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Johanna Joyce Lab

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We are dedicated to understanding and ultimately helping treat cancer Led by @johannajoyce.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social, @ludwigcancer.bsky.social, @fbm-unil.bsky.social www.joycelab.org; agora-cancer.ch/laboratory/joyce-lab

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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Today is #WorldCancerResearchDay ⚕️🧪🔬 A day to recognise researchers and clinicians, and reflect on all those affected by cancer - both patients and their families And a reminder of why we do what we do, and why everyone in our lab is devoted to understanding these diseases and improving outcomes 🙏
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Johanna Joyce Lab @joycelab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Celebrating the many cultures and cuisines that represent our group in beautiful Lausanne 🇨🇭- an amazing international lab dinner with delicious food prepared from around the world! Representing a truly international team of scientists 🙌 🧪🔬 🇨🇭🇪🇸🇫🇷🇮🇹🇲🇽🇵🇹🇨🇦🇺🇸🇪🇬🇳🇱🇮🇳🇵🇭🇩🇪🇮🇪
Joyce lab members, with food prepared from around the world, joining together outside the Agora Cancer Research Center Lausanne
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A fun collection of ideas in #Nature today on how to make lab meetings more engaging, inclusive & useful! Thanks for including our lab’s “flashlight” round in the tips - a simple ritual to give everyone a voice & stay connected to what’s happening across the group 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Twenty-two easy ways to power up your lab meetings
Scientists share help and advice on how they got their research discussions flowing.
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
In this new World View, I was invited by Nature Reviews Cancer to reflect on how women’s experiences in cancer research have changed over the past 25 years - and why increased visibility should not be mistaken for equality Free link: rdcu.be/fwbvV #womeninscience 🧪 @natrevcancer.nature.com
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Who gets told what is impossible?
Nature Reviews Cancer - Twenty-five years after the launch of Nature Reviews Cancer, the experiences of women in cancer research have changed in important ways, with gains in visibility,...
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Ludwig Cancer Research @ludwigcancer.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Ludwig @unil.bsky.social’s @johannajoyce.bsky.social writes in Nature Reviews Cancer’s 25th Anniversary edition about the low representation of women in the senior ranks of cancer research and the policy changes and practices that could help address this persistent disparity. LINK: bit.ly/458OYj6
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Honoured to begin my term as President of the European Association for Cancer Research!

 Excited to support excellent science, create opportunities for the next generation, strengthen connections across our community and ensure #EACR is a vibrant home for cancer research 🧪🙌 @helloeacr.bsky.social
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Cancer Grand Challenges @cancergrand.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
We’re ready for day one of the Cancer Grand Challenges Conference: Cancer and the host at @royalsociety.org 🙌 To those following along remotely, stay tuned for our highlights, insights, and reflections. #CancerGrandChallenges
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Cancer Grand Challenges @cancergrand.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
@johannajoyce.bsky.social gave insight into the practicalities of studying cancer ecosystems, and how closer collaboration between clinics and labs is key to understanding cancer as a systemic disease.
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Ludwig Cancer Research @ludwigcancer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Congratulations to Ludwig @unil.bsky.social’s @johannajoyce.bsky.social, who began her two-year term today as president of the European Association for Cancer Research @helloeacr.bsky.social. bit.ly/4aeMQcD #CanSky #OncoSky
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EACR - European Association for Cancer Research @helloeacr.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
We are thrilled to welcome Professor Johanna Joyce as our new EACR President! Johanna is an award-winning researcher who specialises in the tumour microenvironment at the University of Lausanne & the Ludwig Institute of Cancer Research. We look forward to our next two years together! #EACR2026
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Alberto Hernández Barranco @ahernandezb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
So grateful for the support of the @helloeacr.bsky.social and the Mark Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships to attend the amazing 2026 annual EACR conference 🧪🧫 in Budapest with the @joycelab.bsky.social Already looking forward to the 2027 edition in Bilbao🇪🇸 !
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EACR - European Association for Cancer Research @helloeacr.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Today’s Plenary Session “From Bench to Bedside and Back” features talks from Johanna A Joyce, Yardena Samuels, Gideon Bollag, Darrin Stuart, and Keith Flaherty. #EACR2026
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EACR - European Association for Cancer Research @helloeacr.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Julie Marie Mazet delivers the EACR - @themarkfdn.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Lecture on unlocking CD8+ T cell anti-tumour activity in brain metastasis at #EACR2026
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EACR - European Association for Cancer Research @helloeacr.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Here are a few of our wonderful EACR Ambassadors who helped out at the early career showcase this week. Ambassadors are EACR members who volunteer their time to help in a variety of ways and it's always great to meet them in person - there are over 95 of our ambassadors at #EACR2026 !
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Really enjoying #EACR2026 with many of the Joyce lab members here in force 🙌 Sharing lots of new unpublished data - a privilege as always to present the research of the wonderful scientists in my group today 🤩 Posters today and tmrw if you want to stop by - no's below ⏬ @helloeacr.bsky.social
Photo of Joyce lab members at #EACR2026 Congress in Budapest
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
@carolinewandinger.bsky.social - poster 011 (Tues) @benoitduc.bsky.social - poster 571 (Tues) @ruisantalla.bsky.social - poster 706 (Tues) @ale-matera.bsky.social - poster 668 (Wed) @paolagaruffo.bsky.social - poster 672 (Wed) @joycelab.bsky.social
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
We had a wonderful, wide-ranging discussion at our EACR Board Meeting with incredible colleagues 🤩 It was a pleasure to chair this one, and for us all to brainstorm about new initiatives to bring to our cancer research community 🙌 #EACR2026 #EACRBoard @helloeacr.bsky.social
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Wonderful to randomly come across this mural of Hungarian scientists & Nobel Prize winners - Katalin Karikó & Ferenc Krausz - while wandering the streets of Budapest this morning Feels like an auspicious start for our #EACR2026 Congress! Looking fwd to an exciting week of cancer science ahead 🙌🧪
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Johanna Joyce Lab @joycelab.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
A warm welcome to Andrea Pérez González 🇪🇸, who joins us for her postdoc 🤩 Andrea did her PhD w/ @cedric-blanpain.bsky.social in Belgium, studying the regulation of EMT states in cancer, with exciting work coming out soon 🙌 We’re excited to see what you will discover next in Lausanne, Andrea! 👩🏻‍🔬🔬🧪
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Johanna Joyce Lab @joycelab.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
A fond farewell to our amazing @annagavrilenko.bsky.social who leaves the lab after two wonderful years - as a Master student -> research assistant - and a fantastic collaborator across our team 🤩 🙌 Wishing you all the very best as you start your PhD at the University of Basel - so proud of you! 🎉🥳
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Johanna Joyce Lab @joycelab.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Warmest congratulations to Dr. Rui Santalla Mendez, who recently defended his PhD with flying colours! 🎉🥂🥳 Rui's face says it all - pure happiness 🤩 We’re so proud of you @ruisantalla.bsky.social, and excited to see what comes next! 🙌 @fbm-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Very excited to take on a new role as Co-Director of the Department of Fundamental Oncology at UNIL, w/ my wonderful colleague Tatiana Petrova as Director - looking forward to support ambitious science, strengthen translational collaborations & help train the next generations of cancer researchers!
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A new leadership duo for the Unil Department of Fundamental Oncology
The Unil Department of Fundamental Oncology announces a new governance structure with Prof. Tatiana V. Petrova appointed Director and Prof. Johanna A. Joyce appointed Co-Director, marking a key milest...
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
What should Europe do when demand for #ERC funding keeps rising? Restrict access or invest in excellence? Please read our open letter calling for reconsideration of the ERC 2027 resubmission restrictions & for constructive alternatives that preserve openness Consider to share & sign - see below 🧪
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What should Europe do when demand for its most successful frontier research programme keeps rising? Restrict access, or invest in the excellence it has created? A new open letter, spearheaded by Sara...
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
What does it take to truly understand #cancer in all of its complexity? Delighted to share our Review in Cell "Cancer ecosystems: A dynamic interplay across scales" with Daniela Quail, where we propose a multi-scale framework connecting tumor ecology with physiology 🧪⚕️ www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Adaptmet @adaptmet.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Adaptmet PI Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social is in Barcelona for the Conference “Horizons of Biomedicine” celebrating 20 years of IRB Barcelona @irbbarcelona.org🎉 Great to see Evomet & Adaptmet featured in your presentation—such an inspiring moment! Proud to have you in our network, Johanna🙌
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
What can a 200-year-old whale teach us about cancer? 🐋🤔 Bowhead whales are among the longest-lived mammals on Earth, but they rarely get cancer In a new commentary in Molecular Oncology, @ipaniaguacabana.bsky.social and I discuss a landmark study by Firsanov et al that begins to unravel why.. 🧪🧬🧊
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Long-lived, large-bodied organisms have evolved powerful anticancer mechanisms that preserve cellular and tissue integrity across extended lifespans. A recent study by Firsanov et al. shows that grea...
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catalinarozalen.bsky.social @catalinarozalen.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
A big thank you to @johannajoyce.bsky.social for the opportunity to join this cutting-edge laboratory in the field of the brain tumor microenvironment. I am grateful to work with such excellent scientists in her team 🧠 🐁 Looking forward to the next steps of this journey! 🔬 🧬 👩‍🔬
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catalinarozalen.bsky.social @catalinarozalen.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Excited to share that I have joined the Joyce Lab as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Lausanne - UNIL, in the wonderful environment of the AGORA building in Switzerland🇨🇭
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Johanna Joyce Lab @joycelab.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
A warm welcome to @catalinarozalen.bsky.social 🇪🇸 who joins us for her postdoc 🤩 Catalina did her PhD w/ @tceliaterrassa.bsky.social where she revealed how breast cancer cells license immune evasion during micrometastasis outbreak 🙌 Looking forward to see what you will discover next Catalina! 👩‍🔬🔬🧪
Photo of Catalina Rozalén Miralles, with the Agora Cancer Centre Lausanne in the background
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Johanna Joyce Lab @joycelab.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Congratulations to all the 2026 Mark Foundation Momentum Fellows 🎉🎉 A special shout-out for @dolfibastien.bsky.social from our lab, a very talented and enthusiastic scientist 🤩 Many thanks as always to @themarkfdn.bsky.social for their generous support 🙏 #nextgeneration #cancer #research
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Today is #WorldCancerDay ~1 in 5 people will develop #cancer in their lifetime Each diagnosis affects not just one person, but families, communities, and futures Grateful today for patients, clinicians, researchers & advocates - and to appreciate that progress depends on acting together #WCD2026
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Ludwig Cancer Research @ludwigcancer.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
A team led by Ludwig @unil.bsky.social’s @lbejarano.bsky.social & @johannajoyce.bsky.social has discovered that a protein made by cancer cells, CD13, helps them establish colonies in the brain—identifying a potential drug target for the prevention or treatment of brain metastases. bit.ly/4afX64r
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Tumor-derived CD13 helps cancer cells colonize the brain 🧠🧪🔬 Led by @lbejarano.bsky.social w/ many wonderful collaborators in @joycelab.bsky.social and in Lausanne 🙌 @cp-cellreports.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social @ludwigcancer.bsky.social Article: www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Tumor-derived CD13 helps cancer cells colonize the brain
A new study published in Cell Reports shows that cancer cells activate CD13 to gain a foothold in the brain, long before tumors are established.
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Why do so few cancer cells manage to form metastases - and what helps the rare ones succeed? Delighted to share our first publication of 2026 🎉🎉, led by the outstanding @lbejarano.bsky.social 🤩, where we reveal some insights into this - focusing on brain metastasis 🧠🧪🔬 www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Ludwig Cancer Research @ludwigcancer.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
This essay, co-authored by Ludwig @unil.bsky.social @johannajoyce.bsky.social ,calls for a revitalized strategy for cancer research in Europe, identifying 7 policy priorities ranging from support for basic research & biotech startups to investing in education & cancer prevention. bit.ly/44fFCSw
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Johanna Joyce Lab @joycelab.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Wishing you a very happy holiday season, from our lab to yours!! 🎄❄️⛄🌟 Grateful for everything we were able to celebrate together this year - and looking forward for new discoveries and adventures in 2026 💫
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Very pleased to share our new review "The Evolving Landscape of Brain Metastasis" in @cp-trendscancer.bsky.social 🧠🔬🧪 Grateful to an outstanding team of co-authors, all pioneers in the #brain #metastasis field and to @valientelab.bsky.social for co-leading this 🙏🏻 Link: www.cell.com/trends/cance...
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Johanna Joyce Lab @joycelab.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
A warm welcome to Arnav Sandu, who joins our lab for his MD-PhD research - to study mechanisms of brain tumor recurrence 🧠🔬🎓 Congratulations also for receiving a prestigious Swiss national MD-PhD fellowship - a fantastic start to your PhD journey!! Read more: www.unil.ch/news/en/1765...
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
European cancer research requires renewed urgency Delighted to contribute to this @natcancer.nature.com Commentary where we call for renewed urgency in how Europe supports cancer research, prevention, and innovation - and outline seven strategic priorities to strengthen Europe’s leadership 🧪🔬🇪🇺
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#progress #fundamental #research #prevention #academic #translation #impact #innovators #train #retain #patients | Département d'oncologie fondamentale Unil
🦀𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞. In a new 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓 Commentary, Johanna Joyce joins three other European leaders to call for a bold, unified strategy to speed progress from discovery ...
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Wonderful kick-off meeting this week in Barcelona for our new @adaptmet.bsky.social PhD ITN! So inspiring to meet our 16 new PhD students, welcome new PIs and reconnect with friends from Evomet ITN - a true celebration of diversity and excellence in #metastasis research across Europe 🙌 adaptmet.eu
Group photo of the PhD students and PIs of the ADAPTMET international training network
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EACR - European Association for Cancer Research @helloeacr.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Join us behind the scenes at the EACR Congress! Go inside the decision-making process - how the programme comes together, what the committee looks for in cutting-edge science, and how the meeting sparks the next big ideas in cancer research. magazine.eacr.org/behind-the-s...
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Behind the scenes at the EACR Congress - Episode 26 of The Cancer Researcher Podcast - The Cancer Researcher
In this episode, we go behind the scenes of the Annual Congress of the European Association for Cancer Research, a four day congress dedicated to basic, preclinical and translational cancer research…
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Honored to be among the #HighlyCited2025 researchers - which is truly a testament to the brilliant, dedicated scientists in my lab, and our many generous collaborators in Lausanne and beyond 🙏 @fbm-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social @ludwigcancer.bsky.social clarivate.com/highly-cited...
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Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2025
The Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list identifies and celebrates individuals who have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their fields of research. Through rigorous selection criteria and ...
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fbm-unil.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
💡 A new study in @cp-iscience.bsky.social led by @johannajoyce.bsky.social (@fbm-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social @ludwigcancer.bsky.social) & Jean Hausser (@scilifelab.se @ki.se) tracks how #breast #tumors change over time, cell by cell. ➡️ www.unil.ch/news/1762789...
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Time in the tumor: how cancer and immunity evolve together
By tracking thousands of cells over time, a study in iScience from Johanna Joyce and Jean Hausser exposes how cancer and immunity evolve together and where therapy might strike most effectively. This ...
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
How does the tumor microenvironment change as cancer progresses - & which cells appear, persist, or disappear along the way? Excited to share our new study on the #TME answering this question! Great collaboration with the Hausser lab 🧪🧬🔬 Open access link: www.cell.com/iscience/ful... Read more ⏬
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Study reveals dynamics of breast tumor microenvironment over time | Johanna Joyce posted on the topic | LinkedIn
How does the tumor microenvironment change as cancer progresses — and which cells appear, persist, or disappear along the way? In this new study, a wonderful collaboration with Jean Hausser and his l...
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Ludwig Cancer Research @ludwigcancer.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Researchers led by Ludwig @unil.bsky.social’s @johannajoyce.bsky.social, Spenser Watson and alumnus Jean Hausser have captured the temporal cellular dynamics of the tumor microenvironment over four weeks following tumor induction in a mouse model of breast cancer. bit.ly/4nCzA59 #CanSky #OncoSky
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VIB Training & Conferences @vibtrainconf.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Could understanding how #cancer cells talk to their neighbours help stop the disease? Johanna Joyce, a regular at #VIBConf, will uncover these new ways to predict, prevent, and treat cancer. Join #THPT25 before 26 Nov and decode the therapies that outsmart cancer: vibbio.tech/3Le9oAr #tumorbiology
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Love our university campus in autumn 🍂🧡♥️
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research is making a huge impact - in the US and globally 🙌 Very grateful for their support 🙏 - for an #ASPIRE award that funded our microbiome research, and for two #Momentum Fellows in our lab @lbejarano.bsky.social & @ale-matera.bsky.social @themarkfdn.bsky.social
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Delighted to join the annual #ASEICA cancer research congress in Bilbao 🇪🇸 An exciting agenda sharing our team's science in the opening keynote on Oct 8, joining a "Meet the Expert" on Wed evening, and the "Women Leading Science" roundtable Oct 9 lunchtime @aseica.bsky.social @helloeacr.bsky.social
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Celebrating our annual international lab dinner 🎉 👨🏽‍🍳 🧑🏻‍🍳 We are so fortunate to have this amazing team of motivated scientists, and very talented cooks 🤩 sharing delicious food & culture from around the world 🌍🌎🌏 Grateful for our #international #team 🇮🇹🇫🇷🇨🇦🇪🇸🇨🇭🇬🇧🇪🇬🇩🇪🇵🇹🇲🇽🇮🇪 - this truly enriches our science 🙏 🙌
Photo of all our team members at our international lab dinner, with some of the dishes at the front of the picture
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