TODAY IS MAY 17, WORLD NF AWARENESS DAY! Today's the day we unite our voices around the country and around the world and #MAKENFVISIBLE! Visit makenfvisible.org for more NF facts, Stories of NF, infographics & brochures, videos, and so much more!

In honor of NF Awareness Month, the iconic Empire State Building glows blue & green TONIGHT! From sunset to 2AM, the most famous building in the NYC skyline will Shine a Light on NF! Visit ctf.org/shinealight for a list of the participating locations! #endnf #makenfvisible

Congratulations to Lindy Zhang, MD PhD (now MD PhD) on completing a PhD in cellular and molecular medicine while a pediatric oncology fellow ! An incredible privilege to mentor her thru the past 5 years! 🎓🎉 Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Johns Hopkins Medicine CMM JHU

#NFAwareness month at the Johns Hopkins Medicine dome tonight and all month! So thankful for the work so many brilliant people are doing here to #cureNF Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Neurofibromatosis Therapeutic Acceleration Program

MRA and National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention want to raise awareness about the importance of skin cancer prevention through the “Don’t Fry Day” campaign. Friday, May 24th, has been designated as “Don’t Fry Day” – a national effort to encourage everyone to protect their skin as they head outdoors.

The iconic Johns Hopkins University Dome is lit up in blue and green every night of May in recognition of #NFAwarenessMonth, the amazing people we are honored to partner with, those living with #NF and the activities the JHU Comprehensive #Neurofibromatosis Center. #EndNF #NFAwareness

I’m extremely excited to announce that on June 26th 2024 we will hold the KRASKickers @ Johns Hopkins event! We will talk about our efforts to make KRAS mutant cancers curable! Please share and join! shorturl.at/CUgMm

A fantastic thesis seminar today by rock star pediatric oncology fellow and PhD candidate Ruyan Rahnama. Congratulations Ruyan and proud mentor Bonifant Lab. CAR NK cells for AML… manuscript coming soon. CMM JHU Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Johns Hopkins Children's Center next stop UCSF!

**PRESS RELEASE** The 2024 Global NF Conference is the foremost assembly defining the scientific and medical future of the genetic conditions neurofibromatosis & schwannomatosis (known collectively as NF). ctf.org/news/2024-glob… #EndNF #nfresearch #nfcon24

Excited to share our labs research on targeted therapy for MPNST (Ava Wang); characterization of the immune microenvironment Lindy Zhang, MD PhD ; and the JH NF Biospecimen repository Stavriani Makri, MD at the NF conf in Brussels #NFcon24 #EndNF Children's Tumor Fdn Neurofibromatosis Therapeutic Acceleration Program Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center

Exciting talk by Sara Gosline Gosline from PNNL on using model systems data to enable AI assisted drug response predictions … Children's Tumor Fdn #EndNF #NFcon24 Also.. cool enough to wear a party hat to celebrate a friends birthday 🥳 well done Dr Gosline !

🚨🚨The 4th Annual #NFYIF Call for Abstracts is officially OPEN! Are you a Jr Faculty, Fellow, Post Doc, or PhD student conducting active research in #NF? Submit your work for a chance to go to Baltimore in Dec! Deadline Sept 9: ce.ceconcepts.com/NFYIFsubmit Children's Tumor Fdn #NFYIF24

Help us spread awareness about #sarcoma by sharing this post during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. #CureSarcoma #cancer

#ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth 🎗️ #GoGold with us this month to support Alex's legacy by honoring children in treatment, childhood cancer survivors, and those who have lost their lives to pediatric cancer. Please share this post consider donating this month to help support