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Aria Vaishnavi, PhD
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Assistant professor at MD Anderson Cancer Center and CPRIT scholar. Cancer biologist.
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International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) - Eric Edison Gardner Received the 2025 Young Investigator Award

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#OncoDaily #Oncology #Cancer #Health #Medicine #MedEd #MedOnc #MedNews #IASLC #YoungInvestigatorAward
Eric Edison Gardner Received the 2025 Young Investigator Award - IASLC - OncoDaily
Eric Edison Gardner Received the 2025 Young Investigator Award - IASLC / 2025 Young Investigator Awardees, cancer, Eric Edison Gardner, IASLC, International
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August 20, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Hats off to superstar summer students @vskyeagle.bsky.social and Emmanuel O for fantastic rotations and presentations. So proud of you! @mdanderson.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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A broad group of National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants have taken action with the "Bethesda Declaration" that targets the NIH and HHS Leadership. Join these courageous and committed professionals by adding your name now. actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...
ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of NIH Staff
Join the courageous and committed National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants by adding your name now.
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June 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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I am thrilled to share that the first preprint from my lab is now available on bioRxiV! In this study, our team elucidates the role of autocrine ligands in the aberrant behavior of oncogene-driven lung cancer.

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BRAFV600E-Driven Lung Tumorigenesis Requires Ligand-Mediated Activation of ERBB Receptor Signaling
Secretion of ligands of the human epidermal growth factor (EGFR) family of receptors or erythroblastic leukemia viral oncogene family (ERBB1-4) is a feature common to many cancer cells. However, our u...
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May 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Despite its cancer-fighting mission, NCI starts to feel Trump administration budget ax www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/t...
Despite its cancer-fighting mission, NCI starts to feel Trump administration budget ax
Trump cuts are hitting the National Cancer Institute, affecting a hotline for patients, cancer.gov, advisory panels, clinical trial recruitment.
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May 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Acc to an article in The Atlantic, Meta, using LibGen, appears to have pirated millions of articles and book chapters to train AI. The Atlantic provides a searchable link, and I find 199 of my books, book chapter, review article and major publications, all used without my permission.
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The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem
Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.
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March 21, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Fantastic talk today by the legend herself: so great to have her in house!! Don’t mind me while I fangirl over THE Dr. Rushika Perera! @rushika-perera.bsky.social @anirbanmaitra.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Save the Date! Cancer Molecular Therapeutics Research Association Annual Meeting in Utah July 13-17. Please register today. Incredible line up of speakers: RT! @andreaventura.bsky.social @rjdlab.bsky.social #lcsm
March 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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FINAL LOCATION UPDATE: Stand Up for Science 2025

The final location for Stand Up for Science on 3/7 is Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI).

Please disregard announcements about TMC Commons.

Join us at NRI: maps.app.goo.gl/y6DbDuFMr4CK...

Looking forward to seeing you there!
March 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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Join us in Houston for Stand Up for Science 2025 on March 7 at 12:00 PM in Texas Medical Center Commons. This event is organized in solidarity with scientists nationwide. #StandUpForScience2025 #ScienceAdvocacy
March 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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It’s @katherinejwu.com with the receipts.

The NIH memo undercutting the NIH came directly from Trump officials.

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The NIH Memo That Undercut Universities Came Directly From Trump Officials
NIH officials said they were given no advance warning and less than an hour to post the memo publicly.
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February 20, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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ATTENTION

If you are on a study section that was scheduled to meet, please post or DM me with information regarding:

1. The name of the study section

2. The scheduled date

3. Whether the meeting actually occurred

THANK YOU
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February 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Are you a scientist whose work is being affected by changes in the Trump administration? Get in touch with @nature.com reporters @maxkozlov.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social @heidiledford.bsky.social Jeff Tollefson & yours truly.

Let us know what's on your mind & what we should be writing about.
Are the Trump team’s actions affecting your research? How to contact Nature
Use this form to share information with Nature’s news team, or to make suggestions for future coverage.
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February 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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A look at the economic impact of our research:

8,340 jobs created
$248m in salaries & wages paid
$328m in indirect labor income earned
$32m in state & local taxes generated

Learn more about the impact of #UofU research: www.research.utah.edu/facts-and-fi...
Graphic with the following copy: University of Utah Research Economic Impact 768M, 689MA The U Research Enterprise is an Engine for Economic Grown and Development 664M- БОЗМ- 551M In Fiscal Year 2023, The U Hit a Historic High of $768M in Research Funding Awards U of U Research Boosts the Economy and Creates Jobs: $248M Research Salaries & Wages GENERATES $328M Million in Indirect & Induced Labor Income 8340 Employees $32M In State & Local Taxes In FY22, approximately $328 million in direct & induced labor income was generated by salaries and wages from research dollars, also generating approximately $32 million of state and local sales tax U of U Supports Small, Local Businesses in Utah and Across the Nation Vendor and Subaward Expenditures on Federal and Non-Federal Research Awards to University of Utah by Utah Counties (FY 2023) $126M 7 Start-Up Companies 囚 $28M Technical Innovation 135 Patents Issued Utah Expenditures $361,000 to $22,700,000 $106,000 to $361,000 $27,200 to $106,000 $3,900 to $27,200 $40 to $3,900 28 Products Launch
February 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Congratulations to @ginadenicola.bsky.social and @christhechang.bsky.social labs on their latest @pnas.org paper revealing context-dependent sensitivity to copper chelation! Thrilled to have collaborated with such amazing friends on the first manuscript of 2025.
ginadenicola.bsky.social Gina DeNicola @ginadenicola.bsky.social · Jan 19
Our lab's first paper of 2025. With @christhechang.bsky.social we find that NRF2 active lung cancer cell lines suppress labile copper and are vulnerable to copper chelation (1/3).
christhechang.bsky.social Chris Chang @christhechang.bsky.social · Jan 16
Activity-based sensors identify cuproplasia and ferroplasia as druggable metal vulnerabilities in cancer! With @ginadenicola.bsky.social and Adam Renslo, we profile cancer cell lines to find those sensitive to Cu or Fe chelation www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #chemsky 1/n
January 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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“NIH produces an astounding return on investment to the American taxpayer. In Fiscal Year 2022, NIH research funding supported 568,585 jobs and generated $96.84 billion in economic activity — that’s $2.64 of economic activity for every $1 of research funding.”
www.researchamerica.org/2023-oped-us...
crampell.bsky.social Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Dec 1
Research supported by NIH has led more than 100 Nobel Prizes and has supported more than 99% of drugs approved by federal regulators from 2010 to 2019.
But come January, NIH may face a wrecking ball
nytimes.com/2024/12/01/h...
Long a ‘Crown Jewel’ of Government, N.I.H. Is Now a Target
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December 1, 2024 at 11:58 PM
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My New Year’s resolution is to berate myself less for things I wish I could have done better, to learn from my mistakes, and give myself more credit for the things I did well but promptly forgot/ignored because academics love to live from crisis to crisis
January 1, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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The FDA has approved BRAFTOVI in combination with cetuximab and mFOLFOX6 for first-line treatment in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer with a BRAF V600E mutation. The approval is based on the BREAKWATER study, for which MD Anderson’s Dr. Scott Kopetz is co-PI. 1/2
FDA grants accelerated approval
The Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to encorafenib.
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December 21, 2024 at 2:28 AM
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🧪1/ 🚨New paper on ecDNAs from our lab!
We reveal a strategy to engineer extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) amplifications in cells & mice. Let's dive in! Let’s dive in! 🧵👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Engineered extrachromosomal oncogene amplifications promote tumorigenesis - Nature
Large extrachromosomal DNAs are engineered using a CRISPR- and Cre–loxP-based approach and shown to drive cancer in mouse models, with potential applications in determining the role of oncogene a...
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December 18, 2024 at 4:54 PM
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Attention physician scientists! Are you interested in applying for a K08? Of course you are! I will be part of a NIH broadcasted information session featuring myself and another K08 awardee, as well as a reviewer from a K08 study section in January. See the attached flyer! And please repost!
December 17, 2024 at 4:08 AM
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In case you missed it.. New preprint! Our latest study identifying how MHC-I is captured by autophagy and targeted for degradation in #PDAC - It all happens at the ER ! Congrats to co-first authors Marine Berquez, Alex Li & Matthew Luy.
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A multi-subunit autophagic capture complex facilitates degradation of ER stalled MHC-I in pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) evades immune detection partly via autophagic capture and lysosomal degradation of major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I). Why MHC-I is susceptible to ...
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December 12, 2024 at 4:49 AM
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I joined 75+ @nobelprize.bsky.social laureates urging US Senators to oppose RFK Jr.'s confirmation as DHHS Secretary. If you’re in a state with GOP senators, PLEASE reach out to them! I’d deeply appreciate it if you amplified this post! 🙏
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December 9, 2024 at 11:19 PM
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How many Nobel Laureates can you name? It was an absolute pleasure to spend time with friends, including Sid Mukherjee & Doug Hanahan & Sabeena Merchant, and to hear stories of science, dedication & teamwork that led to the Nobel Prize for these brilliant, compassionate, fun & badass individuals!
December 8, 2024 at 2:56 PM
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For every $1 of NIH funding generated approximately $2.64 of economic activity.

For every $100 million of funding, the patents created generate an estimated $598 million in further R&D.

NIH-funded patents represent significant advances and produce 20% more economic value than other patents.
December 7, 2024 at 7:05 PM
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I know many other have done these but I’ve collected almost 100 people and my personal list is hard to share.

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November 24, 2024 at 2:14 PM