JMHerndon
@jmherndun.bsky.social
Scientist, believer in truth and justice, lover of books and science journals
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With a focus on the evolutionary forces that shape cancer cell behavior, some researchers work out ways to outmaneuver cancer, according to a feature in Nature Methods. #medsky 🧪
Taming cancer evolution surprises - Nature Methods
With a focus on the evolutionary forces that shape cancer cell behavior, some researchers work out ways to outmaneuver cancer.
go.nature.com
September 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
With a focus on the evolutionary forces that shape cancer cell behavior, some researchers work out ways to outmaneuver cancer, according to a feature in Nature Methods. #medsky 🧪
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Adah Elizabeth Verder (1900-1997) was a US medical bacteriologist and science administrator. She was a researcher in the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, specializing in gastrointestinal flora and staphylococci, pseudomonas, and pleuropneumonia organisms.
🧪 #WomenInSTEM
🧪 #WomenInSTEM
August 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Adah Elizabeth Verder (1900-1997) was a US medical bacteriologist and science administrator. She was a researcher in the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, specializing in gastrointestinal flora and staphylococci, pseudomonas, and pleuropneumonia organisms.
🧪 #WomenInSTEM
🧪 #WomenInSTEM
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Combined Flt3L and CD40 agonism restores dendritic cell–driven T cell immunity in pancreatic cancer | Science Immunology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Combined Flt3L and CD40 agonism restores dendritic cell–driven T cell immunity in pancreatic cancer
Flt3L and CD40 agonism enhance dendritic cell immunosurveillance in human and murine pancreatic cancer and engage type I immunity.
www.science.org
August 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Combined Flt3L and CD40 agonism restores dendritic cell–driven T cell immunity in pancreatic cancer | Science Immunology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The importance of #HTAN work in advancing the understanding of cancer evolution and the macro-environment of tumors is being described by Drs. Li Ding and Ken Lau.
www.nature.com/collections/...
www.nature.com/collections/...
The Human Tumor Atlas Network (HTAN): exploring tumor evolution in time and space
Studying the evolution of cancer malignancy in space and time provides clues that are crucial for understanding how tumors develop, how they evade the immune ...
www.nature.com
January 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The importance of #HTAN work in advancing the understanding of cancer evolution and the macro-environment of tumors is being described by Drs. Li Ding and Ken Lau.
www.nature.com/collections/...
www.nature.com/collections/...
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Super cool for so many of us ➡️ The Human Tumor Atlas Network (HTAN) is constructing 3D atlases of the cellular, morphological, molecular, and spatial features of human #cancers (and their #microenvironments) over time 🧪
#mechanobiology #microscopy #physicsoflife
www.cancer.gov/about-nci/or...
#mechanobiology #microscopy #physicsoflife
www.cancer.gov/about-nci/or...
Human Tumor Atlas Network (HTAN)
The Human Tumor Atlas Network (HTAN) is constructing 3-dimensional atlases of the cellular, morphological, molecular, and spatial features of human cancers (and their surrounding microenvironments) ov...
www.cancer.gov
November 15, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Super cool for so many of us ➡️ The Human Tumor Atlas Network (HTAN) is constructing 3D atlases of the cellular, morphological, molecular, and spatial features of human #cancers (and their #microenvironments) over time 🧪
#mechanobiology #microscopy #physicsoflife
www.cancer.gov/about-nci/or...
#mechanobiology #microscopy #physicsoflife
www.cancer.gov/about-nci/or...
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New NCI HTAN notebook added to our Community Notebooks! Check out our Guide to HTAN Data to learn about what's accessible, then take a deeper dive by using CellTypist for cell annotation. Find out more at bit.ly/HTAN_notebooks
#CancerMoonshot #CancerResearch
#CancerMoonshot #CancerResearch
HTAN Notebooks — ISB Cancer Gateway in the Cloud 2.0.0 documentation
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June 12, 2024 at 3:19 PM
New NCI HTAN notebook added to our Community Notebooks! Check out our Guide to HTAN Data to learn about what's accessible, then take a deeper dive by using CellTypist for cell annotation. Find out more at bit.ly/HTAN_notebooks
#CancerMoonshot #CancerResearch
#CancerMoonshot #CancerResearch
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Dark times at NIH, but today's first steering committee for Phase 2 of #HTAN reminds us what's at stake. Brilliant cell atlas teams forging ahead, mapping cancer in unprecedented detail. New working groups in viz, compute & translation and outreach will be beacons of light.
January 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Dark times at NIH, but today's first steering committee for Phase 2 of #HTAN reminds us what's at stake. Brilliant cell atlas teams forging ahead, mapping cancer in unprecedented detail. New working groups in viz, compute & translation and outreach will be beacons of light.
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This is not the time to step back from diversity, equity, and inclusion | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪
This is not the time to step back from diversity, equity, and inclusion
Recently, I exchanged views with a prominent Ivy League scientist who was complaining about the minority students and junior faculty applying to his program. He claimed that the university, through di...
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July 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This is not the time to step back from diversity, equity, and inclusion | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪
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To foster research excellence, institutions should value both researchers and technicians — and facilitate collaborations between them.
https://go.nature.com/4iQct4U
https://go.nature.com/4iQct4U
Want to supercharge your science? Turn to technicians
To foster research excellence, institutions should value both researchers and technicians — and facilitate collaborations between them.
go.nature.com
May 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
To foster research excellence, institutions should value both researchers and technicians — and facilitate collaborations between them.
https://go.nature.com/4iQct4U
https://go.nature.com/4iQct4U
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This study found that RNA vaccines can induce an immune response in patients with pancreatic cancer
https://go.nature.com/4hI3XVL
https://go.nature.com/4hI3XVL
Bespoke vaccines can elicit long-lived immune activity against pancreatic cancer
T cells induced by personalized pancreatic-cancer vaccines last for years.
go.nature.com
February 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
This study found that RNA vaccines can induce an immune response in patients with pancreatic cancer
https://go.nature.com/4hI3XVL
https://go.nature.com/4hI3XVL
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Btw if you’re looking for a list of TERFs to block, this is a good one. Block the whole list and new additions will just be automatically blocked. Your Bluesky life will be peaceful and prosperous bsky.app/profile/did:...
February 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Btw if you’re looking for a list of TERFs to block, this is a good one. Block the whole list and new additions will just be automatically blocked. Your Bluesky life will be peaceful and prosperous bsky.app/profile/did:...
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WELCOME TO BLACK HISTORY MONTH
a black background with the words black history month in red yellow and green
Alt: a black background with the words black history month in red yellow and green
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February 1, 2025 at 8:06 AM
WELCOME TO BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Black history month! No matter what Cheez Whiz Caligula says!
February 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Black history month! No matter what Cheez Whiz Caligula says!
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The anti-trans stuff is the worst. Bigotry dressed up as science, all in the name of craven political advantage. A tale as old as politics.
Emily Yoffe got a preview of Trump’s gender executive orders: www.thefp.com/p/trumps-day...
January 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The anti-trans stuff is the worst. Bigotry dressed up as science, all in the name of craven political advantage. A tale as old as politics.
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Today.
Tomorrow.
Next week.
Next month.
Next year.
Forever...
trump will ALWAYS be known as the convicted felon who was inaugurated today.
A criminal, nothing more.
Tomorrow.
Next week.
Next month.
Next year.
Forever...
trump will ALWAYS be known as the convicted felon who was inaugurated today.
A criminal, nothing more.
January 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Today.
Tomorrow.
Next week.
Next month.
Next year.
Forever...
trump will ALWAYS be known as the convicted felon who was inaugurated today.
A criminal, nothing more.
Tomorrow.
Next week.
Next month.
Next year.
Forever...
trump will ALWAYS be known as the convicted felon who was inaugurated today.
A criminal, nothing more.
Elie Mystal, please come to Bluesky!
November 18, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Elie Mystal, please come to Bluesky!
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November 17, 2024 at 6:15 AM
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Please repost this and REPORT the phony account.
Please and thank you! 🙏💪
Please do me a huge favor: The account in this screengrab, brooklyndad.bsky dot social, is a FAKE, a doppelganger.
Please repost this and REPORT the phony account.
Please and thank you! 🙏💪
Scientist and twitter refugee, any other scientists or science enthusiasts out there?
November 16, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Scientist and twitter refugee, any other scientists or science enthusiasts out there?