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Morgan Fox

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@cucancerbio.bsky.social studying breast cancer brain metastasis

Morgan Fox @morgan-fox.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I'm excited to share our article in press in Nature Communications, which has been featured as an Editors' Highlight! This project encompasses the bulk of my dissertation research, investigating the role of FGFR1 in ER+ breast cancer brain metastasis.

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Diana Cittelly @cittellylab.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

ER+ brain metastases are common but understudied. We show FGFR1 (via FGF2 and NCAM1 from neurons and astrocytes) drives brain colonization and young and aged models. Proud to be in @natcomms.nature.com Editor’s Highlights! Great job from @morgan-fox.bsky.social and @cittellylab.bsky.social

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Nature Communications @natcomms.nature.com · 05/06/2026

The brain microenvironment modulates FGFR1 activity in a host age-dependent manner to promote estrogen receptor-positive #breastcancer #brainmetastases @cittellylab.bsky.social @morgan-fox.bsky.social @cucancerbio.bsky.social @cucancercenter.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s414...

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Brain FGF2 and NCAM1 contribute to FGFR1-dependent progression of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer brain metastases - Nature Communications

FGFR1 amplifications are associated with risk of late recurrence for estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. Here, the authors show that the brain microenvironment modulates FGFR1 activity in a host...

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Morgan Fox @morgan-fox.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Excited to present my research on ER+ breast cancer brain metastasis at the joint session of #ksNeuroCancer25 and #ksMetastasis25 this morning! @cittellylab.bsky.social @cucancerbio.bsky.social

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Diana Cittelly @cittellylab.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Great talk by @morgan-fox.bsky.social representing the Cittelly Lab at the joint session of #KSMetastasis25 and #KSCancerNeuroscience25

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Mikala Egeblad @megeblad.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Graduate student Morgan Fox gave a very nice talk on how the non-canonical activation of FGFR1 drives brain metastasis of ER+ breast cancer in aged mice (or “non-young” as Devon Lawson diplomatically put it for those of us over 40!) KSMetastasis25

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