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Eran Andrechek

@eranandrechek.bsky.social
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Mammary Development and Breast Cancer Lab at Michigan State University Astrophotography, nature and Triathlon posts too. lab.andrechek.com #bcsm #oncsky

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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Today is a pretty neat day, my first grad student (Dan Hollern, Salk Institute) came back to give a talk about his lab’s work on B Cells in cancer. Fantastic talk and had to cut off the questions.
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Been so cloudy for so long that the moon and Jupiter was a surprise this morning. Took advantage of a clear evening before clouds to spend 2.5 hours on the North American Nebula. 5 mins of processing to test the data… will be fun to play with when grant review is done! #astrophotography
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Even fancy CSI enhance wouldn’t help. Can’t turn three pixels into a figure!
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I just tried chocolate to see if it helps to give a fair review… but even at 500x I can’t read it.
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If your R01 figure font size is the same as your p-value, then maybe you’re cramming too much into your grant? Or is it just me that gets grumpy about 0.05 sized fonts and figures?
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Took my annual picture of Saturn near opposition (closest point of orbit) last night since the clouds are about to roll in for a week. Cool to see the rings tilting back after almost disappearing last year. #saturn #astrophotography
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
At least I could blame the rental bike… too funny we just missed you over there again. We just finished TMB last week.
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
When I did a few climbs that were featured on the Giro D’Italia this year it was an eye opener to see the pro times for the KOM on Strava… and how I was an SO much slower than Pogacar for a 3000 foot climb.
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Just back from hiking the Tour du Mont Blanc. Amazing 9 days in the Alps. Highly recommend it, just be sure to train for the downhills! #TMB #TourduMontBlanc
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
John Vusich from the lab defends this morning, champagne on ice since it will go off without a hitch. Starts his postdoc with Sheila Stewart in a few weeks. Always bittersweet as the lab changes with every graduation.
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Eclipse at peak on campus at MSU with high cloud cover. #eclipse #msu
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Can’t say enough good things about McNeil Falls. Have to wait 2 years before we can enter the permit lottery again. Many times within feet of huge brown bears.
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
While the mammals were cool, lots of fun birds to see as well. #eagle #magpie #bird #kingfisher #ptarmigan
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Also did a quick camping trip to Denali, managed to see all of the “Big 5” on the trip. #moose #Denali #Dallsheep #wolf #caribou
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Arrived by floatplane, camped by bears with the other permit lottery winners and got up close with bears.
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Back from a trip to McNeil Falls, like Brooks Falls, but MUCH closer to many more bears. #bears #alaska #brooksfalls #mcneilfalls
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Burrowing Owl. This is HIS rock. :)
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
You're approaching middle age Mike... time to try on some Lycra and join us MAMILs (Middle Age Men In Lycra). Then you can start yelling at cars!
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Antelope Island after #MRS2026 finished up to see the bison and burrowing owls! #birds #bison @metastasisresearch.bsky.social
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
A few days of hiking before the Metastasis Research Society meeting @metastasisresearch.bsky.social
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Metastasis Research Society @metastasisresearch.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Kicking off day 2 of the 21st Biennial Congress of the MRS. Looking forward to hearing all the cutting edge metastasis research happening all around the world #MRS2026 #metastasis
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The one I’m waiting on I ran through QED and then addressed the issues, reviewer 3 has no choice but to love it… right?
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Last R01 cycle one of the reviewers had comments that were nearly identical to my test of QED with the grant. More than suspicious.
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Paper #4 in review (been a busy stretch!), examining neuronal control of metastasis. This one is similar to work from @madeleineoudin.bsky.social, so had to change the project direction. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Neuronal innervation of breast cancer promotes metastatic dissemination
Metastasis is a leading cause of mortality in breast cancer patients, yet the signaling promoting metastatic dissemination is not completely understood. Prior literature implicates neuronal innervatio...
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Paper 3 of 4 currently in review - here we used BioID to identify new targets of PTPRH: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Unraveling the role of receptor-like protein tyrosine phosphatase PTPRH in cell signaling regulation and biological processes of non-small cell lung cancer
The balance of protein phosphorylation is often disrupted in cancer, with hyperactivity of kinases and inactivation of phosphatases driving cell proliferation and survival pathways. PTPRH, a protein t...
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Paper 2 of 4 current in review... this one an examination of the genetic control of early pregnancy related mammary gland biology: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Mammary Alveolar Proliferation and Differentiation During Early Pregnancy is Regulated by E2F5
The E2F transcription factors are well-established cell cycle regulators, but their roles in coordinating proliferation and differentiation remain poorly understood. Here, we investigated the function...
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Quick reset with a canoe trip down the Au Sable this weekend.
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Preprint now up for our model of liver metastasis... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #metastasis #cancer #model
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Tumor-derived FXII engages the intrinsic coagulation cascade to support breast cancer liver metastasis.
Metastasis is the leading cause of death in breast cancer, yet the mechanisms controlling organotropism are not well defined. Coagulation has emerged as a biologically relevant contributor to metastat...
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Thank you!!!
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Got up with the sun today to ride the Nembro to Selvino climb that has been on several pro races. 19 epic switchbacks in a 10km 2400foot climb… with a cafe at the top.
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
6km from Monza now! But headed to GRC now, biking part is over.
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Pre-GRC Mammary ride near Bergamo. Biggest climb I’ve done, but tomorrow is a new day… if I could only sleep!
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
My bike ride through the swamp to MSU is always interesting. Today the pair of Hairy Woodpeckers was very busy feeding their fledglings. #birds #michigan #lansing
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Camila dos Santos @caoresco.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
My team is moving the amazing St. Jude Children’s Reseerch Hospital in August and we have 2 postdoctoral positions available to study the intersection between genetics, women’s health, and breast cancer risk. Check it out! talent.stjude.org/careers/JobD...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate - Oncology
Our previous work has uncovered key mechanisms linking systemic changes to tumor initiation, single cell signatures of models of breast normal and cancer development and identified epigenetic and...
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Dangerous running season at MSU now, aggressive geese and sidewalks covered in goose droppings!
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Bird migration hitting us now, 5 different warblers in the swamp I bike past today. Paused there and watched the downy woodpeckers go in and out of a tree, must be a neat since there were bringing lots of bugs.
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The only person in our dept with multiple Cancer Cell papers got several single digit scores but was never funded over the past few years. Taking early retirement. Major loss for us.
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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
We’ve lost a dear friend, colleague, and brilliant scholar, Dr Juliet Daniel (to my left in this photo). She was a McMaster University Distinguished Professor, a proud Barbadian-Canadian, a fierce EDI advocate & a leader of the Canada Caribbean Initiative (CCI). May her soul rest in eternal peace.
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Love meetings in San Diego since I can surf for an hour at dawn and still make it to the meeting in time. #AACR
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
@bot.astronomy.blue signup
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I must have missed checking the box that asked AACR not to give my e-mail to a million companies when I registered for the annual meeting. "Unsubscribe all" needs to be an e-mail function!
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
The getting back part is the tricky part... eh!
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Canadian study section…
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Finishing writing up reviews for study section and oddly excited… but we’re meeting IN PERSON!
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Nice work K2!
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Results?
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
That makes too much sense!
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Put it on the old mount that came with the 5SE and did lunar tracking (other OTA on AM5 and didn’t have time to swap). Manual adjustments every minute or two to keep the region it was supposed to transit in frame, I guess I was the auto guider!
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
International Space Station transiting the moon just a few minutes ago. Not good seeing tonight and angular size was only 35" since the moon was pretty low, but always fun to capture it. Will be sad when it deorbits. #astrophotography #ISS #internationalspacestation
International space station passing in front of the moon
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Eran Andrechek @eranandrechek.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Chenxin, MSU already cut the CMSE bioinformatics training program... but we're trying to set up a workaround since this was the single most attended series of graduate classes. The dean was (is) clueless as to how valuable this was. It literally cost only a single FTE to run.
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