I am very excited to share some of my PhD work in the Heinrichlab recently published in #PLOSCompBio, in which we explore what forces drive immune cell spreading during phagocytosis: dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…

Happy Stem Cell Awareness day to everyone! 🎉 At UCDavis Health we have 51 stem cell and/or gene therapy clinical trials ongoing & over 20 in the pipeline. Thank you to each member of our team and to every patient in these trials, and their families,for paving the way to cures.🙏

I wrote up a summary of my recent publication from my PhD work in the Heinrichlab, aiming to make it accessible to a broader audience. If you're interested, take a look and let me know what you think! emmetfrancis.com/blog/how-do-im…

Last day of #BMES!! Check out Aakanksha Jha’s talk in the Biomaterials for immuneEngineering session at 3! So so proud of my Justin Silberman and Holly Ryan for sharing our work!! Our 2nd BMES as a lab and we’re getting the hang of it!

My experimental work on frustrated phagocytosis from the Heinrichlab is out! The original experiments were conducted by Hugh Xiao, then continued by Lay Heng Teng, both undergraduates in the lab a few years back. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Team science in ⁦PNASNews⁩ ! Grateful to ⁦Katherine Griffin⁩ ,⁦Kent Leach⁩ ⁦Gaby Loots⁩ ,other co-auths ⁦UCDavisMedSchool⁩ ⁦UC Davis Department of Orthopaedic Surgery⁩ ⁦UCD Biomedical Eng⁩ ⁦UCD School of Veterinary Medicine⁩ ⁦UC Davis Health⁩ for support! pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Incredible research in cancer treatment! Our team UC Davis Health has developed engineered bone marrow (eBM) that could revolutionize the way we approach #osteosarcoma. Kudos to the team Kent Leach R. Lor Randall Katherine Griffin Gaby Loots & Dr. Thorpe. health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines…

Great example of how UCDavisMedSchool research offers hope for those suffering from diseases with inadequate treatments. Bravo @kentleach5 R. Lor Randall UC Davis Department of Orthopaedic Surgery #osteohttps://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer/news/headlines/engineered-bone-marrow-shows-promise-as-cancer-treatment/2023/09

Reminder to submit your abstracts before the ⌛️⌛️⌛️ November 1 deadline to be considered for an oral presentation! Apply today: grc.org/immunoengineer…

Engineered Bone Marrow Shows Preclinical Potential in Osteosarcoma R. Lor Randall UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Cent #oncology onclive.com/view/engineere…

Catch me at ORS! Poster Monday morning, talk Monday afternoon. Details in the flyer. Proud to help rep UC Davis Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Leach Lab!

And that’s a wrap for 2024 Gordon Conf for Immunoengineering! Had the best time meeting some old friends and making some new. Also, extremely honored to have had the chance to present my work both at the GRC and the GRS! Will be missing waking up to the gorgeous Tuscan views 🏔️

The Tuscan views were only rivaled by the engaging science and brilliant people ❤️🇮🇹 Had a truly wonderful time at the 2024 2024 Gordon Conf for Immunoengineering catching up with new and old friends. It was just the inspiration I needed for the final push to finish my PhD this summer 👩‍🔬👩‍💻

It was an absolute privilege to host Cigall Kadoch internationally renowned scientist from Harvard Medical School for the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Cent Distinguished Speakers in #Oncology series. Dr. Kadoch delivered an outstanding lecture on her groundbreaking studies in #chromatin and #epigenetics.

3D printing has arrived to the Leach Lab! Thanks for the new toy @kentleach5 👩‍🔬

Congratulations to Katherine Griffin for an outstanding thesis defense! She has done excellent work on #osteosarcoma in the Leach Lab and UCD Immunology graduate group. She is heading back to UC Davis Veterinary Medicine now to make a difference for our canine patients!

1 doctorate down, 1 doctorate to go #PhDone #dualdegree #dvmphd