City of Hope Cancer Center Phoenix hosted a ribbon-cutting to introduce City of Hope to the Arizona community and celebrate its surgical center expansion.

Learn more: cityofhope.org/city-hope-canc…

Come check out this exciting webinar tomorrow!

Graduating w/ your bachelor's in biology?Looking for a gap-year internship in #brain #research ? The Ivy Internship is a #full -time #paid #internship connecting #research into clinical practice & patient outcomes in the clinic before starting #medicalschool bit.ly/3VWIXCG

🔬 Meet Caleb Shaffer, a research associate and IVY Clinical Year Intern working on a project to identify genetic signatures of the vulnerability of therapeutic compounds in Glioblastoma, a fast-growing and aggressive brain tumor, also known as GBM. 🧠

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At the 2024 Great Debates & Updates meeting, Joseph Mikhael, MD, TGen, City of Hope, evaluates whether #QuadrupletTherapy should be the standard-of-care treatment for patients with #MM who are transplant-eligible vs transplant-ineligible. Learn more: hmpgloballearningnetwork.com/site/onc/confe… Joseph Mikhael

TGen's very own postdoctoral fellow, Annika Vannan, Ph.D., shared her recent work on spatial transcriptomics and cancer genomics. Vannan is a member of the Nick Banovich & and her analysis reveals pathology-specific alveolar niches in pulmonary fibrosis. Great work Dr. Vannan! 👏

The 2024 AACR conference was a huge success. The future of cancer research continues to evolve and push innovation and collaboration. Thank you to everyone who attended the networking events, meet and greets, poster presentations and stopped by the City of Hope booth.

Congratulations to the recently selected TBLA participants! These 20 high school students will have the opportunity to explore TGen, opportunities, and careers within bioscience. We cannot wait to have them on-site in June!

Great to run into a legend in oncology Dr. Dan Von Hoff TGen City of Hope at the AACR #AACR24 President’s Reception in San Diego.

🔎 A quick Q + A with TGen scientist, Brandon Fischer in the Nick Banovich Lab 🔬

Ever wondered what a scientist does in everyday life? Step inside TGen for a tour to see the great research being done at the bench, in bioinformatics and more.

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Meet and Greet with Renowned Faculty - Michael Berens, Ph.D. at AACR.

Dr. Berens is a lead scientist in the world of brain tumor research. His work focuses on invasion biology, treatment development, and correlative studies to clinical trials. Be sure to stop by and connect.

Congrats to Nancy Hanley Eriksson, photographed w/Dr. Von Hoff, who was presented w/ the John S. McCain Award which recognizes individuals whose leadership & dedication have made a significant impact in the fight against cancer & helping patients worldwide bit.ly/43Pvv5s

Congrats Kevin Conroy, Chairman & CEO of Exact Sciences, who was presented the John S. McCain Award which recognizes individuals whose leadership & dedication has made a significant impact in the fight against cancer & helping patients worldwide. bit.ly/49rYaP2

TGen is proud to be a participant and attendee at the annual AACR conference. TGen Researchers will begin presenting their posters on Sunday, April 7.
Be sure to stop by the City of Hope booth #1605 to learn more about TGen, our work, and opportunities to connect.

TGen researchers have identified genes that appear to drive the progression of MASLD liver disease and MASH. Formerly known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, MASLD affects about 30% of the global population, a number that is expected to nearly double by 2040.

In this episode of TGen Talks, we explore the overlooked yet vital world of skin cancer prevention and treatment with Dr. Aleksandar Sekulic. Our skin, the body's largest organ, often takes a back seat in discussions about cancer. Listen at bit.ly/4agD9Z0

Congrats to Barrow researchers Rita Sattler & Dr Lauren Gittings & their TGen collaborators on their Department of Defense 🇺🇸 grant to follow up on their findings of an erroneous genetic sequence, known as a cryptic exon, in specific cells in #ALS & #FTD . Learn more: bar.rw/3xnd4cc

In a recent interview on Arizona PBS, Dave Engelthaler, Ph.D., shared recent findings about #valleyfever . Initially thought to be caused by dust storms or weather, may be caused by contaminated soil.

Learn more about Arizona's diseases - Valley Fever
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Dr. Nick Banovich and team identified disease interaction expression quantitative trait loci and showed that this class of associations is more likely to be cell-type-specific and linked 🔗 to cellular dysregulation in pulmonary #fibrosis . T Gen

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