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Andy Wolfe

@andrewlwolfe.bsky.social
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Cancer researcher at Hunter College of the City University of New York & Weill Cornell Medicine. Views are my own.

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Andy Wolfe @andrewlwolfe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
What a moment! After many years of preclinical and clinical testing, the FDA approved the first Ras inhibitor to treat pancreatic cancer. What an inflection point in the history of this deadly disease, the Ras scientific field, and hope for cancer patients. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/s...
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F.D.A. Approves the Drug Daraxonrasib That’s Poised to Transform Pancreatic Cancer (Gift Article)
In a key clinical trial, patients who got the pill, daraxonrasib, lived twice as long as those who got chemotherapy.
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Andy Wolfe @andrewlwolfe.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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How Trump Is Trying to Crush California’s Climate Policies (Gift Article)
At least a half-dozen federal agencies have taken action against the state that has long led the nation in environmental protections.
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Andy Wolfe @andrewlwolfe.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Thrilled that our work using peptide nucleic acids to target KRAS mutant cancer cells was published today! www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/27...
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Andy Wolfe @andrewlwolfe.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Honored and delighted that my lab's review "KRAS: Biology, Inhibition, and Mechanisms of Inhibitor Resistance" won the Distinguished Paper Award from Current Oncology! www.mdpi.com/about/announ...
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Andy Wolfe @andrewlwolfe.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Ever wondered how to communicate your science so that EVERYONE understands what you do? At the CUNYSciCom Symposium, grad students compete to explain their research as clearly as possible to general & scientific audiences. This free event is at ASRC in NYC on May 27 2026. Use QR code to register.
CUNYSciCom is a public science communication event held on May 27, 2026 at the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC)
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Davide Ruggero @ruggerolab.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Happy to share our new work with @haognguyen on targeting mRNA translation of oncogenes by RNA structure remodeling with a small molecule zotatifin. Congrats to ⁦@DuyguKuzuoglu⁩ an amazing postdoc and all the authors and collaborators! cell.com/cancer-cell/fu…
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Small-molecule RNA therapeutics to target prostate cancer
Kuzuoglu-Ozturk et al. showcase a therapeutic approach, “translatome therapy,” to combat lethal prostate cancer. Zotatifin, a clinical molecule, targets the RNA-helicase eIF4A. Zotatifin decreases the select translation of key oncogenes, androgen receptor (AR), and HIF1α through remodeling their 5′ UTR RNA structure. Zotatifin enhances anti-androgen and radiotherapy sensitivity, highlighting a promising anti-cancer treatment.
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KenOliveLab @kenolivelab.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Daraxonrasib median OS 13.2 months vs. 6.7 for chemotherapy. Phase 3 randomized controlled trial. I'm so happy. ir.revmed.com/news-release...
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Hao Yin @haoyin.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Cap-independent translation by 4E-BP1, eIF4E, eIF4GI-eIF4A Differential regulation of CITE-like (4EBP1-sensitive, HIF1α, p53A) versus IRES-like mechanisms (4EBP1-resistant, FGF9, p53B) Fluorescence Anisotropy for protein-RNA binding #JBC 2025 www.jbc.org/article/S002...
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grimmrad 🧬🎼🖼️🏛️ @grimmrad.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
EPA - Environmental Pollution Agency. Oh, how far we have fallen. www.nbcnews.com/science/clim...
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EPA reverses long-standing climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissions
The agency announced it is repealing its 2009 conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the Earth and endanger human health and well-being.
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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Pretty good summary of the forces arrayed against the CO2 endangerment finding. I think they are counting their chickens prematurely. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
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Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation
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Andy Wolfe @andrewlwolfe.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Very excited to share a new research article from my lab about the biology of EGFR glycosylation that was published in the journal Cancers today. Congrats to all the authors! www.mdpi.com/3706608
Fluorescent microscopy image of cells from Lam et al, Effects of N361 Glycosylation on Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Biological Function, Cancers, 2026
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Andy Wolfe @andrewlwolfe.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
The New York Research and Mentoring for Postbaccalaureates (NY-RaMP) program is recruiting! If you are a current college senior or recent graduate interested in 1 year of paid scientific research in NYC, more info about NY-RaMP and the application due on Feb 18 is available at nyramp.org
The New York Research and Mentoring for Postbaccalaureates (NY-RaMP) at Hunter College logo shows connections between the fields of bioinformatics, cell biology, microbiology, biochemistry, chemical biology, and molecular biology in the style of a New York City subway map.
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Andy Wolfe @andrewlwolfe.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Hunter College’s Department of Biological Sciences has a new open rank faculty search: cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
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Jobs | City University of New York
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NY-CURES @nycures.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
📢 SIGN & SHARE THE PETITION! 📢 New York needs an Empire Biomedical Research Institute to create new statewide funding opportunities for scientists & physician-scientists so that patients and their families get the life-saving and life-changing new therapeutics they're hoping for ✏️ c.org/TDMy2H9JTW
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Support a New York State Biomedical Institute for a Healthier, More Affordable Future
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gouthamnarla @gouthamnarla.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Exciting new finding about the role of PP2A molecular glues in overcoming resistant to broad classes of MAPK inhibitors in KRAS driven cancers JCI - A PP2A molecular glue overcomes ras/mapk inhibitor resistance in kras-mutant non-small cell lung cancer www.jci.org/articles/vie...
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JCI - A PP2A molecular glue overcomes ras/mapk inhibitor resistance in kras-mutant non-small cell lung cancer
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Andy Wolfe @andrewlwolfe.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Huge congrats to this year’s cohort of @damonrunyon SPARK postbacs -- especially @huntercollege alumni Subyeta Chowdhury and NY-RaMP alumni Imani Williams! damonrunyon.org/news/entries/8337/Damon%20Runyon%20announces%20newest%20class%20of%20SPARK%20Scholars
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Damon Runyon announces newest class of SPARK Scholars
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Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation @damonrunyon.org · 23/07/2025
Damon Runyon mentor-mentee duo Piro Lito, MD, PhD, and Antonio Cuevas-Navarro, PhD, have developed a new approach to treating RAS-driven cancers, such as colorectal and pancreatic. Rather than inhibiting the cancerous protein, their drug restores its natural function. Read more:
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New Discoveries and Honors in Cancer Research | Damon Runyon
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Hunter College @huntercollege.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Great stuff! Hunter College osteosarcoma researcher Shahana Mahajan has published a paper with new findings that have possible applications to many types of cancers. More: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... #MihiCuraFuturi
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Daraxonrasib, a pan-RAS inhibitor, selectively inhibits osteosarcomas with activated KRAS by halting AKT signaling and matrix metalloprotease activity
KRAS mutations, which induce proliferative signaling driving many human cancers, are detectable in a small subset of osteosarcoma patients. The recently developed pan-KRAS inhibitor daraxonrasib, also...
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Andy Wolfe @andrewlwolfe.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
See How E.V. Road Trips Went From Impossible to Easy www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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See How E.V. Road Trips Went From Impossible to Easy (Gift Article)
There are a lot more fast chargers than there used to be. Look up what that could mean for a route near you.
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Ruben Sebastian @rubensebas.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Encouraging phase 1 results of an off-the-shelf, lymph node targeted #cancer vaccine targeting common #KRAS mutations (G12D, G12R) in pancreatic and colorectal cancer from Elicio $ELTX, @mskcancercenter.bsky.social, @mdanderson.bsky.social‪‬, UCLA & clinical collabs www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Lymph node-targeted, mKRAS-specific amphiphile vaccine in pancreatic and colorectal cancer: phase 1 AMPLIFY-201 trial final results - Nature Medicine
In the final analysis of a phase 1 trial evaluating a lymph node-targeting mutant KRAS peptide vaccine combined with CpG in the adjuvant setting for patients with KRAS mutant pancreatic or colorectal ...
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IMP @impvienna.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Congratulations to our @obenaufa.bsky.social on receiving the highly prestigious Dr. Josef Steiner Cancer Research Award 2025! 🎉 Read more in this interview with Anna: www.imp.ac.at/news/article...
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Andy Wolfe @andrewlwolfe.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
I am thrilled that our findings about using the Ras inhibitor daraxonrasib against osteosarcoma were just published in PLOS ONE! Many congrats to my co-authors Okkeun Jung, Angelene Soto, and Shahana Mahajan. dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Model of daraxonrasib action in osteosarcoma from Jung et al PLOS ONE 2025
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University of California @uofcalifornia.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
The federal government’s demand of $1 billion from @UCLA would devastate the nation’s best public university, cut off life-saving care, halt tech and economic growth and reduce educational access. Stand with UC to protect our vital mission: www.universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved...
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Stand Up for UC
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Andy Wolfe @andrewlwolfe.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...
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In Game-Changing Climate Rollback, E.P.A. Aims to Kill a Bedrock Scientific Finding
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Andy Wolfe @andrewlwolfe.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Exciting work!
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Hunter College @huntercollege.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
@cuny.edu Research in Focus looks at the work of Hunter College’s Climatologist and Professor of Geography and Environmental Science, William Solecki, who shows how we can design our public spaces to mitigate global warming. Read about it here: www.cuny.edu/news/resilie...
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25 Colleges. One University.
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Hunter College @huntercollege.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Congratulations and bon voyage to Hunter College alumni Sajida Ahmed, Alison Juray, Andrew Loka, and Alp Doymaz, who will be traveling all over the world during the 2025 - 2026 academic year through the Fulbright Program! #HunterPride hunter.cuny.edu/news/four-fr...
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Kyrie Pappas, PhD @kyriepappas.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Excited to share our recent work published in PNAS last week uncovering the molecular mechanisms of PARP inhibitor resistance in BRCA2-deficient metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Check out our manuscript!
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Andy Wolfe @andrewlwolfe.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Our amazing lab team, Spring 2025! A huge congratulations to the lab members about to earn their undergraduate degree, finish their postbaccalaureate program, begin graduate school, and begin medical school.
Wolfe Lab at Hunter College group photo Spring 2025
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Andy Wolfe @andrewlwolfe.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Very excited that this work was published in PNAS today! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Blocking C-terminal processing of KRAS4b via a direct covalent attack on the CaaX-box cysteine | PNAS
RAS is the most frequently mutated oncogene in cancer. RAS proteins show high sequence similarities in their G-domains but are significantly differ...
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Andy Wolfe @andrewlwolfe.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Huge congratulations to Dr. Melinda Diver and her lab on the publication of this outstanding new study, "Transport and InsP8 gating mechanisms of the human inorganic phosphate exporter XPR1" in the journal Nature Communications today! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Transport and InsP8 gating mechanisms of the human inorganic phosphate exporter XPR1. Zhu Q, Yaggi MF, Jork N, Jessen HJ, and Diver MM. Nature Communications. Published online March 20, 2025.
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Andy Wolfe @andrewlwolfe.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I am thrilled that our review about the RNA-binding protein IMP2 was published today! Congratulations to my co-authors Jessica Das, Ottavia Busia-Bourdain, and Khizr Khan. doi.org/10.3390/ijms...
The RNA-binding protein IMP2 reads m6A modifications to regulate target RNAs. When IMP2 changes, the many RNAs that it regulates change too, like a spider vibrating the strands of its web.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 31/01/2025
A long-awaited nonopioid pain drug has won approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat moderate to severe short-term pain.
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Nonopioid drug for acute pain wins FDA approval
Ongoing trials will reveal whether suzetrigine is also effective against chronic pain
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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 21/01/2025
Recent studies provide new insights into signaling by mutant KRAS, inhibitors of which have provided modest benefits for patients. Learn more in a new Clinical Implications of Basic Research article: nej.md/4aia1Bv #MedSky #Oncology
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KRAS Oncoprotein Signaling in Cancer | NEJM
Recent studies provide new insights into signaling by mutant KRAS, inhibitors of which have provided modest benefits for patients.
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Andy Wolfe @andrewlwolfe.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
A new post in Science Careers for our open-rank faculty search at the Hunter College Dept of Biological Sciences: jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/668588/o...
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Open-Rank Faculty Position in Dept. Biological Sciences at Hunter College City University NY - New York City job with Department of Biological Sciences at Hunter College | 668588
Open-rank tenure/tenure-track faculty search for biochemist focused on cancer biology or cancer-relevant signaling pathways in model organisms.
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Andy Wolfe @andrewlwolfe.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
It's been a delight to be a Mentor to a Postbac Scholar in Damon Runyon SPARK this year. College seniors interested in paid full time cancer research next year - I encourage you to apply to SPARK. @damonrunyon.org damonrunyon.org/for-scientists/application-guidelines/research
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Damon Runyon Scholars Program for Advancing Research and Knowledge | Damon Runyon
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Andy Wolfe @andrewlwolfe.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Do you love science and want research experience before your next step? NY-RaMP is a 1 year paid opportunity for recent college graduates to do research in my lab or another lab at Hunter College. Learn more at a free webinar on Wed Dec 11 at 3 PM EST nyramp.org/webinars
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Andy Wolfe @andrewlwolfe.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Cancer researchers: Are you a postdoc ready to launch your own lab? Or an Assistant/Associate/Full Professor seeking a change of scene? The Biological Sciences dept at Hunter College in New York City is hiring! Apply to our new open rank faculty search: bit.ly/huntercollegebiology
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Andy Wolfe @andrewlwolfe.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
What an amazing team!
Members of the Wolfe lab in Fall 2024.
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