrainPrize. youtu.be/-mVeQuQfJ1E
Combining research and clinical practice
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“Basic science often gives you a hard time. There are periods, weeks, even months, sometimes years, where you are not moving forward. But in the end, the rewards are enormous” Frank Winkler, prof. of Neuro-Oncology, Brain Prize winner 2025. #Neuroscience #TheBrainPrize youtu.be/7_CZz4gFyqU
The value of perseverance in science
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How do nervous system tumours reshape neural circuits? Join the 2nd #BrainPrize2025 webinar with @michellemonje.bsky.social and Frank Winkler moderating a panel of leading researchers. #neuroscience #webinar youtu.be/Lj8pYKhGqKM
Cancer remodelling of neural circuits
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Now online: the @brainprize.org #webinars on #cancerneuroscience! 🧠🔬 Learn more about the #neuroscience of #braincancer, #cancer remodelling of #neuralcircuits, and #PNS #nerve regulation of #cancer from experts in the field! 👇 Enjoy!
The Brain Prize webinar series 2025
Watch The Brain Prize webinars on Cancer Neuroscience featuring leading experts sharing advanced research on cancer–nervous system interactions.
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