15 years ago I was a student of the fabled Gene Expression course at Cold Spring Harbor. Today I returned as a lecturer. Full circle. Awesome science. Awesome people. Thanks to JDowen Lab and @GuertinLab for the invitation!

Want to do awesome NCI Funded Cancer Genetics and Genomics research in the Caribbean? Come join the Franco Lab in beautiful Puerto Rico! We are looking for Bioinformatics Scientists, Research Scientists, and a Lab Manager. Message me or visit our website thefrancolab.org

Please spread the word! UNC Biostatistics UNC Public Health and UNC Genetics UNC School of Medicine are recruiting a tenure-track assistant professor to engage in statistical genetics/genomics methodological and collaborative research Apply here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/265030 Details below 👇

We are excited to have Dr. Hector L. Franco, PhD and Dr. Victoria Bae-Jump join us as the cancer research experts for "Boo-Yah!" this year! Click the link to learn more about them! booyah.v.org

Morning vibes at Cold Spring Harbor Lab 🧪 🧫 🥼

On the way to NYC to celebrate the life of Staurt Scott (ESPN) and raise funding for the V Foundation for acancer Research! booyah.v.org

Our researchers are all in. 😤 Hector L. Franco, PhD

Amazing to be in NYC to celebrate the life of Stuart Scott (of ESPN) and share the stage with Sage Steele and Dr. Victoria Bae-Jump to raise money for the V Foundation for Cancer Research! The V Foundation for Cancer Research

The Univ of Chicago is cool! Great science , awesome architecture! Fun to visit the Dept of ObGyn and talk about the Franco Lab Ovarian Cancer Research 🔬 🧫!

Great time hosting Benjamin Vincent and alex rubinsteyn at the University of Puerto Rico Cancer Center Scientific Congress. They gave an awesome session on Artificial Intelligence in Cancer Research. They also suvived Ziplining over top of the convention center! 💪🏽🔬🇵🇷

Congrats to Matt Regner (he/him) for completing his PhD today! He did stellar work in the Franco Lab focused defining oncogenic gene expression programs using single cell genomics. Its great to be back at UNC to visit with old friends and collaborators. Shout out to@natstann her support!

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#OnlineFirst in the Computational Cancer Biology and Technology section—CRISPR Screening of Transcribed Super-Enhancers Identifies Drivers of #TNBC Progression, by Hector L. Franco, PhD et al. bit.ly/4cJPWU0 Matt Regner (he/him) UNC Lineberger #CompBio

Thrilled to share the newest publication from the Franco Lab 🎉 We uncovered key regulatory mechanisms involving transcriptional enhancers that drive the aggressive nature of Breast Cancer. Using CRISPRi assays, RNA-seq, and Hi-C chromatin mapping! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39186674/

Funding academic research is essential for advancing human health. Today, we published our NIH-funded project, which annotates enhancer-to-silencer switching events in breast cancer using single-cell multi-omics #scRNAseq #scATACseq #cancerresearch cell.com/cell-genomics/…

I had a great time sitting down with the editors at Cell Genomics for a Q&A about my journey as a scientist and the unique opportunity to do research in Puerto Rico. Grateful for the chance to share my experiences and highlight our cancer research! cell.com/cell-genomics/…