The National Leiomyosarcoma Foundation is pleased to announce that it will be funding a two-year LMS research grant for 2026-2027. Please see the following link for information on applying, and we look forward to receiving your LMS-specific proposals! leiomyosarcoma.info/general-resear…

Strong argument for inclusion of patients with advanced dedifferentiated liposarcoma in trials: Experimental therapy results in better overall survival (37.9 vs 10.4 months; p=0.01) compared to doxorubicin-based therapy in retrospective real-world series doi.org/10.1186/s12885…

🚀 We just launched the brand-new #KinaseLibrary website, directly connected to the recently released Python package! Explore kinase-substrate relationships, run enrichment analyses, and visualize phosphoproteomics data—no coding required! kinase-library.phosphosite.org The Kinase Library

RFP for LMS-specific grant proposals: Submission to the National Leiomyosarcoma Foundation. Details here: leiomyosarcoma.info/general-resear…

tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Our review paper on rare GIST is out! 🧬#GIST #sarcoma Leonidas Mavroeidis Andrea Napolitano Robin Lewis Jones The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Taylor & Francis Research Insights

With NIH cuts making research funding harder to secure, CRI is stepping up! We’re committing $2.5M to support 10 additional postdocs so that promising #CancerResearch doesn’t get left behind. Learn more: bit.ly/4iEQNsJ

Congratulations to Favour Akabogu Akabogu Favour for being awarded the Vertex Biomedical Science Career Scholarship! Favour also won FIRST PRIZE for her oral presentation on #gastrointestinalstromaltumor #sarcoma at the New England Science Symposium New England Science Symposium!

Kudos to Kashmir hometown hero Banday Shahid for this great profile of his work and career in sarcoma research! The future of #sarcoma research is bright, congratulations Shahid! risingkashmir.com/kashmir-born-s…

🧬 Genetic Predisposition in Sarcoma Up to 20% #sarcoma may be assoc. with predisposition genes In our 📝 we review evidence on genetic predis. & how it may influence Rx decisions & management inc. surgery, radiotherapy, systemic Rx & surveillance 1/4 thelancet.com/journals/eclin…

Congratulations to Yi-Hsuan Hsieh on passing her qualifying exam UMass Chan Medical School and advancing to PhD Candidacy in the SarcomaLab! We’re inspired by your dedication to transformative #Sarcoma research!

Another study- my recent work on Friedreich Ataxia just went online! UMass Chan Medical School With a targeted RNAi screen, we uncovered ROCK1/2 as key epigenetic silencers of FXN. jneurosci.org/content/early/… #FriedreichAtaxia #frataxinreactivation #DrugRepurposing

Terrific spotlight by UMass Chan Medical School on PhD candidate Akabogu Favour highlighting Favour’s outstanding accomplishments and work on #sarcoma & #GIST, and well-deserved accolades for her research and presentations! umassmed.edu/news/news-arch…

PhD candidate Favour Akabogu is working to develop new therapies for a rare type of sarcoma called gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), a tumor that develops throughout the gastrointestinal tract: brnw.ch/21wTruo #StudentSpotlight #Research #PhD Matt Hemming

🗣️ We're hiring a Director of Preclinical Research! This is an exciting opportunity for an oncology R&D leader to make a tangible impact in the lives of patients in urgent need of new treatment options. More info: chordoma.org/team/careers/

Read Pukkila-Worley, MD, is the new director of the MD/PhD program: direc.to/n8PN Dr. Pukkila-Worley has mentored dozens of MD/PhD graduate students since joining UMass Chan Medical School in 2014. The Pukkila-Worley Lab is also @rpwlab.bsky.social studies host-pathogen interactions and bacterial pathogenesis. UMass Chan MD/PhD Program

July is #SarcomaAwarenessMonth. This year, Michelle Cormier-Del Orbe, a #UMassMemorial patient diagnosed with stage 4 Malignant PEComa, made it her mission to illuminate the Burns Memorial Bridge in Shrewsbury/Worcester... and, she did it! #LightUpForSarcoma 📸: Joan Sanders

We are hiring CU Cancer Center for #sarcoma faculty! Lots of patients, cutting edge clinical trials, a phenomenal multidisciplinary team, and all this with beautiful mountains to play in! DM me for details and feel free to share!