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alexslemonade.bsky.social @alexslemonade.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Dr. Yang Ding first connected with ALSF as a student at Penn. She went on to receive two ALSF grants pursuing safer, targeted treatments for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Today, she’s a researcher at Johns Hopkins and a 2026 POST mentor. www.alexslemonade.org/blog/student...
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From Student Researcher to Young Investigator: Meet one researcher searching for less toxic leukemia treatments
When Dr. Yang Ding was a student at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, Dr. John Maris gave her class a lecture on neuroblastoma and then introduced a pair of unexpected gues...
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alexslemonade.bsky.social @alexslemonade.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Children with relapsed Ewing sarcoma have only a 30% chance of survival. But this research, powered by your support, could be a gamechanger. www.alexslemonade.org/where-money-...
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alexslemonade.bsky.social @alexslemonade.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
"Every day, children die from cancer. We need to be as quick and innovative as possible." Katie Janeway, MD, talks about why consistent funding is so crucial in finding cures for kids. Can we count on your support this #GivingTuesday? 2x your donation today only> alexslemonade.org/giving-tuesday
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Giving Tuesday
Support the fight against childhood cancer! Donate to Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation on Giving Tuesday and fund breakthrough research for kids with cancer.
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alexslemonade.bsky.social @alexslemonade.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
A grant from the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer will provide University of Colorado Cancer Center researchers with funding to explore new treatment options for a rare pediatric brain tumor that can have a disastrous effect on a patient’s quality of life.
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Grant Provides New Hope for Treating a Rare Pediatric Brain Tumor
Researchers Todd Hankinson, MD, and Siddhartha Mitra, PhD, received funding from Alex’s Lemonade Stand to study new treatments for craniopharyngiomas.
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alexslemonade.bsky.social @alexslemonade.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
The Young Investigator Summit brought childhood cancer researchers together to discuss their work in a changing landscape. YI Grants are awarded early in their research careers, hopefully leading them to more cures. Thanks to all who attended and to Northwestern Mutual for sponsoring the YI Summit!
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alexslemonade.bsky.social @alexslemonade.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
L.A. Loves Alex’s Lemonade is here—let’s raise a glass of lemonade to ending childhood cancer together. 💛 🍋💛 Help fight childhood cancer by donating today. Every dollar brings us closer to cures. 👉 Donate here: www.alexslemonade.org/contribute/17
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Childhood Cancer Data Lab @cancerdatalab.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
September is #ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth, a time to recognize the urgent need for better treatments and outcomes for kids with cancer. In our latest blog, we’re highlighting a few researchers who have drawn on the Data Lab’s resources in their remarkable efforts to accelerate new cure discovery!
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Pediatric Cancer Researchers Driving Progress Through Data, Training, and Collaboration
At the Childhood Cancer Data Lab, we support pediatric cancer researchers by providing data science training, collaborating on data-intensive projects, and designing open-source tools. Through this wo...
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alexslemonade.bsky.social @alexslemonade.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Our Reproducible Research Practices workshop is designed to help pediatric cancer researchers work more efficiently, collaboratively, & reproducibly. Apply for our course on Nov 6-7 to learn tools for achieving reproducible results in computational cancer research> www.ccdatalab.org/blog/level-u...
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Level Up Your Reproducible Research Skills at Our Next Workshop!
At the Childhood Cancer Data Lab, we’re committed to helping pediatric cancer researchers work more efficiently, collaboratively, and reproducibly. That’s why we created our Reproducible Research Prac...
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alexslemonade.bsky.social @alexslemonade.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Exciting news from the Data Lab! We recently partnered with the Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative at UC Santa Cruz to deliver a hands-on workshop focused on building reproducible workflows, enhancing the impact of research. Read more 👉 ccdatalab.org/blog/building-reproducible-research-skills
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Building Reproducible Research Skills: A Training Workshop with the Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative
The Data Lab recently traveled to California to lead a hands-on workshop for nine researchers from the UC Santa Cruz Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative. The participants, all from a range of backgr...
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alexslemonade.bsky.social @alexslemonade.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
🚨 Headed to AACR 2025? Stop by the ALSF booth 3706 through 4/30 to learn how we’re accelerating childhood cancer research—and how you can get involved! 🍋💛 Staff will be presenting the OpenScPCA today, 4/28 from 2-5PM, at Poster Section 4, Board no. 18.
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alexslemonade.bsky.social @alexslemonade.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
After this year's Crazy 8 Summit, we are more motivated than ever to cure the incurable. We want to thank all of the childhood cancer researchers who gathered at this year's Crazy 8 Summit. Without your dedication and collaboration, we could not make this much of an impact for kids with cancer.
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alexslemonade.bsky.social @alexslemonade.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
RESEARCH NEWS🔬🎉 We are thrilled to announce the funding of two groundbreaking research projects focusing on early detection and innovative treatments for children predisposed to cancer. Check out the details in our press release> www.alexslemonade.org/newsroom/new...
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alexslemonade.bsky.social @alexslemonade.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Today our team met and interviewed childhood cancer researchers working to cure the incurable at the annual Crazy 8 Summit! These ALSF-funded researchers dedicate their work to the hardest to treat childhood cancers. Stay tuned for an exciting announcement regarding our Crazy 8 initiative soon!!
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alexslemonade.bsky.social @alexslemonade.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Attention childhood cancer researchers!🔬 Applications are open for 'A' Award Grants and R Accelerator Grants funded by ALSF. These grant programs could provide the funding you need to find the next scientific breakthrough for kids with cancer>> alexslemonade.org/researchers-reviewers/applicants
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alexslemonade.bsky.social @alexslemonade.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
🔬 FREE WEBINAR 03/26! Join us for a seminar on GD2-CAR T Cell Therapy for Diffuse Midline Gliomas from Dr. Michelle Monje>https://www.alexslemonade.org/childhood-cancer/lectures
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alexslemonade.bsky.social @alexslemonade.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
In 2023, the Childhood Cancer Data Lab put out our first-ever call for contributions to the Single-cell Pediatric Cancer Atlas (ScPCA) Portal. The Portal now holds data from 700 samples across 55 cancer types. Here are three reasons why you should contribute> www.ccdatalab.org/blog/three-r...
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Three reasons to share your pediatric cancer data on the ScPCA Portal
In 2023, we launched our first-ever call for contributions to the Single-cell Pediatric Cancer Atlas (ScPCA) Portal, inviting the research community to share their data. This initiative has been instr...
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Childhood Cancer Data Lab @cancerdatalab.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Tools like our Single-cell #PediatricCancer Atlas (ScPCA) Portal make data widely available and easier for researchers to use for their own experiments. Currently, you can explore and download data from 700 samples across 55 cancer types at scpca.alexslemonade.org!
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alexslemonade.bsky.social @alexslemonade.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Ambassadors are a critical part of the Foundation’s mission to find safer treatments and cures for childhood cancer. By sharing their stories at events and connecting with other cancer families, ambassadors can make huge impacts for childhood cancer. Read more> www.alexslemonade.org/blog/share-y...
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alexslemonade.bsky.social @alexslemonade.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Hello!👋 We're Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation! Our mission is to change the lives of kids with cancer through funding impactful research, raising awareness, supporting families and empowering everyone to help cure childhood cancer. Follow for updates on pediatric cancer research! AlexsLemonade.org
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