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Taru Muranen lab

@tarumur.bsky.social
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We study tumor stroma interactions in my lab at BIDMC at Boston, and are big fans of fibroblasts and ECM. Opinions are my own!

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Taru Muranen lab @tarumur.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Happy news for our paper which is out today describing a noncanonical function fir the tyrosine degradation enzyme FAH in breast cancer | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A noncanonical function of the tyrosine degradation enzyme FAH drives CDK4/6 inhibitor resistance in breast cancer
Resistance to standard-of-care therapies remains a major clinical challenge in the treatment of the most common breast cancer, the hormone receptor–positive (HR+) subtype. Cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 ...
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Taru Muranen lab @tarumur.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
And it is finally officially out and about.
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American Cancer Society @americancancersoc.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
5. Another @natcellbio.nature.com paper, this time from senior author @tarumur.bsky.social, reporting on the identification of a novel role for cancer-associated fibroblasts in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas. Dr. Muranen is one of six ACS grantee authors on the paper. doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Cancer-associated fibroblasts regulate DNA repair in pancreatic cancer through NDRG1-mediated R-loop processing - Nature Cell Biology
Kozlova et al. report a functional role for NDRG1 in regulating R-loops and DNA repair, thereby linking cancer-associated fibroblast-derived extracellular matrix to chemotherapy responses in pancreati...
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Taru Muranen lab @tarumur.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Our project of ten years is finally out today @natcellbio.nature.com. Huge thanks for the tour de force to first author @nina-kozlova.bsky.social and all the co-authors, collaborators, and of course the whole Muranen lab. rdcu.be/ffBUb
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Cancer-associated fibroblasts regulate DNA repair in pancreatic cancer through NDRG1-mediated R-loop processing
Nature Cell Biology - Kozlova et al. report a functional role for NDRG1 in regulating R-loops and DNA repair, thereby linking cancer-associated fibroblast-derived extracellular matrix to...
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Taru Muranen lab @tarumur.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Happy to post this online-first article published in @aacrjournals.bsky.social Molecular Cancer Research by the talented (and recently graduated!) Dr. Hanna Doh @hannadoh.bsky.social ! aacrjournals.org/mcr/article/...
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Interaction of NDRG1 and TGM2 modulates DNA replication and repair
Abstract. In tumor cells, DNA replication is constantly challenged by endogenous and exogenous sources, referred to as replication stress, and various pathways have evolved to mitigate this stress in ...
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Taru Muranen lab @tarumur.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Happy to celebrate #WomenInScience and @kaylacruzer.bsky.social in particular who defended her PhD beautifully yesterday from #Harvard BBS program! Amazing job and packed room too!!!
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Taru Muranen lab @tarumur.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Such an amazing day yesterday, my first student defended her PhD thesis beautifully. Congratulations Dr. Hanna Doh @hannadoh.bsky.social !!!
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Taru Muranen lab @tarumur.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
This is pretty cool...
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Taru Muranen lab @tarumur.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Oh the irony... The lead pic from a lab and the whole institution they just gave stop work orders.. though I do love organoids so yay for that... www.nih.gov/news-events/...
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NIH to prioritize human-based research technologies
New initiative aims to reduce use of animals in NIH-funded research.
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Taru Muranen lab @tarumur.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
So so happy for you, especially in these times of frequent gloom, this is such great news, makes me very happy! Go Violet!
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Taru Muranen lab @tarumur.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Please please colleagues in other states, write to your representatives, the link is below through AACR.
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Taru Muranen lab @tarumur.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
@alextoker.bsky.social @piskounovalab.bsky.social @bdmanning.bsky.social @dibblelab.bsky.social and @tarumur.bsky.social all standing up for science
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Taru Muranen lab @tarumur.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Stand up for science Boston!!!
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Taru Muranen lab @tarumur.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
We (me and lab) will be showing up in Boston, come join tomorrow Friday at Boston Common 12pm if you care about the future of science and in our case cancer research!!!
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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 10/02/2025
Petition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap initiated by Tom Maniatis. Please amplify Sign the Petition: chng.it/kK2HMP5pGk "Share with Leadership & Faculty. Reach out to professional societies, biotech and pharma leaders, and philanthropic organizations to raise awareness and mobilize support."
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Petition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap (NOT-OD-25-068)
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Michael Hendricks 🇨🇦 @michaelhendricks.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
There are legit criticisms of IDCs and how they are negotiated, but cutting infrastructural and administrative support to 1/4-1/6 of what it was overnight is a devastating assault on universities and US biomedical research.
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Bio-protocol @bio-protocol.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
An Optimized Protocol for Simultaneous Propagation of Patient-derived Organoids and Matching CAFs Work by Jenny Högström (@jennyhogstrom.bsky.social) and Taru Muranen (@tarumur.bsky.social) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. #LifeSciences #Reproducibility #CancerBiology
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Taru Muranen lab @tarumur.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Happy holidays from our labs to yours, and we were happily surprised by the snow as well (and the gigantic snow men at HMS)!!!
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Taru Muranen lab @tarumur.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Our VERY detailed protocol of generating HR+ breast cancer organoids and matching CAFs is out: bio-protocol.org/e5160 This is a follow-up to @jennyhogstrom.bsky.social last paper, just with more details to help everyone generate these organoid CAF co-cultured and to move cancer research forward!
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Taru Muranen lab @tarumur.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
First post ever here, to celebrate my amazing lab and their recent achievements!
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