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Eli Van Allen @vanallenlab.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Relatedly - there really is *so much* to be optimistic about, regularly inspired by folks like Jett who will improve the way we care for people everywhere

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Eli Van Allen @vanallenlab.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Thinking about the way of the world, a chat ~25 years ago about a new camp for kids whose parents have cancer, and (soon-to-be) Dr. Jett Crowdis today He shares his motivations in medicine, the link to Camp Kesem, and our science in @harvard.edu Gazette news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

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The boy had just lost his dad to cancer. Jett Crowdis listened. — Harvard Gazette

Harvard Medical School graduate found his calling in a connection forged while serving as a camp counselor.

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Eli Van Allen @vanallenlab.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Thanks @danafarber.bsky.social @broadinstitute.org for the uniquely supportive + collaborative environments to pursue this work, NIH / NCI / PICI / Novartis + more for the research funding, & most importantly to the patients who continue to inspire by agreeing to these research programs...

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Eli Van Allen @vanallenlab.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Here's our latest - jointly with @rhaq1.bsky.social lab & co-lead by Drs. Schiantarelli, Benamar, Park et al - studying why some tumors stop responding to immunotherapy. This continues to be a tough puzzle to solve, but important for science & patients alike...

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Vijay G. Sankaran @bloodgenes.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

While on clinical service recently, I saw many children who were severely ill due to cancer, flu, and other causes. Sadly this move will mean that healthcare access for many children will be lost, as our institutions suffer from the loss of this critical support: grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

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NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD

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Eli Van Allen @vanallenlab.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Thank you for the kind and thoughtful work!

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Eli Van Allen @vanallenlab.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Tons of team science here, based on data from heroic kids + their families... Also...check out Riaz's new lab (website): gillanilab.dana-farber.org + Ryan's original tweetorial on the preprint: x.com/RyanLCollins... + @danafarbernews.bsky.social press release: www.dana-farber.org/newsroom/new...

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Gillani Lab - Computational Pediatric Cancer Research

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Derek Thompson @dkthomp.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random. Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea

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Molecular Oncology Almanac @moalmanac.org · 06/12/2024

Our December knowledge base release is now out! With these two recent FDA approvals, we now have curated over 1,000 records🥳 Explore through our browser at moalmanac.org

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Molecular Oncology Almanac @moalmanac.org · 25/11/2024

Hello world! We're a paired knowledge base and algorithm for precision cancer medicine, based out of the @vanallenlab.bsky.social within @danafarber.bsky.social in #Boston #MA. You can learn more about us at moalmanac.org!

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The Molecular Oncology Almanac

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Sasha Gusev @sashagusevposts.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I wrote about the National Institutes of Health and the various serious and unserious proposals for NIH reform that have been floating around. It is important to understand how this agency actually functions and point criticism at the right problems. A short 🧵:

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Distinguishing real from invented problems with the NIH

How does the NIH work and where does it work well?

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Eli Van Allen @vanallenlab.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

Great panel on AI in cancer research at the US Senate, led by Ned Sharpless and organized by Senators Rounds, Schumer, Heinrich, and Young - key engagement & thoughts from the organizers and other Senators, and a chance to share our exciting work at Dana-Farber and beyond!

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Eli Van Allen @vanallenlab.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

Here, we built biologically interpretable computer vision models for H&E + mIF images to learn key tumor and immune microenvironmental states in kidney cancer that also inform immunotherapy response - congrats Drs. Nyman, Signoretti, Choueiri et al! www.cell.com/cell-reports...

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Eli Van Allen @vanallenlab.bsky.social · 19/09/2023

Rarely are my LA childhood/living experiences helpful around here, but I just talked someone starting a lab in Children's Hospital LA out of "living by the beach and commuting to that part of Sunset" Feels like I did something important, still shook by the potential catastrophe

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