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Débora Vendramini-Costa, Ph.D @debvendramini.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Hello! Help us to raise funds for this great organization that funds pancreatic cancer research, raises awareness to pancreatic cancer and brings together patients and families @pancan.bsky.social url:https://secure.pancan.org/site/TR/PurpleStride/PurpleStride?pg=team&team_id=69626&fr_id=3095

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Débora Vendramini-Costa, Ph.D @debvendramini.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

In the middle of world chaos, it is always nice to hear good news! I am especially proud of these news, because I know first hand all the hard work and dedication involved. Congratulations Ralph Francescone on an *outstanding* score on your *first* R01. @rafrancescone.bsky.social

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Débora Vendramini-Costa, Ph.D @debvendramini.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Amazing talk by Dr Jaye Gardiner @jayeperview.bsky.social new PI at Tufts University, on the biology of ECM/CAFs in pancreatic cancer. I’m so proud of you, Jaye!

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Débora Vendramini-Costa, Ph.D @debvendramini.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

10 faculty positions! Henry Ford + MSU is seeking up to 10 CANCER researchers to join our Detroit campus, who will collaborate closely with scientists and clinicians across MSU and Henry Ford Health. henryfordmsu.infoready4.com#freeformComp...

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Mike Feigin 🥯 @mikefeigin.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

The new Defense department budget erases $20 MILLION DOLLARS for pancreatic cancer research. $20,000,000 gone, for a disease with a 5-year survival rate of 13%.

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Elbows up, Canada.

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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

“If large numbers of academics working in the U.S. do decide to leave, Gold doubts other countries will be able to absorb them all. The end result, he warns, could be an exodus of talent from global science. “My biggest fear,” he says, is that “we’re going to lose a cohort of researchers.”” 🧪

science.org

Overseas universities see opportunity in U.S. ‘brain drain’

But many U.S.-based scientists seeking to leave may struggle to find positions in countries grappling with funding issues of their own

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Megan Radyk, Ph.D. @radykm.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

One of the day’s highlights was hearing from @debvendramini.bsky.social thank you for speaking up and sharing why research is so important!!

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PitarresiLab @pitarresilab.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Anyone have experience doing phosphoproteomics with a company? There are many options out there, so looking to see if anyone had a good experience with a company. We have a relatively simple experimental design: Pancreatic cancer cell lines +/- our gene of interest (a kinase).

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Danielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

I beg my science colleagues to speak with the media about what's happening now. When I was given the opportunity, I spoke with Nature about HHMI massive cut. I am an immigrant on a working visa, and I am not a professor. Anyone can talk. Silence in the face of injustice is injustice in action.

Nature news, Feb 7, 2025. Have Trump’s anti-DEI orders hit private funders? HHMI halts inclusive science programme
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a huge funder of biomedical research, has cut a $60-million initiative to boost diversity in science education.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 02/03/2025

We're Standing Up for Science on March 7th, in DC & Nationwide! The future of science is bright, but we need to protect it—because science benefits everyone. More information: www.standupforscience2025.org ☀️⬇️📣

teal background with white text that says, standing up for science is standing up for individuals with cancer.

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Chris ❌👑 @cgeerer.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Michigan! Stand up! Lansing, Flint, Wayne State!

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Michigan4Science @michigan4science.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Michigan time to stand up!!!

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Ok scientists & those who love science 🧪: here is another exhortation. Call Congress TODAY about the freeze on NIH Council Meetings and Study Sections. Emphasize that this means NO new grants are being funded & labs will soon start to shut down and fire employees. Phone numbers are at: 5calls.org

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5 Calls

Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

My #Yale colleague Harlan Krumholz explains why the cuts to indirect costs are a disaster for biomedical research in the United States. Want to do something about it? I'll list those who have to hear from us below. Share, recruit friends and family to help. 1/ www.statnews.com/2025/02/08/n....

statnews.com

The NIH’s drastic cut to indirect cost rates is a critical threat to U.S. research infrastructure

The drastic reduction in indirect costs is not a path to innovation or cost savings — it’s a threat to U.S.’s position as global leader in medical research.

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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I wrote this just two weeks ago - could not have imagined how broadly #science and #researchers in the US have been impacted since then   Science is a #global community 🌍 🌎 🌏 We're all very concerned for our friends, colleagues, and young researchers in the US right now   #solidarityforscience 🧪

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

NSF grantees - people who have already received their grants based on a previously funded and approved research proposal - are being told to stop any activities related to DEI and accessibility. Call this what it is: government censorship of ongoing research projects. www.opm.gov/policy-data-...

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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Rates of #cancer in #young #adults have risen dramatically in recent years - as discussed in this article.. We urgently need to invest in #research 🧪 on early-onset cancers to understand - why? www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

theguardian.com

Ultra-processed food? Forever chemicals? Declining birth rates? What’s behind rising cancer in the under-50s?

Research into the disease has never been more far-reaching, but there is little consensus as to what is causing the rocketing rates of diagnosis in young adults

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

My #WorldLeprosyDay essay has just dropped. My theme this year: seeing leprosy's globalization during the Middle Ages as a slow pandemic. As w/ all of my infectious disease historical work, combining traditional history, bioarchaeology, and genetics transforms what's possible. #histmed 🧪

George Thin's 1891 global map of leprosy.

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Alyson Smith @pedsaly.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

The antidote for despair is action ❤️ * Dial (202) 224-3121 * Enter zip code * Leave voicemail * Say “My name is ___, I’m a constituent in [town]. (If clinician/scientist, say so) “The NIH freeze harms research and patients and must be lifted immediately.” Be brief. Staffers tally all calls. Go! ✅

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Cristina de Guzman Strong PhD @cdgstrong21.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Michigan snow is so much better for your flow cytometry ice bucket, no slushiness in right bucket. #immunosky #dermsky

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Pop Base @popbase.tv · 06/01/2025

Fernanda Torres makes history as the first Brazilian to win the #GoldenGlobes award for Best Actress in a Drama.

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Lai (Linda) Chan 🫶 @lindacphd.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Back to the grind and greeted by RNAseq results from two experiments. Hypotheses didn't hold up 🤣, but data inspired alternative hypotheses 💪. Two LOIs due this coming week and a grant due in 2 weeks. 😅 #NewPI #AcademicChatter

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a cartoon of a penguin in front of a computer with the words back to the grind

ALT: a cartoon of a penguin in front of a computer with the words back to the grind

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Débora Vendramini-Costa, Ph.D @debvendramini.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

When you get this email from NCI/NIH… 🤩 More details in the upcoming days!! For now.. we would like to thank the commitment and hard work of the Vendramini-Francescone team, Myree Graves, Ariana Musa de Aquino, Farrah Ali 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽🥹 @rafrancescone.bsky.social

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Débora Vendramini-Costa, Ph.D @debvendramini.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

We are thankful for this amazing team! Thank you lab for everything! Cheers 🥂 to Another great year! Lab Manager Myree Graves Postdocs Farrah Ali and Ariana Musa. @rafrancescone.bsky.social

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 13/12/2024

I would absolutely rather talk about astrophysics than health — partly because it’s where my expertise lies and partly because it’s more fun — but as a human person with a frustratingly biological existence (and friends and family who are also humans) it’s real hard to just ignore this dire stuff

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Débora Vendramini-Costa, Ph.D @debvendramini.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Anxiety, patience, heart tests, all 3 in 1: Status “stuck” since 09/09/24, for a grant that was supposed to start in 12/01/24 😵😵‍💫😬😓🍀🤞🍀🤞🤷🏻‍♀️

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Dr Debbie Burnett @debburnett.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I’ve tried to put together a starter pack of immunologists/scientists exploring B Cell Repertoires and Antibody Affinities. Please feel free to share/join! go.bsky.app/4P64DmM

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PitarresiLab @pitarresilab.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Finally migrated over to bluesky! Now I need to find all of my pancreatic cancer people again!

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Débora Vendramini-Costa, Ph.D @debvendramini.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Another passion: ballet. This ballet, “Flames of Paris”, is so technically challenging. Beautiful! Video of the Royal Academy of Dance, Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev ❤️ youtu.be/9xt9wffFK_0?...

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THE FLAMES OF PARIS - Pas de Deux | Natalia Osipova & Ivan Vasiliev.

YouTube video by IBA Cary, NC

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Débora Vendramini-Costa, Ph.D @debvendramini.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Hi #immunosky @rafrancescone.bsky.social and I are looking for a postdoc candidate interested in immunology, with experience in flow cytometry, to run projects exploring mechanisms of immunosuppression in pancreatic cancer. Come to beautiful Michigan! Official announcement soon. DM us

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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

"Here, we identify an alternative splicing isoform of human PD-1, which carries a 28-base pairs extension retained from 5′ region of intron 2 (PD-1^28), is expressed in peripheral T cells and tumor infiltrating lymphocytes." #Immunology #Immunotherapy www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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A splicing isoform of PD-1 promotes tumor progression as a potential immune checkpoint - Nature Communications

Whether PD-1 splicing isoforms impact T cell anti-tumor capacity has not been fully illustrated. Here the authors identify a human PD-1 isoform, PD-1^28, which functions to suppress anti-cancer immuni...

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Pancreatic Cancer Stromal Reprogramming Consortium @nci-psrc.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Multiple NCI-PSRC investigators co-authored this perspective in Cancer Research last month: #PancreaticCancer–Associated Fibroblasts: Where Do We Go from Here? aacrjournals.org/cancerres/ar... @kenolivelab.bsky.social @marasherman.bsky.social @debvendramini.bsky.social @tme-caf-ecm.bsky.social

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Pancreatic Cancer Stromal Reprogramming Consortium @nci-psrc.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Follow the Associate Members of NCI-PSRC who are on 🦋 @benstanger01.bsky.social @tme-caf-ecm.bsky.social @marasherman.bsky.social @debvendramini.bsky.social @rafrancescone.bsky.social New associate members can be nominated by any of the primary investigators. www.nci-psrc.org/member.html

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Pancreatic Cancer Stromal Reprogramming Consortium (PSRC)

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Victor Javier @vjsanchez.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Hi! You missed me, didn’t you? Here you have an update version of the Pancreatic Cancer Starter Pack! If you want to join, just reply. #PancreaticCancer 🧪🧬🖥️ go.bsky.app/2FHVVL6

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Lesley Goodburn @lgoodbu.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Learn more about pancreatic cancer in less than a minute you might help save a life @pancreaticcanuk.bsky.social #sethslegacy

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Symptoms of Pancreatic Cancer in 1 Minute

YouTube video by Pancreatic Cancer UK

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Débora Vendramini-Costa, Ph.D @debvendramini.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Every single day I deal with imposter syndrome. In my professional and personal lives. An important reason for that is my inability to fully understand conversations, due to English being my second language. So I often feel like I don’t want to engage with people, because I feel ashamed.

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Débora Vendramini-Costa, Ph.D @debvendramini.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

It’s #WorldPancreaticCancerDay and we at the Henry Ford Pancreatic Cancer Center got together for a Thanksgiving potluck. It was a nice opportunity to be thankful for all the research done and the dedication of every member of our team to help tackling this disease!

Picture showing the members of the Henry Ford Pancreatic Cancer Center, all wearing purple in celebration of the World Pancreatic Cancer Day.

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Katherine Aird @airdlab.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Hello to so many new followers! We recently received fundable scores on 2 R01s and are actively recruiting multiple postdocs. The broad theme of the lab is cancer cell metabolism, and I tailor projects to the postdoc’s scientific interests and career goals. See more: Airdlab.com

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Aird Lab

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