Débora Vendramini-Costa, Ph.D
@debvendramini.bsky.social
Pancreatic Tumor Microenvironment, immunosuppression and Fibroblasts + ECM. Assistant Scientist and co-Leader of the Vendramini-Francescone Lab at Henry Ford Pancreatic Cancer Center, HFH+Michigan State University, Detroit-MI. Breast cancer survivor 💪🏽
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Hello 🦋! @rafrancescone.bsky.social and I co-lead a lab focused in dissecting mechanisms by how the tumor microenvironment in pancreatic cancer is created and sustained. This is especially important since most of the bulk pancreatic tumor is composed by stromal components and it is very fibrotic 1/
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#AACRPan25 @theaacr.bsky.social
Being a #ProudisimaPI & the opportunity of becoming a #ProudisimaColleague
is the best feeling ever!
#pancreaticcancer #foxchasecancercenter @jayeperview.bsky.social @debvendramini.bsky.social @saumyamarumdphd.bsky.social #AlexDolskii @brookepereira.bsky.social
Being a #ProudisimaPI & the opportunity of becoming a #ProudisimaColleague
is the best feeling ever!
#pancreaticcancer #foxchasecancercenter @jayeperview.bsky.social @debvendramini.bsky.social @saumyamarumdphd.bsky.social #AlexDolskii @brookepereira.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
#AACRPan25 @theaacr.bsky.social
Being a #ProudisimaPI & the opportunity of becoming a #ProudisimaColleague
is the best feeling ever!
#pancreaticcancer #foxchasecancercenter @jayeperview.bsky.social @debvendramini.bsky.social @saumyamarumdphd.bsky.social #AlexDolskii @brookepereira.bsky.social
Being a #ProudisimaPI & the opportunity of becoming a #ProudisimaColleague
is the best feeling ever!
#pancreaticcancer #foxchasecancercenter @jayeperview.bsky.social @debvendramini.bsky.social @saumyamarumdphd.bsky.social #AlexDolskii @brookepereira.bsky.social
Amazing talk by Dr Jaye Gardiner @jayeperview.bsky.social new PI at Tufts University, on the biology of ECM/CAFs in pancreatic cancer. I’m so proud of you, Jaye!
October 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Amazing talk by Dr Jaye Gardiner @jayeperview.bsky.social new PI at Tufts University, on the biology of ECM/CAFs in pancreatic cancer. I’m so proud of you, Jaye!
10 faculty positions!
Henry Ford + MSU is seeking up to 10 CANCER researchers to join our Detroit campus, who will collaborate closely with scientists and clinicians across MSU and Henry Ford Health.
henryfordmsu.infoready4.com#freeformComp...
Henry Ford + MSU is seeking up to 10 CANCER researchers to join our Detroit campus, who will collaborate closely with scientists and clinicians across MSU and Henry Ford Health.
henryfordmsu.infoready4.com#freeformComp...
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henryfordmsu.infoready4.com
July 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
10 faculty positions!
Henry Ford + MSU is seeking up to 10 CANCER researchers to join our Detroit campus, who will collaborate closely with scientists and clinicians across MSU and Henry Ford Health.
henryfordmsu.infoready4.com#freeformComp...
Henry Ford + MSU is seeking up to 10 CANCER researchers to join our Detroit campus, who will collaborate closely with scientists and clinicians across MSU and Henry Ford Health.
henryfordmsu.infoready4.com#freeformComp...
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The new Defense department budget erases $20 MILLION DOLLARS for pancreatic cancer research. $20,000,000 gone, for a disease with a 5-year survival rate of 13%.
March 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The new Defense department budget erases $20 MILLION DOLLARS for pancreatic cancer research. $20,000,000 gone, for a disease with a 5-year survival rate of 13%.
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Elbows up, Canada.
March 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Elbows up, Canada.
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“If large numbers of academics working in the U.S. do decide to leave, Gold doubts other countries will be able to absorb them all. The end result, he warns, could be an exodus of talent from global science. “My biggest fear,” he says, is that “we’re going to lose a cohort of researchers.”” 🧪
Overseas universities see opportunity in U.S. ‘brain drain’
But many U.S.-based scientists seeking to leave may struggle to find positions in countries grappling with funding issues of their own
www.science.org
March 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“If large numbers of academics working in the U.S. do decide to leave, Gold doubts other countries will be able to absorb them all. The end result, he warns, could be an exodus of talent from global science. “My biggest fear,” he says, is that “we’re going to lose a cohort of researchers.”” 🧪
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One of the day’s highlights was hearing from @debvendramini.bsky.social thank you for speaking up and sharing why research is so important!!
March 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
One of the day’s highlights was hearing from @debvendramini.bsky.social thank you for speaking up and sharing why research is so important!!
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Anyone have experience doing phosphoproteomics with a company?
There are many options out there, so looking to see if anyone had a good experience with a company.
We have a relatively simple experimental design: Pancreatic cancer cell lines +/- our gene of interest (a kinase).
There are many options out there, so looking to see if anyone had a good experience with a company.
We have a relatively simple experimental design: Pancreatic cancer cell lines +/- our gene of interest (a kinase).
March 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Anyone have experience doing phosphoproteomics with a company?
There are many options out there, so looking to see if anyone had a good experience with a company.
We have a relatively simple experimental design: Pancreatic cancer cell lines +/- our gene of interest (a kinase).
There are many options out there, so looking to see if anyone had a good experience with a company.
We have a relatively simple experimental design: Pancreatic cancer cell lines +/- our gene of interest (a kinase).
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I beg my science colleagues to speak with the media about what's happening now.
When I was given the opportunity, I spoke with Nature about HHMI massive cut. I am an immigrant on a working visa, and I am not a professor. Anyone can talk. Silence in the face of injustice is injustice in action.
When I was given the opportunity, I spoke with Nature about HHMI massive cut. I am an immigrant on a working visa, and I am not a professor. Anyone can talk. Silence in the face of injustice is injustice in action.
March 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I beg my science colleagues to speak with the media about what's happening now.
When I was given the opportunity, I spoke with Nature about HHMI massive cut. I am an immigrant on a working visa, and I am not a professor. Anyone can talk. Silence in the face of injustice is injustice in action.
When I was given the opportunity, I spoke with Nature about HHMI massive cut. I am an immigrant on a working visa, and I am not a professor. Anyone can talk. Silence in the face of injustice is injustice in action.
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We're Standing Up for Science on March 7th, in DC & Nationwide!
The future of science is bright, but we need to protect it—because science benefits everyone.
More information: www.standupforscience2025.org
☀️⬇️📣
The future of science is bright, but we need to protect it—because science benefits everyone.
More information: www.standupforscience2025.org
☀️⬇️📣
March 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
We're Standing Up for Science on March 7th, in DC & Nationwide!
The future of science is bright, but we need to protect it—because science benefits everyone.
More information: www.standupforscience2025.org
☀️⬇️📣
The future of science is bright, but we need to protect it—because science benefits everyone.
More information: www.standupforscience2025.org
☀️⬇️📣
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Michigan! Stand up! Lansing, Flint, Wayne State!
March 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Michigan! Stand up! Lansing, Flint, Wayne State!
I will be in Lansing, MI!!!!!
WHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!?
Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one!
#standupforscience2025
Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one!
#standupforscience2025
March 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I will be in Lansing, MI!!!!!
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Michigan time to stand up!!!
TWO WEEKS UNTIL #STANDUPFORSCIENCE2025! 📣☀️🌎
February 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Michigan time to stand up!!!
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Ok scientists & those who love science 🧪: here is another exhortation. Call Congress TODAY about the freeze on NIH Council Meetings and Study Sections. Emphasize that this means NO new grants are being funded & labs will soon start to shut down and fire employees. Phone numbers are at:
5calls.org
5calls.org
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
February 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Ok scientists & those who love science 🧪: here is another exhortation. Call Congress TODAY about the freeze on NIH Council Meetings and Study Sections. Emphasize that this means NO new grants are being funded & labs will soon start to shut down and fire employees. Phone numbers are at:
5calls.org
5calls.org
💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
February 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
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My #Yale colleague Harlan Krumholz explains why the cuts to indirect costs are a disaster for biomedical research in the United States. Want to do something about it? I'll list those who have to hear from us below. Share, recruit friends and family to help. 1/ www.statnews.com/2025/02/08/n....
The NIH’s drastic cut to indirect cost rates is a critical threat to U.S. research infrastructure
The drastic reduction in indirect costs is not a path to innovation or cost savings — it’s a threat to U.S.’s position as global leader in medical research.
www.statnews.com
February 9, 2025 at 10:29 AM
My #Yale colleague Harlan Krumholz explains why the cuts to indirect costs are a disaster for biomedical research in the United States. Want to do something about it? I'll list those who have to hear from us below. Share, recruit friends and family to help. 1/ www.statnews.com/2025/02/08/n....
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I wrote this just two weeks ago - could not have imagined how broadly #science and #researchers in the US have been impacted since then
Science is a #global community 🌍 🌎 🌏
We're all very concerned for our friends, colleagues, and young researchers in the US right now
#solidarityforscience 🧪
Science is a #global community 🌍 🌎 🌏
We're all very concerned for our friends, colleagues, and young researchers in the US right now
#solidarityforscience 🧪
Seeing a huge increase in applications to our lab from scientists in the US 🧪 in the last few months
It feels like the coming years are going to have a far-reaching impact on global science..
It feels like the coming years are going to have a far-reaching impact on global science..
February 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I wrote this just two weeks ago - could not have imagined how broadly #science and #researchers in the US have been impacted since then
Science is a #global community 🌍 🌎 🌏
We're all very concerned for our friends, colleagues, and young researchers in the US right now
#solidarityforscience 🧪
Science is a #global community 🌍 🌎 🌏
We're all very concerned for our friends, colleagues, and young researchers in the US right now
#solidarityforscience 🧪
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NSF grantees - people who have already received their grants based on a previously funded and approved research proposal - are being told to stop any activities related to DEI and accessibility.
Call this what it is: government censorship of ongoing research projects.
www.opm.gov/policy-data-...
Call this what it is: government censorship of ongoing research projects.
www.opm.gov/policy-data-...
January 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
NSF grantees - people who have already received their grants based on a previously funded and approved research proposal - are being told to stop any activities related to DEI and accessibility.
Call this what it is: government censorship of ongoing research projects.
www.opm.gov/policy-data-...
Call this what it is: government censorship of ongoing research projects.
www.opm.gov/policy-data-...
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Rates of #cancer in #young #adults have risen dramatically in recent years - as discussed in this article..
We urgently need to invest in #research 🧪 on early-onset cancers to understand - why?
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
We urgently need to invest in #research 🧪 on early-onset cancers to understand - why?
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Ultra-processed food? Forever chemicals? Declining birth rates? What’s behind rising cancer in the under-50s?
Research into the disease has never been more far-reaching, but there is little consensus as to what is causing the rocketing rates of diagnosis in young adults
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Rates of #cancer in #young #adults have risen dramatically in recent years - as discussed in this article..
We urgently need to invest in #research 🧪 on early-onset cancers to understand - why?
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
We urgently need to invest in #research 🧪 on early-onset cancers to understand - why?
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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My #WorldLeprosyDay essay has just dropped. My theme this year: seeing leprosy's globalization during the Middle Ages as a slow pandemic. As w/ all of my infectious disease historical work, combining traditional history, bioarchaeology, and genetics transforms what's possible. #histmed 🧪
January 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
My #WorldLeprosyDay essay has just dropped. My theme this year: seeing leprosy's globalization during the Middle Ages as a slow pandemic. As w/ all of my infectious disease historical work, combining traditional history, bioarchaeology, and genetics transforms what's possible. #histmed 🧪
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The antidote for despair is action ❤️
* Dial (202) 224-3121
* Enter zip code
* Leave voicemail
* Say “My name is ___, I’m a constituent in [town]. (If clinician/scientist, say so)
“The NIH freeze harms research and patients and must be lifted immediately.”
Be brief. Staffers tally all calls. Go! ✅
* Dial (202) 224-3121
* Enter zip code
* Leave voicemail
* Say “My name is ___, I’m a constituent in [town]. (If clinician/scientist, say so)
“The NIH freeze harms research and patients and must be lifted immediately.”
Be brief. Staffers tally all calls. Go! ✅
NIH funding supports the vast majority of all biomedical research in the United States. Virtually every advance in American medicine and biological science comes from NIH. This is a blow against American science.
Call Congress, 202-224-3121.
Call Congress, 202-224-3121.
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 23, 2025 at 3:21 AM
The antidote for despair is action ❤️
* Dial (202) 224-3121
* Enter zip code
* Leave voicemail
* Say “My name is ___, I’m a constituent in [town]. (If clinician/scientist, say so)
“The NIH freeze harms research and patients and must be lifted immediately.”
Be brief. Staffers tally all calls. Go! ✅
* Dial (202) 224-3121
* Enter zip code
* Leave voicemail
* Say “My name is ___, I’m a constituent in [town]. (If clinician/scientist, say so)
“The NIH freeze harms research and patients and must be lifted immediately.”
Be brief. Staffers tally all calls. Go! ✅