The Jackson Laboratory Cancer Center
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@theNCI-designated @jacksonlab Cancer Center (est. 1983) aims to discover precise genomic solutions for cancer by making basic discoveries with human impact.
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🎉 Congratulations to the 2024 recipients of The Jackson Laboratory Cancer Center's Brooks Scholar Award: Drs. Abate Bashaw, Maeva Devoucox and Rama Ramasamy!
This fellowship for postdoctoral associates at The Jackson Laboratory supports research at the intersection of #aging and #cancer .
🧬 At the forefront of research involving long-read sequence data, JAX's Christine R. Beck & Peter Audano discuss how adjustments to the technical and analytical infrastructure are needed to make the most of this data in their recent @GenomeResearch paper: bit.ly/48sW8xR
Unable to attend the #2024MCGIForum in person? Sign up as a virtual attendee today and join us from the comfort of your home or office.
📣 Don't miss out on our mystery giveaway! The last day to enter is March 1st.
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📉 Age-related research at JAX is discussed in this Bottom Line Inc article — particularly studies with Rapamycin (mTOR), an enzyme that has several age-related effects, including the suppression of autophagy:
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🧬 Read the latest challenges in interpreting complex #genomic cancer profiles & the improvements needed to overcome them in a Technology Networks article from JAX Assoc Dir, Clinical Genome Informatics Products Sara Patterson & Sr Clinical Analyst Cara Statz:
technologynetworks.com/tn/articles/fo…
Spread the news! Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation will support the training of a new generation of researchers in #reproductivescience together with SSR and fir.mbl.edu. SSR Trainees FIR
📽️ WATCH: Our team at The Jackson Laboratory empowers clinicians to improve patient outcomes through innovative educational programs and resources on #Genomics and #PrecisionMedicine .
Learn more at jax.org/ccep!
📣 Exciting news! The The Jackson Laboratory Cancer Center and American Cancer Society are teaming up to send ACS-funded trainees to attend JAX Genomic Education's 'Workshop on Techniques in Modeling Human Cancer in Mice' and 'Annual #Cancer Short Course' this year. Learn more at jax.org/CancerCourses!
🏆 JAX's Duygu Ucar, PhD has been selected as one of 49 award recipients for research and entrepreneurship in health span science is through the Hevolution Foundation — Geroscience Research Opportunities (HF-GRO) program: bit.ly/3wa3mcq
We are thrilled to have published our recent findings regarding the way that GBM tumours adapt to, and survive, treatment in Genome Biology. This brief thread highlights what we found: 1/8
📣 Exciting news! The The Jackson Laboratory Cancer Center and American Cancer Society are teaming up to send ACS-funded trainees to attend JAX Genomic Education's 'Workshop on Techniques in Modeling Human Cancer in Mice' and 'Annual #Cancer Short Course' this year. Learn more at jax.org/CancerCourses!
Now accepting poster abstracts for the 2024 MCGI Forum!
Open to JAX researchers, students, clinicians, and more. Share your insights on basic, translational, or clinical topics related to cancer.
👉 Submit here: thejacksonlaboratory.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4H…
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#STEM TEACHERS: Do you want to develop your students' skills in #bioinformatics , data analysis, and independent investigation? Check out our Cancer Genetics module pathway on LabXchange, featuring lessons on #cancer risk, inheritance, and genetic testing: labxchange.org/library/pathwa…
Very excited that our paper is out (with Jan Martinek Palucka Lab Brad Krasnick Ryan Fields WashU Surgery Richard Flavell and many others The Jackson Laboratory Cancer Center Siteman Cancer Center Yale Cancer Center).
Looking forward to future immuno-oncology studies using this and other novel humanized platforms!
👏 Teaching the Genome Generation™ (TtGG) at The Jackson Laboratory has made a significant impact in New England high schools with 276 teachers trained and 22,152 students educated in lab skills, #bioinformatics & #bioethics !
Check out TtGG classroom implementations between 2015 – 2023:
Discover how #CancerImmunotherapy is transforming cancer treatment by empowering the body's immune system to fight back against cancer cells.
👇Check out the most common types of cancer immunotherapies below.
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Expand your knowledge about #cancer biology by enrolling in this The Jackson Laboratory online course!
➡️ Explore key hallmarks of cancer
➡️ Understand how cancer develops
➡️ Learn about driver & passenger mutations
➡️ Discover types of cancer inheritance
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